President Donald Trump has unapologetically decimated the career Foreign Service in favor of handpicked political appointments and envoys. Many of these individuals are long-term friends and business partners. This is not necessarily bad. Some State Department careerists protest too much when they clutch pearls and speak about how their service was always above politics, while […]
Rising gas and diesel prices are a major reason Republicans risk losing the House and possibly the Senate in November, but President Donald Trump’s energy deal with Russia will not fix that. It is too tiny and comes too late to change anyone’s mind about the economy. Worse, it provides much-needed economic relief to a […]
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In today's issue: ▪ Agents search Ilhan Omar’s home ▪ Zelensky leads backlash to diesel deal ▪ Judge slams DOJ over tree cutting ▪ Iran likely responsible for air base incident Federal agents searched the Washington-area home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) before dawn Monday in a major escalation of the Trump administration’s probe of...
A handful of congressional candidates are seeking office in districts where they do not live, putting their local ties in focus as the midterm election season heats up. In Arizona, Democrat Amish Shah and Republican Jay Feely are vying to represent the state’s 1st Congressional District despite both of them living outside its boundaries. A...
As Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) considers whether she'll run for president or seek a New York Senate seat, the outcome of Michigan’s Senate race pitting a progressive Democrat against a former GOP congressman could help shape her decision. Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is battling former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) to succeed the retiring Sen....
A new poll released on Tuesday found that 46 percent of likely voters believe all the votes in the midterms will be counted accurately, underscoring how voter faith in elections has taken a hit. An exclusive NewsNation-Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) poll, conducted by AI research platform TrueDot.ai, found 27 percent separately saying they were only...