If its other failings weren't maddening enough, now the $45 billion city Department of Education is hiring obvious psychos to work with kids and paying "principals" $200,000 to run...
David Lisnard, the mayor of Cannes, has become the surprise story of France’s 2027 presidential race. Called the “French Milei,” he left the center-right Republicans to run under his own liberal banner, New Energy. His popularity has grown rapidly, with Harris Interactive now measuring him at 9% support in the polls, ahead of his former […]
Vice President JD Vance has once again scapegoated the U.S.–Israel alliance and the war with Iran for Republican midterm setbacks, recycling the selective framing he first test-ran on Joe Rogan’s podcast. Under the rhetorical banner of an “Americans first” doctrine that regularly decries alleged Israeli influence operations, he now demotes Jerusalem to an electoral liability. […]
Democrats ran on a promise to make life more affordable for voters, but one of their top priorities after the election would drive energy prices higher. Moreover, their first opportunity to act on this priority will come well before the new Congress is sworn in. “The war must end,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) […]
For two years, some of the loudest voices on AI have spoken on white-collar layoffs, vanishing entry-level jobs, and a generation of graduates shut out. Chief executives routinely point to AI when they announce cuts. Is AI the shiny new scapegoat on the block, or a legitimate culprit behind what would otherwise be faster job...
In today's issue: ▪ Midterm season enters home stretch ▪ Investigation launched into Amazon plane crash ▪ New Mexico naming controversy ▪ Dan Driscoll’s possible replacements President Trump predicted in a Labor Day message on Truth Social that Republicans would win “big” on Election Day. But Republicans are facing stiffening economic headwinds as election season kicks into high...
Every Republican is liable to give you a different answer if you ask them what constitutes their party’s “base.” But from a purely demographic standpoint, it’s indisputable: older, married, working-class white men. The picture of the 2024 GOP electorate from The Associated Press’s now defunct VoteCast (a loss sure to be long lamented) is plain...
Republican senators and candidates have mixed feelings about President Trump’s midterm election convention, with many hoping that Trump can rev up millions of MAGA voters but worried of being tied to a president with a slumping approval rating. Party officials are promising a big turnout of Senate Republican incumbents at this week’s convention, which Trump...
Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City who later worked as President Trump’s personal lawyer, publicly criticized current Mayor Zohran Mamdani for planning to attend a 9/11 commemoration ceremony at Ground Zero on Friday. “Frankly, whatever he’d like to say, he doesn’t agree that September 11th was an Islamic terrorist attack on the...
President Donald Trump made several posts on social media on Monday morning with pictures of statues and landmarks around Washington, D.C., that the National Park Service has been updating. Trump has been emphasizing his efforts to “beautify” D.C., including constructing an arch in his honor, fixing fountains and gold-plating statues, among other projects. Each post...
The construction of a massive White House ballroom is moving full steam ahead after the Supreme Court found a historic preservation group likely had no right to stop it. "We have a lot of very happy construction workers," President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday. The $400 million project on the site of the former...
The political world’s eyes are focused this week on Dallas, where Republicans are turning up the volume at a two-day convention meant to bolster the GOP’s chances in this year’s midterms. The event is being billed as a unifying and electrifying celebration of President Trump’s second term in office that is being put on by...
President Trump posted a map with an American flag covering most of North America, as well as Iceland and islands in the Caribbean, on Monday morning, a post that follows his previous pushes to take over territory outside of U.S. borders. The president’s post featured a map with the pattern of the American flag superimposed...
A fake website claiming to be associated with the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) midterm convention, taking place Sept. 9-10 in Dallas, redirects to the Justice Department’s homepage for the Epstein files. The online bait and switch demonstrates a push from a mysterious source to remind Republicans, or anyone seeking convention details, about the Epstein files. ...
Special envoy Steve Witkoff touted “substantive progress” in the wake of U.S. talks on the Russia-Ukraine war with both sides. “United States negotiators visited both Moscow and Kyiv in order to facilitate additional dialogue to end the Russia-Ukraine War. Ahead of the trip, the Russians and Ukrainians agreed to a three-day no-shoot policy to enable...
President Trump on Monday promised victory in the upcoming midterm elections for the GOP and went after Democrats in a Labor Day message posted to social media. “Happy Labor Day to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics, Communists, and Dumocrats who will do anything possible to destroy our Country. These Deranged People, after fighting for...
