Republicans know President Donald Trump's unpopularity poses a big problem for them in November. They also recognize he may be their only option to avoid a wipeout.Five weeks before...
Former President Trump’s hush money trial is scheduled to begin Monday in New York City, and security is set to be tight. The U.S. Secret Service, New York City Police Department and New York State Unified Court System released statements Friday saying they are working together to “ensure the highest level” of safety and...
To escape the dark shadow that the violence in Gaza has cast over his presidency, Joe Biden must make a clean break in word and in deed from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign of death and destruction against Palestine.
It is critical that policymakers in local, state and federal governments use their power to address the acute affordable housing shortage that plagues communities in every state in the nation.
Support for Ukraine aid has increased among Americans since last November, according to the latest Gallup poll released Friday. More than a third of respondents, 36 percent, said that they believe the U.S. is not doing enough to help Ukraine in its war against Russia. An equal percentage, 36 percent, said the U.S. is doing...
President Biden will kick off a tour across Pennsylvania with a major address in his hometown of Scranton on Tuesday, the day after tax day. The tour of Pennsylvania, which is a critical swing state that Biden won in 2020, will also include stops in the Pittsburgh area and Philadelphia. Biden is set to be...
History suggests third-party candidates can’t win U.S. presidential elections, largely because of the power of the major parties. But they can change the math. With eight months of campaign drama to go and eight battleground states in mind, Morning Report asked experts this week whether independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will draw enough votes...
President Biden announced on Friday he would be canceling debt for more than 277,000 borrowers. The administration is forgiving $7.4 billion for borrowers in more than 40 states in the latest debt relief program, bringing the total amount of student loan cancellation over Biden’s presidency to $153 billion. The latest loan forgiveness initiative is...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is scheduled to appear alongside former President Trump on Friday as they find themselves on opposite ends of a pair of contentious debates on Capitol Hill. The gathering at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort is being billed as a press conference to tout legislation that would prevent noncitizens from voting, something that is...
Democrats met with pro-Palestinian protesters have had an array of responses to the interruptions — from yelling back to attempting to connect them to Russia. But President Biden, who has faced a host of cease-fire supporters across the country, has been markedly more sympathetic. Even though they wholly disagree with his Israel policy, he often...
Former President Trump and his allies are actively trying to give Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign a boost. While Trump and his associates call Kennedy a “leftist,” they are betting the independent candidate could help the former president win in a close election where many voters are agnostic about the two other choices. It’s a...
Senate Republicans vented their frustration after former President Trump helped derail a compromise House bill to extend Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authority, sending lawmakers scrambling to find a Plan B to keep the nation’s intelligence agencies from losing their ability to spy on adversaries and terrorists. Republican senators are warning that the nation’s spy...
