Politics

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After a consequential day of meetings, congressional Democrats appear to be absorbing the sober reality of President Joe Biden’s nomination amid debate about his viability and the party’s path forward. House Democrats huddled privately at the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday morning to vent for more than […]

Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jim Inhofe, the longest-serving U.S. senator from Oklahoma, has died, his family announced. He was 89. Inhofe died early Tuesday after a stroke over the July 4 holiday, his family said in a statement. “He passed peacefully, surrounded by his wife Kay, and his three surviving children, Molly, Jimmy and […]

Siavosh Hosseini/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence has joined a faction of conservatives decrying the updated Republican National Committee platform rubber-stamped by former President Donald Trump for its inclusion of softened language on abortion, a marked change from past cycles. The 2024 platform committee voted 84-14 on Monday […]

Wolfgang Deuter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Russia will attempt to influence the 2024 presidential election in favor of a past preferred candidate, according to U.S. officials who briefed reporters on election threats on Tuesday “We have not observed a shift in Russia’s preferences for the presidential race from past elections, given the role the U.S. is […]

Jose Antonio Caravaca/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Iranian government actors are seeking to “take advantage” of pro-Palestinian protests in the United States, according to the director of National Intelligence, including providing financial support to some protesters. “In recent weeks, Iranian government actors have sought to opportunistically take advantage of ongoing protests regarding the war in Gaza, […]

Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After Joe Biden’s disastrous debate, Democrats worried about the president’s chances in November are mired in a debate of their own: shut up or shout louder. Biden, whose decades-long career in Democratic politics has let him rack up chits across the party, has his fair share of defenders, both those […]

Signage promoting Milwaukee as the 2024 host of the Republican National Convention inside the Fiserv Forum during the Republican National Convention (RNC) fall media walkthrough in Milwaukee, Wis., on Nov. 30, 2023. — Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Republican National Committee’s platform committee adopted a new GOP platform on Monday — […]

Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, arrives at federal court in New York City, July 8, 2024. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Sen. Bob Menendez “sold the power of his office” by accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for using his power to benefit New Jersey […]

Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a letter released late Monday night by the president’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, he confirmed that Dr. Kevin Cannard, the Parkinson’s expert who visited the White House eight times in an eight-month span, “was the neurological specialist that examined President Biden for each of his annual physicals.” Canard’s visits […]

Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Greenbrier Farms on June 28, 2024 in Chesapeake, Virginia. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Last week, former President Donald Trump attempted to distance himself from “Project 2025,” a sweeping plan to overhaul the federal government proposed by a closely aligned conservative group. […]