Politics

Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats suffered a knockout punch in this month’s elections. New Jersey’s and Virginia’s off-year gubernatorial elections in 2025 offer them their first chances to get off the mat. Both states have become reliably blue in federal races, but President-elect Donald Trump narrowed his margins in each state, and […]

Participants in the annual Christmas Parade march down Main Street, December 1, 2023, in Rio Grande City, Starr County, Texas. The vast majority of rural Starr County, which follows the Rio Grande River border with Mexico, is Mexican American, and Spanish is the most commonly spoken first language. The area is a center for migrants […]

US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters as he visits the Nantucket Fire Department in Nantucket, Massachusetts on November 28, 2024. Biden and family are in Nantucket, Massachusetts for the Thanksgiving holiday. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden spent Thanksgiving morning giving back to first responders on Nantucket, while also […]

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, President of Mexico, speaks during the National Agreement for the Human Right to Water and Sustainability, held at the Ecological Park of Xochimilco. on November 25, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo credit should read Carlos Santiago/ Pixelnews/Future Publishing via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Mexico’s President Claudia […]

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office in January with a razor-thin GOP majority in the House of Representatives that offers Republicans barely any margin of error. Overnight Wednesday, one of two outstanding races in California tipped toward Democrats, giving Adam Gray a roughly 182-vote lead over […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the bipartisan group No Labels attempted to field a third-party independent bid in the 2024 presidential race, several of its opponents aggressively attempted to sabotage its operations in hopes of preventing the group from moving forward, according to a lawsuit the group has filed. A lawsuit filed initially against NoLabels.com Inc. […]

Jim Vondruska/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Several of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and administration appointees were the targets of “violent” threats Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Wednesday. “These attacks ranged from bomb threats to ‘swatting,’” Leavitt said. “In response, law enforcement and other authorities acted […]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday thanked supporters during a virtual call and vowed that the “fight’s not over” in her first remarks since conceding defeat to President-elect Donald Trump three weeks ago. “The fight that fueled our campaign, a fight for freedom and opportunity, that did not end […]

Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a deal brokered by the U.S. “to end the devastating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.” “This has been the deadliest conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in decades,” Biden said in remarks from the Rose Garden. Biden […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump and his allies have vowed to radically shift American policy from Day 1. From mass deportations to eliminating the Department of Education, Trump’s policies could impact millions of people and communities across the country. However, experts say there is a big obstacle that will make it harder […]