Republican Ashley Hinson wants Iowans to know she’ll pick a fight with President Donald Trump. Democrat Josh Turek wants them to know he’ll work with him.The rivals in Iowa’s...
Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen vowed Sunday to allow France to prospect for oil again on its territory if she is elected in May, a proposal reminiscent of U.S. President Donald Trump's "drill, baby, drill " policy to speed up fossil fuel development.
The campaign bus rolls through North Texas under a cloudless sky. Inside, James Talarico, the 37-year-old Democratic nominee for the United States Senate, speaks in the measured cadence of a man who once taught middle-school English and now studies to become a Presbyterian minister. He quotes Scripture. He talks about working families and the cost […]
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao told a Senate Democrat this week that eight sailors assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during a lengthy deployment that included military operations against Iran. Cao disclosed the figure, which includes crew on the USS Abraham Lincoln, sailors from its carrier air wing, strike group...
President Trump kicked off a controversial visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the U.S. on Wednesday with a rare tarmac greeting at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. Xi’s plane touched down just before 6:00 p.m. EDT, and Trump, along with First Lady Melania Trump, greeted the Chinese president and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at...
Farm state Republicans are increasingly pressing the Trump administration and Congress to take action to bring down diesel prices, underscoring how rising costs have become a political liability for the GOP heading into the November midterms. Rep. Ashley Hinson, the Iowa GOP Senate candidate, on Tuesday demanded action, calling for the House to return to...
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said Wednesday that former Trump White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt would have advised President Trump to not enact his recent press ban. “A [former Trump White House chief of staff] John Kelly would have told him not to do that. I actually think a Karoline Levitt would...
A rule that only bites reporters whose coverage the president dislikes isn't a rule. It is retaliation, and the courts have said so for half a century.
The messy legal fight over Missouri’s congressional map reached the Supreme Court for a third time in as many weeks late Tuesday as the parties battle less than 50 days before November’s elections over whether the GOP can implement its new boundaries. Twice before, the nation's high court has ruled against the GOP, forcing the state...
In today's issue: ▪ Media outlets' day in court ▪ Trump at the U.N. ▪ GOP senator calls for Don Jr. probe ▪ Susan Collins under scrutiny The battle over President Trump’s ban of three media outlets from the White House is turning to the legal system starting today with a hearing on whether the move...
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The impeachment effort against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posed a dilemma for Republican leaders ahead of the midterms. In the lame duck, it could be Democrats in the bind. Hegseth is leading an unpopular war in Iran, and GOP leaders were eager to avoid an impeachment vote this month, which would have put some vulnerable...
The race for Senate in Alaska, one of Democrats’ best hopes this year for retaking a seat in the upper chamber, has a lot to do with fish. Both candidates’ records on trawling — which refers to fishing by dragging large nets through the sea — have become a central issue in the contest and...
A court showdown is slated for Wednesday afternoon over President Trump’s ban of three media outlets on White House grounds. Just before the hearing kicks off, join Legal Affairs Editor Zach Schonfeld and Media, Sports and Politics Reporter Dominick Mastrangelo as they tell you what they're watching. The duo will go live at 3 p.m....
Artificial intelligence is playing a growing role in how voters get information about politics and elections, raising fresh questions about how the technology could influence the way voters stay informed. From chatbots to standard internet searches, voters this election cycle are interacting with AI-generated content, even when they may not realize it. Recent research on...
Democrats in tight Senate and House contests are fighting back against efforts to brand their party as communists, an effort they say has taken on new urgency in a midterm cycle that has seen candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) dominate in high-profile primary races. At the Republican midterm convention this month,...
A new survey found that a majority of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track and that more Americans would vote for a Democratic candidate over a Republican candidate in the 2026 midterm elections. The survey, commissioned by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Action and American Policy Ventures and conducted by Cygnal and...
