People crowded shoulder to shoulder upstairs in a south Alabama coffee shop, in a region sometimes called the reddest in the heavily conservative state.
The British diplomat and novelist, Harold Nicholson, tossed off an essay in 1929 containing a short riff on the three great capitals of Europe. “London is an old lady in black lace and diamonds who guards her secrets with dignity,” while “Paris is the woman in the prime of life to whom one would only […]
Two months before the midterm elections, the Republican Party has a problem. No, it’s not its record, which is strong. And no, it’s not the Democrats, who are weaker than the coverage claims, drowning under the dead weight of a deepening socialist wing that is taking over. The problem is that Republicans haven’t yet successfully […]
Every few weeks, millions of Americans open their digital inboxes. They look through physical mail to discover a document written in dense, formal language. The notice informs them that they belong to a legal class. They are a group of citizens collectively wronged by a business entity. Perhaps a tech platform leaked personal data. A […]
Fight for control of the Senate hangs in the balance with just eight weeks to go until the midterm elections, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). The nonpartisan election analyst on Monday shifted its November forecast to “a pure toss-up” for the upper chamber of Congress for the first time since the beginning of June....
For two years, some of the loudest voices on AI have spoken on white-collar layoffs, vanishing entry-level jobs, and a generation of graduates shut out. Chief executives routinely point to AI when they announce cuts. Is AI the shiny new scapegoat on the block, or a legitimate culprit behind what would otherwise be faster job...
In today's issue: ▪ Midterm season enters home stretch ▪ Investigation launched into Amazon plane crash ▪ New Mexico naming controversy ▪ Dan Driscoll’s possible replacements President Trump predicted in a Labor Day message on Truth Social that Republicans would win “big” on Election Day. But Republicans are facing stiffening economic headwinds as election season kicks into high...
Every Republican is liable to give you a different answer if you ask them what constitutes their party’s “base.” But from a purely demographic standpoint, it’s indisputable: older, married, working-class white men. The picture of the 2024 GOP electorate from The Associated Press’s now defunct VoteCast (a loss sure to be long lamented) is plain...
Republican senators and candidates have mixed feelings about President Trump’s midterm election convention, with many hoping that Trump can rev up millions of MAGA voters but worried of being tied to a president with a slumping approval rating. Party officials are promising a big turnout of Senate Republican incumbents at this week’s convention, which Trump...
Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City who later worked as President Trump’s personal lawyer, publicly criticized current Mayor Zohran Mamdani for planning to attend a 9/11 commemoration ceremony at Ground Zero on Friday. “Frankly, whatever he’d like to say, he doesn’t agree that September 11th was an Islamic terrorist attack on the...
President Donald Trump made several posts on social media on Monday morning with pictures of statues and landmarks around Washington, D.C., that the National Park Service has been updating. Trump has been emphasizing his efforts to “beautify” D.C., including constructing an arch in his honor, fixing fountains and gold-plating statues, among other projects. Each post...
The construction of a massive White House ballroom is moving full steam ahead after the Supreme Court found a historic preservation group likely had no right to stop it. "We have a lot of very happy construction workers," President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday. The $400 million project on the site of the former...
The political world’s eyes are focused this week on Dallas, where Republicans are turning up the volume at a two-day convention meant to bolster the GOP’s chances in this year’s midterms. The event is being billed as a unifying and electrifying celebration of President Trump’s second term in office that is being put on by...
President Trump posted a map with an American flag covering most of North America, as well as Iceland and islands in the Caribbean, on Monday morning, a post that follows his previous pushes to take over territory outside of U.S. borders. The president’s post featured a map with the pattern of the American flag superimposed...
A fake website claiming to be associated with the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) midterm convention, taking place Sept. 9-10 in Dallas, redirects to the Justice Department’s homepage for the Epstein files. The online bait and switch demonstrates a push from a mysterious source to remind Republicans, or anyone seeking convention details, about the Epstein files. ...
