Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and her primary challenger Wesley Bell are locked in a dead heat in what is expected to be a competitive primary in August, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by the polling firm The Mellman Group for the organization Democratic Majority for
With Donald Trump’s felony convictions inscribed in the historical record and the first debate of the presidential cycle about to take place, time is ripe for both more accountability and additional iconoclasm. First, accountability. I recently argued here against the
Iran's upcoming presidential election is a democratic charade, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei retaining his grip on power and his son Mojtaba waiting in the wings, while the nation faces economic hardship, a women's movement, and a nuclear ambition that has led to
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced some Medicare beneficiaries will save money on 64 prescription drugs for the third quarter of this year as part of a program intended to rein in massive price hikes. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which President Biden and
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce is slated to hold a hearing Wednesday on fighting workplace antisemitism at universities. The event is scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. EDT. Watch the video above.
As many municipal landfills belch out gas from decomposing organic matter, they are also releasing toxic "forever chemicals" into the air, a new study has found. Scientists measured unexpectedly high levels of airborne per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at three dumps
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will lay out his foreign policy agenda in a speech at a leading conservative think tank in Washington D.C., on July 8, one day before the start of the NATO summit hosted by President Biden. Johnson will deliver remarks at Hudson Institute, a
Hagari’s remarks echo a lesson U.S. forces learned the hard way in Iraq: “In counterinsurgency, you cannot kill your way to victory.”
MAGA Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has joined the list of Donald Trump’s allies bashing the moderators of CNN’s upcoming presidential debate, but she’s giving it her patented conspiracy theory twist. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday, the Georgia Republican
The Wall Street Journal editorial board on Wednesday deemed North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) the best option to serve as former President Trump's running mate of those being considered for the role. The Rupert Murdoch-owned Journal described Trump's vice presidential selection
The Supreme Court delivered a surprising opinion on Wednesday, siding with the Biden administration and giving a kick in the face to conspiracy theorists and purveyors of disinformation. The case , Murthy v. Missouri , argued that the Biden administration violated people’s
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected challenges to Biden administration officials’ communications with social media companies aimed at combating misinformation online. The 6-3 decision does not address the First Amendment issues at the center of the cases and instead denies
NATO has appointed outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the next head of the western security alliance, bringing a change in leadership for the first time in a decade. Ambassadors representing the 32 alliance members agreed to select Rutte as the replacement for NATO
Many states are failing to track how often children in foster care facilities are abused, the Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General said in a report. The report, published Wednesday, assessed how states monitor if children are being mistreated in residential
South Carolina state Sen. Katrina Shealy was defeated by fellow Republican Carlisle Kennedy in a runoff election Tuesday, becoming the third Republican woman who filibustered against South Carolina's abortion ban two years ago to lose a primary. Shealy is the last of the
Trump’s anti-Midas touch showed up strong on Tuesday, as three Trump-endorsed candidates lost bigly in their primaries in Utah, Colorado, and South Carolina. The 0 for 3 showing suggests that even in an election year where Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, his
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), who is rumored to be on former President Trump’s vice presidential shortlist, said there would be a “little bit of disappointment” if he’s not chosen as a running mate. Vance and his wife, Usha, joined Lawrence Jones on Fox News Channel’s "FOX & Friends"
More than 260 million Americans suffered last week under an unprecedented early summer “heat dome,” yet the issue of climate change has been ignored in our presidential debates.
Restaurants and bars across the nation’s capital are preparing to host watch parties for the most highly anticipated political event so far this year: the first debate between President Biden and former President Trump. The Thursday debate, set to air on CNN, represents a
The House Ways and Means Committee is slated to hold a hearing Wednesday on strengthening child welfare and protecting children. Paris Hilton and other advocates are set to testify before the panel about modernizing child welfare programs. The hearing is scheduled to begin at
Donald Trump appeared to blank for a few seconds d uring a phone interview before being jolted back to reality. Trump called in to his former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski’s show on Newsmax Tuesday night. Lewandowski asked the former president and convicted felon about Joe
House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republican leaders held a secret vote late Tuesday night, in a last-ditch effort to save Steve Bannon from having to report to jail. High-ranking members of the House GOP voted to reject the previous Congress’s formal position on the January
Voters in key states who will likely decide the election trust former President Trump more than President Biden to handle threats to democracy, according to a survey released Wednesday. The poll, conducted by The Washington Post/Schar School, surveyed voters across six swing
Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for a "catch and kill" scheme to suppress embarrassing stories during the 2016 campaign, while the wealthy are rarely held accountable for financial crimes, and the poor are over-prosecuted for
The latest season of a series that combines dining and democracy — and showcases lawmakers chowing down on some of their favorite foods — is aiming to show that even in fractured times, bipartisanship can taste delicious. "Breaking Bread," which premieres its second season on
Democratic strategist James Carville said Steve Bannon, who is set to report to prison next week, should be given a private cell, because any inmate could make an argument that rooming with Bannon is “cruel and unusual punishment” under the Eighth Amendment. Carville joined
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to Australia after pleading guilty to obtaining and sharing classified documents about the U.S. military. He pleaded guilty for conspiring with Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. intelligence analyst, to obtain and disclose the
CNN has been given the opportunity to host the first joint appearance between Joe Biden and Donald Trump of the 2024 presidential election, and it is up to the network to measure up to this unexpected and perhaps undeserved windfall.
Most U.S. adults say they plan to watch some form of media about Thursday’s presidential debate between President Biden and former President Trump, a new survey found. The poll, conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and released Wednesday,
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that border encounters with migrants are down 40 percent three weeks after President Biden’s order halting asylum processing. The Border Patrol’s seven-day encounter average is down to under 2,400 encounters per day, which is 40
Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) endorsed President Biden’s reelection bid Wednesday, a day before the first presidential debate against former President Trump. In a video released Wednesday, Kinzinger said he’s a “proud conservative” but bashed Trump as a threat to
Former President Donald Trump must strategically win the debate against Joe Biden without landing a devastating knockout blow, as the Democratic Party still has time to work on Biden if he falls, while Biden must back up his arrogance with facts and avoid being mocked by Trump.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that no one expects President Biden to be "on cocaine" during the debate later this week, despite President Trump and his allies suggesting otherwise. Johnson joined CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to discuss how at a recent rally, Trump told his
I do think it would be helpful to know whether or not either of the men seeking the highest office in the land feels like he needs medication to get through a presidential debate.
November will be a moment of immense reckoning for a Republican Party fixated on restricting the freedom of American women. It can’t come soon enough.
Predicting Parkinson's disease earlier could potentially revolutionize treatment.
In Tuesday’s primaries, one of the most progressive House incumbents lost in New York, one of the country’s most conservative House incumbents won by switching districts in Colorado and a moderate Republican trounced the rest of Utah’s Senate primary field, including a
For years we’ve been hearing that when President Donald Trump cut corporate taxes in 2017, corporations pissed away their tax savings on stock buybacks. Trump himself, in one of his rare episodes of truthfulness, admitted it . But that turns out not to be quite right. According
The presidential debate Thursday will set out clear differences over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, with President Biden’s pitch for unity among traditional allies expected to contrast with former President Trump’s tough talk and transactional foreign policy. And while Ukraine
A Supreme Court ruling on former President Trump’s claims of immunity from criminal prosecution is looming over his debate this week with President Biden. The question of whether Trump is immune from prosecution for certain acts while president could upend his criminal trials,
The civil war within the Senate GOP conference is getting heated as conservatives step up calls to curb the power of the next Senate Republican leader, while current Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s (Ky.) mainstream and moderate allies warn the changes could make the upper