President Trump’s approval rating held at 40 percent in recent weeks, matching the lowest level of his current term amid weak ratings from Hispanic voters, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier (D) returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday “but says she remains locked inside the Capitol because she wouldn’t sign a permission slip to be…
Tom Nichols: “The meeting at the White House today yielded little progress toward peace—but it could have been far worse.” Save to Favorites
NOTUS: “Former Sen. Sherrod Brown formally entered the state’s Senate race on Monday, less than a year after voters rejected the blue-collar Democrat’s bid for a fourth term and after…
California Democrats unveiled a new congressional map that could flip as many as five seats to Democrats, but drawing the lines may prove to be the easy part. The legislature…
“The governors of Mississippi and Louisiana said on Monday that they would deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, joining three other Republican-led states that have recently heeded President…
President Trump privately boasted to a fellow world leader that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a deal with him, “as crazy as that sounds,” Mediaite reports. Said…
“Interim Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton avoided a protracted fight over his temporary appointment when a group of judges approved him to remain in the post pending confirmation as a…
Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel are bringing on Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as an additional deputy director of the bureau, Fox News reports. Bailey will…
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was thankful over a dozen times during public remarks with President Trump at the White House on Monday,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Trump…
“Donald Trump’s political operation is considering primarying Indiana lawmakers who don’t embrace his mid-decade redistricting plans,” Politico reports. Said one person familiar: “They have a mountain of cash and even…
“Ukraine will promise to buy $100 billion of American weapons financed by Europe in a bid to obtain US guarantees for its security after a peace settlement with Russia,” the…
“In the months leading up to the January 6 Capitol riot, a now deleted Twitter account bearing the full name of E. J. Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to run…
Former Alaska Senate Minority Leader Tom Begich (D) has entered the race for governor after filing a letter of intent, the Alaska News Source reports.Save to Favorites
Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) is considering running for governor instead of running for the House, Punchbowl News reports. Schweikert, who was first elected in the gigantic GOP class of 2010,…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem would be a top target of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee if Democrats retake the House in…
A new Echelon Insights poll finds 36% of voters think the economy is improving while 49% think it’s getting worse. But President Trump’s approval rating is a surprisingly high 47%…
House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-KY) “said that the Justice Department told him it would begin sharing records related to the investigation of deceased sex offender and financier Jeffrey…
“When House Republican leaders rushed to leave Washington for a long August break, they seemed desperate to quell the anger among their supporters about the Trump administration’s backtracking on a…
“Donald Trump on Monday announced that lawyers are drafting an executive order to eliminate mail-in voting, days after Vladimir Putin told him US elections were rigged because of postal ballots,”…
A new AARP/Gotham Polling survey in New York City finds Zohran Mamdani way ahead in the race for mayor with 42%, followed by Andrew Cuomo at 23%, Curtis Sliwa at 17%,…
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