Incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and opponent former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) faced off in their first head-to-head debate Saturday, which centered on the state's fishing industry In a moment that the Peltola campaign has already capitalized on with social media posts, the two Senate candidates were asked in a speed round about the effectiveness of...
A person was stopped by law enforcement on the property of former Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff following reports that there was a trespasser. "Last night, security personnel stopped an individual who illegally entered Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman Emhoff's property before the individual reached the home,” a spokesperson for...
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kans.) appeared to shift his opinion on President Trump’s $5,000 dividends announced earlier this week. In a debate at the Kansas State Fair against Democratic opponent Adam Hamilton, a moderator asked both candidates if they supported the dividends, citing the proposal’s $1.2 trillion cost amid the growing national debt. “I’m going to...
A federal judge determined Friday that the Trump administration broke the law when it attempted to cut the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) workforce, a ruling which coincided with America's hurricane season. In her order, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “unlawfully usurped the authority” of FEMA “to make...
Missouri election officials and candidates are bracing for chaos in November amid concerns the state's redistricting saga could spark widespread confusion for voters at the ballot box. The Supreme Court paved the way for the state to use its old map that favored the GOP six seats to two, instead of the newer 7-1 House...
President Trump’s New York City childhood home sold for $1.93 million following renovations that transformed the previously damaged property. The Tudor-style house was bought by an undisclosed buyer through a contract in July though the home has changed hands multiple times since the president resided there. The seller Tommy Lin bought it last year for...
Republican leaders traveled to Dallas this week for the GOP’s midterm convention, fueling the party's President Trump-forward midterm strategy, as the party fights to maintain control in both chambers of Congress this November. The two-day event featured keynote speeches from Trump and Vice President Vance, tributes to the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk and warnings...
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico brushed off President Trump's nickname for him, "Talafreako," in an interview posted online by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. “I think his nicknames are getting cornier and cornier,” Talarico told Kimmel, who earlier this week said ABC decided against airing the interview over what Kimmel called threats from the Federal Communications...
Comedian Bill Maher called Democratic politicians “cowards” while doubling down on his stance that Sept. 11 hijackers were not – a position that infamously led to ABC canceling his show over two decades ago. In a segment on HBO show “Real Time” on Friday, Maher reaffirmed his opinion that “the terrorists weren’t cowards” which he...
The ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran remains characterized by unverified claims of success and ambiguous thresholds for escalation despite six months of military exchanges and economic volatility.
A top political adviser to President Trump said he is “cautiously optimistic” that Republicans can keep control of Congress in November, despite political headwinds for the party and the president’s sinking approval ratings. "I won’t predict, you know, how many seats are going to be in either chamber come November," James Blair told NBC News's...
The United States faces a projected deficit of approximately 187,000 physicians by the mid-2030s due to a federal residency funding cap established in 1997.
Ales Bialiatski, the Belarusian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate freed by President Trump, is grateful for the U.S. intervention that saved his life and hundreds of other political prisoners. But he is also urging the administration to demand greater concessions from the country’s dictator Alexander Lukashenko in exchange for U.S. sanctions relief,...
President Trump basked in the approval of the MAGA base during this week’s Republican midterm convention in Dallas. But the bigger question is whether the event made any difference to a political landscape that is seriously challenging for Republicans as Election Day looms less than eight weeks away. The Hill’s data partner Decision Desk HQ...
