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Jesse Jackson Jr. Fails in His Comeback Bid
“Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. fell short in his attempt to return to Congress on Tuesday, after resigning more than a decade ago amid a federal corruption investigation,” Politico…
Tonight’s Primary Results
Illinois voters pick their candidates for state and federal office, but five races stand out: The races for the open U.S. Senate seat and four open U.S. House seats in…
Roberts Slams ‘Dangerous’ Attacks on Justices
“Chief Justice John Roberts said hostility toward individual Supreme Court members was creating a dangerous environment, in his first public comments since the president blasted justices who voted to strike…
Trump Missed Deadline to Push Texas Candidate Out
“President Donald Trump promised his endorsement was forthcoming in the GOP Texas Senate runoff and said he wanted whoever he didn’t pick to drop out. But now — preoccupied with…
Judge Order Voice of America Employees Back to Work
“Voice of America employees have spent a full year on paid administrative leave while President Donald Trump’s administration has tried to shrink the international broadcaster to its ‘statutory minimum.’ That…
Viewership for CBS Evening News Plummets
“Suddenly, CBS Evening News is back where executives at the news division behind the show hoped never to return,” Variety reports. “Viewership for the program has once again dropped below…
A Consequence-Free Presidency
Donald Trump has always treated power as something to be tested first and explained later. So it’s not surprising that he’d launch a war on instinct — and say he…
Russia Is Sharing Imagery and Drone Technology With Iran
“Russia has been expanding its intelligence sharing and military cooperation with Iran, providing satellite imagery and improved drone technology to aid Tehran’s targeting of U.S. forces in the region,” the…
Judge Ejects Federal Prosecutor From Court
“A federal judge threw a top prosecutor from the New Jersey U.S. attorney’s office out of his courtroom during a sentencing hearing this week and demanded that the office’s leadership…
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“I’m pretty good at this stuff. If you can go through years of these press conferences and you’re a popular president of the United States that won in a landslide,…
Will Susie Wiles’ Diagnosis Impact the White House?
Rachel Bade: “On the one hand, some Trump World allies argue that nothing will change. Wiles entire mantra as chief, after all, has been to, ‘let Trump be Trump’ —…
Trump Floats Venezuela as the 51st State
President Trump took credit for Venezuela having made the finals of the World Baseball Classic and raised the prospect of making it the 51st state. Save to Favorites
Pam Bondi Subpoenaed Over Epstein Files
House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) issued a subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday, demanding she testify before lawmakers over her handling of the Epstein files, Politico reports….
Mamdani Moves to End City’s Defense of Eric Adams
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s law department on Tuesday sought a judge’s approval to stop representing the former mayor, Eric Adams, in a sexual assault lawsuit brought against him…
Trump Says Dyslexia Should Disqualify Gavin Newsom
President Trump said presidents should not have a “learning disability,” specifically taking aim at California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a possible 2028 presidential candidate who has spoken openly about his dyslexia,…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“Is that boots on the ground? No, not like inside Iran where they’re in the cities. Where we go through circumstances that we’ve had in the past of large areas…
Normalizing a $92 Million Primary Season
National Journal: “The Chicago River isn’t the only thing seeing green today as voters head to the polls in Illinois after millions of dollars in outside money flooded the airwaves….
China Helps Cuba with Solar Power
“China is helping Cuba race to capture renewable solar energy as the United States imposes an effective oil blockade on the Caribbean island, creating its worst energy crisis in decades,”…
One War, Two Mistakes
Elliot Cohen: “The war’s advocates may acknowledge that the Trump administration has done a clumsy job of arguing its case and that it has entered the conflict with only one…
‘The Last of Our Concerns Right Now’
Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett told CNBC if the Iran war “were to be extended, it wouldn’t really disrupt the U.S. economy very much at all.” He added: “It would hurt…
