Democrat Graham Platner secured the Maine Democratic nomination, and now he goes on to face Susan Collins (R) in the midterm elections. Speaking after one of the 2026 primaries, data analyst Harry Enten explained that Maine isn’t necessarily a must-win state if Democrats intend to take back the U.S….
House Republicans are becoming increasingly engulfed by turmoil and infighting as a group within the caucus continually undermines party leaders by using discharge petitions, according to a new report from The Hill.Discharge petitions are a parliamentary tool available to House lawmakers, whereby th…
President Donald Trump’s administration has spent months trying to get voter lists, particularly from blue states. Now, Trump is threatening to deny mailing ballots through the USPS if those states don’t turn over the lists. “That dilemma stems from newly proposed USPS rules that seek to comply with…
Even with new military strikes against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump is claiming that the war is drawing to a conclusion. But Trump’s critics are skeptical, arguing that it is a major contradiction to claim that peace is at hand while new strikes are being carried out.CNN, early Wednesday mornin…
Pope Leo arrived on the world stage with a message of peace, but his American roots and plainspoken style quickly put him on a collision course with Donald Trump and Catholic Vice President JD Vance. As Trump doubled down on hard-line immigration policies, war rhetoric and personal attacks, Leo emer…
President Donald Trump was the “biggest obstacle” in the way of his own administration handling the Epstein files, according to a legthy new report from The New York Times, as insiders were “paralyzed” with fear and paranoia about how to handle the growing “crisis” despite him not wanting them to sa…
During George W. Bush’s presidency, the term “values voters” was used to describe socially conservative voters who were strongly motivated by their opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. Other Bush supporters might have been motivated by national security or tax policy, but the “values voters…
Yesterday I asked a group of eight specialists who have closely watched Trump over the years — two clinical psychologists, a psychiatrist, two medical doctors, and three political advisers — about their reactions to Trump’s interview that aired on Sunday’s “Meet the Press.” Here’s the part of the in…
Every year, the panel overseeing the trust fund for Social Security and Medicare publishes its annual financial report. And every year, its members make clear that the programs’ reserves will be exhausted by the time Gen X retires – meaning they will no longer be able to pay full scheduled benefits …
As the smoke finally started to clear following Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, and Donald Trump’s violent attack aimed at overthrowing our government just two months later, I wrote a piece castigating our disintegrating working press in the United States.The thrust of my write was this: I…