KAMALA HARRIS’S BORDER CHUTZPAH. Vice President Kamala Harris has two big jobs in her young presidential campaign. The first is to run away from many of the positions she held when she first ran for president in 2019. The second is to run away from much of her record as vice president. The issue of border […]
Former President Donald Trump has lost message discipline while on the campaign trail. Earlier this summer, Trump had demonstrated a level of rhetorical control that many thought was impossible for the famously unvarnished candidate. Heading into the June debate, the Trump campaign centered its strategy around President Joe Biden’s record on immigration and the economy. Because Trump focused […]
White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said Thursday that “nobody’s delighted” over one of the figures released in a recent prisoner swap that freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan. “Look, nobody's delighted, or doing backflips over here because Mr. [Vadim] Krasikov is now a free man,”...
The National Rifle Association (NRA) issued a rare endorsement of a Democrat, backing Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) in her reelection campaign. The endorsement of Peltola is the first NRA endorsement of a Democrat since 2020, when the association supported former Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.). It was first reported by the Washington Examiner. Peltola is Alaska’s...
President Biden and Vice President Harris spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday as tensions grow in the Middle East over the continued war in Gaza. The White House, in a readout of the call, said Biden reaffirmed his commitment to Israel’s security against threats from Iran and proxy groups Hamas, Hezbollah and...
Presented by PhRMA — The Senate version of the fiscal year 2025 Health and Human Services funding bill sets up a fight with the House when both chambers return from recess in September. {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Senate HHS funding bill moves forward with deep split from House version The...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) issued a joint statement on the major prisoner swap with Russia, cheering the release of Americans but expressing concern about the costs of hostage diplomacy and how the trade “does little to discourage Putin’s reprehensible behavior.” “The release of innocent Americans and Russian political...
Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the conservative political advocacy group linked to Charles Koch, is launching a seven-figure ad buy seeking to tie Democratic Sens. Jon Tester (Mont.) and Bob Casey (Pa.) to the Biden-Harris administration’s economic policies. A handful of ads set to go live in Montana and Pennsylvania will hammer the vulnerable incumbent senators...
State Rep. Gloria Johnson won Tennessee's Democratic senate primary, a race that garnered some national interest thanks to Johnson's involvement in the "Tennessee Three" last year.