Democrats are currently on track for a good midterm election year, maybe a great one, but Democratic excitement has likely reached the overhyped stage.
A pro-Israel Democratic advocacy group on Thursday released a framework intended to help the party better articulate its vision for the U.S. relationship with Israel, an issue that has deeply fractured Democrats this year and could lead to further divisions heading into the next presidential campaign.
President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance will both hit the campaign trail on Thursday, but they will be heading to heavily Republican areas to shore up lagging enthusiasm in their party ahead of next month's midterm elections.
The Small Business Act tells the federal government why small business contracting exists: to preserve free competitive enterprise, ensure small businesses receive a fair proportion of federal contracts, and strengthen the nation’s economy. If firms with $500 million in revenue are allowed to position themselves as “small” to access set-aside contracts, it would undermine the core […]
Worker crews have removed containers from the massive shipping vessel that slammed into the Baltimore bridge late last month. Workers began to remove the containers starting on Sunday and will continue to do so over the next several days with weather permitting, according to a statement from the Key Bridge Response Unified Command. The command...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned in Beijing on Monday that Chinese banks that facilitate support for Russia amid its war in Ukraine could face U.S. sanctions. “We continue to be concerned about the role that any firms, including those in the [People's Republic of China], are playing in Russia’s military procurement,” Yellen said in remarks...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is urging motorists to be careful if they have to drive during Monday's eclipse. "Other drivers may be clogging the roads," the agency said in a post Sunday on X, formerly Twitter. "Drive slower to keep safe and stay alert." NHTSA also recommended that drivers pull over to...
President Biden slammed former President Trump on Monday for saying he thinks abortion policies are best left to the states, and for the presumptive GOP presidential nominee's role in overturning Roe v. Wade. “Donald Trump made it clear once again today that he is – more than anyone in America – the person responsible for...
Former President Trump released a video Monday on Truth Social outlining his position on abortion, a divisive issue that is expected to play a major role in November's election. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has offered shifting statements in the nearly two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Read Trump's...
JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, a key voice in U.S. business and finance circles, said the U.S. cannot stand on the sidelines in Ukraine's fight against Russia, pushing back on calls from some in the GOP to pull back from the war. In his annual shareholder letter, Dimon made the case against international isolationism...
Millions will get a rare look at the total solar eclipse Monday, as parts of North America will go dark for the first time in seven years. The rare celestial phenomenon won’t happen again for the next few decades. The last solar eclipse took place in 2017, when then-President Trump and first lady Melania Trump...
Operatives have begun impersonating far-right social media personalities — a tactic the Institute for Strategic Dialogue refers to as “MAGAflage” — stoking divisions around hot-button social issues from a right-wing perspective.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Sunday defended an earlier statement saying Monday's eclipse and the New York-area earthquake on Friday were signs from God telling people to repent. After two days of backlash, Greene addressed a community note that was added to provide context to her original post. She said that while eclipses are...
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) said in an interview on Sunday that he thinks it's “only fitting” to name a federal prison after former President Trump, adding that he “might be visiting soon.” “Well, there’s a nice federal penitentiary right near Mar-a-Lago. And I just thought for a guy who’s now got 88 criminal indictments pending,...
Former President Trump on Monday declined to take a position on a potential federal abortion ban and said the fate of the procedure should be left to individual states. Trump, in a roughly four-minute video posted to Truth Social, once again said he was proud to have ended Roe v. Wade through the appointment of...
