Mamdani jumps into Democratic Party feud, alleging boss seeking to subvert 'will of voters'
Zohran Mamdani opposes Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn's push to add voting members to the Brooklyn Democratic Party executive committee before a fall vote.
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Watch: Vance takes Trump economic agenda back to Maine
Vice President Vance visits the Pine Tree State on Monday, where he is expected to continue his tour pitching President Trump’s economic agenda ahead of the midterms. Vance will speak at defense manufacturer Compotech in Brewer, Maine, as the administration looks to highlight its push to boost U.S. manufacturing. Small Business Administration chief Kelly Loeffler…
Knowledge is power: Why America needs economic security intelligence
To counter economic coercion from China and other authoritarian states, the authors propose that the State Department establish annual Economic Security Intelligence Reports to help the United States identify and mitigate systemic economic risks.
Existing White House bunker undermines need for East Wing renovation, officials reportedly say
A new report says the White House already has an existing underground bunker for the president and his staff in case of national security threats, potentially undercutting administration claims of an urgent need for the East Wing renovations. Three former officials told The Washington Post that the White House complex currently includes a subterranean, highly…
Watch live: RFK Jr., Rollins tout Trump’s child nutrition agenda
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins will speak Monday at an event outlining the Trump administration’s child nutrition agenda. The two officials are set to discuss new investments and policies tied to the administration’s Make America Healthy Again initiative. Their remarks also come after the White House…
Dethroned Miss North Carolina USA files lawsuit, says she was stripped of crown over conservative beliefs
Brittany Boltinhouse claims that pageant organizers conspired to replace and defame her over her support for President Trump, among other conservative figures.
Trump boasts his endorsements are ‘stronger than ever’
President Trump on Sunday boasted his endorsements are “stronger than ever,” despite some prominent losses in recent primaries. “My Endorsements are stronger than ever — Not to mention the fact that good people are getting elected that never had the chance,” the president wrote in a Sunday evening Truth Social post, boasting that 254 candidates…
Tim Scott ‘very confident’ Darline Graham will win runoff
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said Sunday he is “very confident” in Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) winning her GOP primary runoff for Senate in the Palmetto State this week. During an appearance Sunday on “Meet the Press,” NBC News’s Kristen Welker pressed Scott on his level of confidence in Graham’s victory in the runoff, to which…
Forget the recent socialist shift — Democrats are ready for an FDR revival
By 2028, most Americans will be ready to shift their attention to someone other than Trump. And the candidate who disavows the DSA and embraces the muscular, practical liberalism of FDR is the one who will likely prevail.
Fetal personhood and the anti-freedom Republicans
The consequences of politicians defining a fertilized egg as a legal person deserving the full protection of the law are far-reaching.
25 years after 9/11, Bin Laden has achieved one of his major goals
A Marine veteran argues that twenty-five years of post-9/11 military spending and global counterterrorism efforts have failed to defeat terrorism and instead fulfilled Osama bin Laden’s goal of crippling the American economy.
Arbitrator orders Washington Post to reinstate fired columnist
An independent arbitrator ordered The Washington Post to rehire a columnist it fired last year over controversial social media posts following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. A judge ruled Karen Attiah, an opinion writer at the Post, had been wrongfully terminated over the social media posts and that the outlet failed to prove…
Has questionable MAGA behavior become a new norm?
The ongoing candidacy of individuals like Rep. Max Miller and gubernatorial nominee Victor Marx reflects a shift in American politics toward accepting controversial figures due to Donald Trump’s significant influence over the Republican voter base.
Trump blames New York prosecutors for Cohen’s role in hush money trial
President Trump blamed New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) for pressuring his former fixer Michael Cohen to testify against him in the 2024 hush money trial. “They threatened you with jail. They threatened you with everything if you didn’t go against Trump,” the president told Cohen in…
US-Canada trade war erupts; Trump faces beef backlash; Graham’s final South Carolina push
Join The Hill’s editors for a rundown of a wild few days in economic news, as trade talks with Canada rapidly turn into a tit-for-tat tariff war and President Trump’s plan to import discounted beef draws fierce backlash from his own base. We’ll also preview the homestretch in Sen. Darline Graham’s (R-S.C.) bid to hold…
What does it mean to be Jewish in a time of rising antisemitism?
The state of California is poised to become the first in the nation to recognize being Jewish as an ethnic and racial, not just a religious, identity.
The Senate races that will define the Democratic Party
Primaries have trended progressive, and whether that proves to be a winning formula at the statewide level will be among the defining questions of this cycle.
Is it finally time for a female president?
The next presidential election is more than two years away, but several women are already mentioned as possible candidates.