A political analyst on Tuesday revealed that despite the challenge, the conditions could be right to flip red-state Florida blue.As Florida voters cast their ballots on primary election day, Newsweek national political correspondent Alex J. Rouhandeh took a deeper dive into the competitive race amon…
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s push to jail an alleged World War II Memorial vandal backfired when the judge cited her own filing to deny the demand.Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh on Monday ordered Melissa Farris, 41, released from custody on two felony charges stemming from the Aug. 13 spray-pai…
A Florida Republican from Donald Trump’s home district could potentially face the death penalty under a law he had championed as a state legislator.Mike Caruso, the Palm Beach County clerk of courts and a staunch ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis, was arrested Tuesday morning on child sexual abuse charges, …
FBI Director Kash Patel’s legal team acknowledged in a court filing that his security detail possessed “breaching equipment” after a report about his alcohol use claimed the director had been unreachable.Last month, The Atlantic moved to dismiss a $250 million lawsuit brought by Patel in April after…
Yesterday at the White House, Trump held a photo op with a 16-year-old lifeguard, Ryder Williams, who’d pulled a drowning 10-year-old out of a dangerous surf in Santa Cruz. For any other president, it would have been a sweet, feel-good moment. Trump, though, turned it into something dark — and most …
Democrats have found a new midterm tool, and it involves a lot more skin. According to Axios, the party is leaning into sex appeal across its social feeds, serving up unbuttoned shirts on CNN, bare biceps on the rally stage, made-for-TikTok b-roll and the return of the tan suit.The bet, per Axios, i…
Alan Dershowitz, the attorney who represented both Donald Trump and his friend, sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, says he was personally vouched for by the lawyer representing one of Epstein’s most prominent accusers. That lawyer says it never happened.In an interview with The Atlantic’s Mark Leibovic…
Military families spoke out against President Donald Trump’s remarks about their loved ones serving a record-long deployment as part of his war against Iran.Lincoln’s crew has endured roughly nine months at sea – a modern-day record – amid reported mental health strain and supply disruptions, and Mi…
President Donald Trump contradicted Special Envoy for Peace Jared Kushner on Tuesday, flatly denying that any Iran talks were happening hours after Kushner called them active and ongoing.Trump wrote on Truth Social that “there are no talks or conversations going on, or scheduled, with the Islamic Re…
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro is pushing exceedingly hard to keep an accused World War II memorial vandal behind bars.After Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh declined prosecutors’ request to delay suspect Melissa Farris’ release, the U.S. attorney’s office filed a 30-page…