As a business owner in the largest Venezuelan community in the United States, Wilmer Escaray is stressed and in shock. He is unsure what steps he should take after the Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to strip legal protections from hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants.
The White House press corps looked and sounded a little younger in the press briefing room on Tuesday as journalists and staffers were allowed to show their children where they worked.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened up an investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) over his pandemic-era nursing homes testimony to Congress, multiple outlets reported Tuesday night. The probe started around a month ago by the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C., that was then headed by Ed Martin, who was...
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey (D) has lost the Democratic primary to a moderate challenger, Decision Desk HQ projects. The progressive Gainey, the city’s first Black mayor, lost to Alleghany County Controller Corey O’Connor, the son of former Mayor Bob O’Connor (D). The race in the heavily Democratic city, which hasn’t elected a Republican mayor in...
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has won the Democratic nomination to set him up for a third term in office, fending off a more moderate challenger, Decision Desk HQ projects. Krasner defeated former Municipal Court Judge Pat Dugan in a race that served as a proxy battle between the progressive and moderate wings of the...
Democrat Sam Sutton has won a special election for a New York state Senate seat, repelling Republican efforts to flip the conservative-leaning district, Decision Desk HQ has projected. Sutton, a businessman who has led a nonprofit for years, defeated Republican Nachman Caller, an attorney who previously ran for state Assembly a decade ago. His win...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and moderate Republicans have zeroed in on an agreement for the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap, three sources told The Hill, solving a critical hang-up that has dogged the party’s “big, beautiful bill.” The proposal would increase the SALT deduction cap to $40,000 — quadruple the current $10,000 cap...
Veteran Democratic Party strategist James Carville suggested he would support Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) if the progressive lawmaker becomes the party’s presidential nominee in 2028. Carville first criticized the Democratic Party during his Tuesday appearance on MSNBC’s “The Beat,” saying it does not “have a message” and that the party’s leader will be the next...
California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa (D) accused former Vice President Kamala Harris and former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra of engaging in a “cover-up” of former President Biden’s cognitive decline while in office. In a lengthy statement released Tuesday, Villaraigosa cited revelations in journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s new book “Original Sin:...
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey was ousted Tuesday in a stiff Democratic primary challenge from Corey O'Connor, who also outraised and outspent the incumbent on the campaign trail.