The New York Times published the results of a new interview with a dozen Texas voters who backed President Donald Trump in 2024, and are now either considering or committed to voting for Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico.Near universally, the group, which consisisted of six Republicans, two…
Month: September 2026
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration faces a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday, and a key Republican has made clear she’ll need to break with the president on a key issue to win his support.Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), a physician and chair of the Senate Health, Edu…
Reporters for Politico, CNN and MS NOW were still barred from the White House hours after a federal judge ordered their access restored.Journalists from all three outlets were turned away at Secret Service checkpoints Thursday morning, according to Politico and live reports on CNN and MS NOW.Early T…
A Republican congressional candidate sparked backlash by expressing outrage at a family member’s looming deportation.Paul LePage, the former Maine governor currently seeking the state’s open 2nd Congressional District seat, revealed that his son’s father-in-law had been detained by Immigration and C…
Republican senators gave their verdict on Sen. Mitch McConnell’s first week back at work Wednesday, with one saying it doesn’t matter if the Kentucky politician is able to talk or not.Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) stared daggers at a Raw Story reporter when asked if McConnell had proved himself capable of…
President Donald Trump personally greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews — a display of deference that observers say wasn’t returned when Trump visited Beijing in May.HuffPost senior reporter S.V. Dáte was among the first to flag the histo…
Former Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s ex-lover and former bodyguard now faces a felony charge after allegedly breaking into her Cave Creek home and destroying more than $200,000 worth of her belongings while she was away.Matthew Ammel, 39, was arrested September 18 in connection with the incident, wh…
A new Republican-aligned super PAC is spending heavily to stop an independent Senate candidate in Nebraska in a glaring sign the GOP is nervous about a seat it would normally hold without a fight.The group began running attack ads against Democratic-endorsed candidate Dan Osborn last week, and accor…
Years ago, I worked with a person who habitually used the word “concerned.” They had a junior role on our team but, nevertheless, constantly interrupted meetings with her “concerns.” They’d come to me expressing “concern” for how something didn’t meet their satisfaction, always “concerned” about be…
President Donald Trump has made unleashing fossil fuels a centerpiece of his presidency, but his seven-month war with Iran is pushing the world away from oil and gas faster than almost anyone predicted.Trump has called clean energy policies a “Green New Scam,” and his administration has directed mor…