Matt Mahan conceded the California governor’s race almost immediately after the polls closed Wednesday, the last moderate Democrat hope crushed between Republicans clamoring for change and partisan Democrats still...
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) is slated to advance to the general election in her bid to hang on to her seat, Decision Desk HQ projected early Wednesday. Her opponent has yet to be determined. The first-term mayor has faced a tough reelection battle against Republican reality TV star Spencer Pratt and progressive Los...
Zach Lahn’s surprise win over Trump-backed Rep. Randy Feenstra sets up a November matchup with Democratic State Auditor Rob Sand in a race both parties are watching closely.
Justice Samuel Alito on Monday briefly halted a ruling that would prevent mifepristone, the common abortion pill, from being prescribed without an in-person doctor visit. Alito’s pause will last for one week as the Supreme Court considers the case. It does not necessarily reflect the court’s thinking. Drug manufacturers filed an emergency appeal at the high court over the weekend after the U.S. Court of...
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) on Sunday backed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) after President Trump said Jeffries should be impeached for criticizing the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act. On Wednesday, a 6-3 majority of justices struck down Louisiana’s second majority-Black congressional district. “He is a president that’s drowning in his dismal poll numbers and...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is calling on the House and White House to follow the Senate’s lead and ban government officials from placing bets on prediction markets, which he says poses a serious national security risk. The Democratic leader noted that 16 accounts made more than $100,000 each by correctly predicting a U.S....
Spirit Airlines said Sunday that most of its customers had received refunds for their flights after the airline’s shutdown. The airline told Reuters it was close to finishing passengers’ refunds in the wake of ending operations. On Saturday, Spirit announced that it shut down after failing to come to a deal for a government bailout....
U.S. Central Command (Centcom) on Monday dismissed a claim from Iranian state media that a U.S. warship was hit by Iranian missiles. “CLAIM: Iranian state media claims that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hit a U.S. warship with two missiles,” Centcom said in a post on the social platform X early Monday morning. “TRUTH: No...
As policymakers reconsider the scope of birthright citizenship, Puerto Rico exemplifies how territorial ambiguity can obscure constitutional lines and complicate national policy.
For 40 years, it has been clear that Republican-nominated justices are more likely to peel off and side with the liberal bloc than the other way around.
In today’s issue: Democrats are feeling increasingly bullish about their prospects for the midterm elections with less than six months remaining before voters head to the polls. History is on their side, as the party out of power has typically gained seats in Congress in most midterms. But they’re starting to show signs of a chance to flip control of both...
