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Stephen Colbert largely steered clear of politics or direct criticism of President Trump during his final broadcast of "The Late Show" on Thursday night. Colbert, who repeatedly thanked his staff and viewership for supporting him during his 11 years on CBS, read headlines of the day as part of his opening monologue but cracked light-hearted...
President Trump will attend the G7 summit in France next month amid growing tensions between Trump and leaders of the group’s member countries. A White House official confirmed the development, which was first reported by Axios, to The Hill early Wednesday The summit will take place June 15 through 17 at Evian-les-Bains in France in...
Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Fla.) and other lawmakers will hold a press conference Wednesday morning to press the Trump administration to indict former Cuban President Raúl Castro. The Trump administration is planning to announce criminal charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter tells NewsNation. Acting Attorney General Todd...
South Carolina House Republicans advanced a new GOP-favored map aimed at dismantling Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn’s district and putting the GOP one step closer toward passing an aggressive redraw ahead of the midterms. The Palmetto State’s lower chamber passed new congressional lines in a 74-37 vote shortly after midnight Wednesday. Four Republicans defected, voting against the proposed map. The legislation now heads to the state Senate,...
President Trump got his wish on Tuesday, with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) sent packing by voters in his Kentucky primary. The win by Trump-backed Ed Gallrein was the last in a string of election efforts to dismiss rebels who don't bow to the president's agenda. Elsewhere on the latest primary election day, the president's influence...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) did not withhold his anger toward President Trump after his primary loss late Tuesday. “I got to watch Fox [News] for the first time in 18 months, and there was the president talking about — by the way, while gas is almost $5 and diesel’s almost $6 — they’re talking about...
President Trump’s public break with the Federalist Society, the sprawling conservative legal organization, created uncertainty over the types of nominations he’d make to the courts in his second term. Now 16 months in, Trump’s new nominees aren’t so different from the last crop of jurists he tapped for the bench. Key figures associated with the...
If Washington continues to read Iran as a stable revisionist power rather than an insecure regime increasingly focused on survival, it may misjudge the threat in ways that carry real consequences.
President Trump’s retribution crusade reached a crescendo Tuesday when the president’s endorsee, Ed Gallrein, prevailed in the GOP primary to unseat Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), extending his winning streak against Republicans who have defied him. Massie, a libertarian-leaning lawmaker whose opposition to key Trump priorities has long drawn the president’s ire, is the latest victim of Trump’s revenge campaign after...
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) is set for a rematch against Republican state Sen. Christine Drazan in the race for governor of the Beaver State, Decision Desk HQ projects. Kotek narrowly won her first term in the governor’s mansion by less than four percentage points in a 2022 showdown against Drazan. The rivals will face...
Republican-appointed Justices Charlie Bethel and Sarah Warren are projected to defeat their Democratic-backed challengers in their reelection bids for Georgia Supreme Court, according to Decision Desk HQ. Bethel and Warren defeated liberal-aligned candidates Miracle Rankin and Jen Jordan, respectively. While Georgia Democrats scored two major upsets on the Georgia Public Service Commission last year, Tuesday's results suggest...
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) on Tuesday became the latest foe of President Trump to lose a Republican primary ahead of the midterm elections. Raffensperger, who is well known for rebuking the president’s push to overturn the 2020 election, came in dead last in a field of three candidates vying for the GOP...
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is projected to win the Democratic primary for Georgia governor, according to Decision Desk HQ. Bottoms avoided a June primary runoff and beat a crowded field of Democratic candidates, including former DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond, former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a Republican-turned-Democrat, and former state Sen. Jason Esteves,...
