Some battleground candidates are going viral for shooting from the hip. Jon Ossoff is doing it from a carefully controlled script.
Ossoff drew attention Sunday for calling out a...
A federal judge shot down FBI Director Kash Patel's attempt to move his bureau's headquarters down the street to the Ronald Reagan Building, saying he broke laws governing site selection.
A poll released earlier this month claiming Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had a wide lead over Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman in the city's mayoral race was bogus, according to the company that released it. Median Strategies on Monday said in its announcement about the mayoral race poll that it has stopped...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday quipped that she "can't remember the last time" she saw someone wear President Trump's trademark MAGA hat. The former lawmaker shared a post on the social platform X showing a billboard that read "Trump Superstore," with an adjacent sign saying that it was "going out of business."...
The marquee race for the Democratic Senate nod in Michigan was too close to call early Wednesday morning, stretching out a primary race that’s spotlit Democrats’ fight for the future of the party. Abdul El-Sayed was leading Rep. Haley Stevens (D) by roughly 2 points as of 2 am EDT, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). The Michigan Senate race is perhaps this cycle’s biggest front in the battle for...
Former prosecutor Christina Hines is projected to win the Democratic nomination for Michigan’s 10th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ, setting up a closely-watched battle against GOP nominee Mike Bouchard in November. Incumbent Rep. John James's (R-Mich.) decision to run for governor has left the Macomb County district without an incumbent for the first...
President Trump's pick to take on first-term Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Mich.) in Michigan's 8th Congressional District is projected to lose his GOP primary to a candidate who dropped out of the race, according to Decision Desk HQ. Republican Thomas Smith, a retired engineer, defeated Amir Hassan, a former federal law enforcement officer who was...
Washington's 4th Congressional District candidates Amanda McKinney (R) and John Duresky (D) are projected to advance to the November general election in the battle for retiring Rep. Dan Newhouse's (R) seat, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). The two beat 11 candidates who sought to replace Newhouse, who in December said he would not seek...
Incumbent GOP Rep. Bill Huizenga (Mich.) is projected to win a Tuesday Republican primary in Michigan’s 4th congressional district to face off against Democratic state Sen. Sean McCann in November, according to Decision Desk HQ. Huizenga clinched the party nomination over Philip Tanis, the former mayor of Holland, Mich. and ex-city council member, while McCann...
Washington state Senate Minority Leader John Braun (R), President Trump's endorsed pick to defeat Rep. Marie Glusenkamp Perez (D-Wash.), is projected to advance to a face-off with the Democratic congresswoman in November, according to Decision Desk HQ's (DDHQ) preliminary results. Braun, a U.S. Army veteran and the owner of vehicle manufacturer Braun Northwest, defeated two...
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) on Tuesday endorsed Charlie Hatcher (R), who is challenging incumbent Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) in the GOP primary in the Volunteer State’s 5th Congressional District. “Charlie Hatcher and I have been friends for 25 years,” Lee said in a video Hatcher posted to Facebook. “I’m a cattleman, he was our...
Sunrise Movement co-founder Will Lawrence, backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), is projected to win the three-way Democratic primary for the Lansing-based 7th Congressional District and take on Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.) this fall, according to Decision Desk HQ. Lawrence defeated former Ukraine Ambassador Bridget Brink, endorsed by former Democratic Govs. Jennifer Granholm and Jim Blanchard, and former U.S....
President Trump on Tuesday reiterated his support for making permanent daylight saving time, roughly three weeks after the House passed a bill that proposes implementing the change. “For many years, the vast Majority of Americans have asked to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, but no Administration has been able to get it done, until now,”...
Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) on Tuesday forcefully denied allegations of domestic violence and addressed claims of illegal drug use in a defiant CNN interview, while making clear he has no intention of abandoning his bid for reelection despite mounting scrutiny. The interview on "The Lead with Jake Tapper" came shortly after the House Ethics Committee announced...
The word of the day for Senate Democrats Tuesday was “loophole,” as they fumed over a deal they say failed to kill President Trump’s $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund as well as a sweeping order from his attorney general pick that grants him immunity from any government investigation into past conduct. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Sens....
An executive from TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of the UFC, said Monday the firm lost roughly $30 million from its June event at the White House. “With regards to UFC Freedom 250, we incurred significantly higher-than-normal costs, which we partially offset with sold-out global partnerships inventory,” Andrew Schleimer, the chief financial officer of...
Makers of hemp THC products were thrown a lifeline when senators in a stopgap spending bill included a delay of a federal ban on their products. The Senate’s government funding bill set to be considered this week would delay the upcoming prohibition on most hemp-derived THC products until Dec. 11. Hemp industry groups and...
