Politics

In the final stretch leading up to Election Day 2025, former President Barack Obama is everywhere.From coast to coast, the former president is hoping to help push fellow Democrats over the finish line in the most high-profile and consequential ballot box showdowns this year as his party aims to rebound following last year's election setbacks."A lot of us do not believe that politicians should choose their voters, they believe the […]

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency Thursday from Richmond, blaming congressional Democrats for dragging out the federal government shutdown, projecting the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) will run out in just over a week."The Democrat Shutdown will cause SNAP benefits to run out for over 850,000 Virginians in need starting Nov. 1, 2025," the outgoing Republican said of the program, formerly dubbed food stamps."I refuse to let […]

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo's campaign is walking back an AI-generated ad that depicted opposing voters as criminals and vagrants on Thursday.The ad depicts supporters of rival candidate Zohran Mamdani committing crimes like burglary, looting, drunk driving and human trafficking. The campaign posted the ad Wednesday night before quickly taking it down.Mamdani called the ad "just disgusting" in a response on social media.Cuomo campaign spokesman Rich Azzopardi told […]

Russia has renewed its violations of NATO airspace with jet incursions into Lithuanian territory, the nation’s president announced Thursday."This is a blatant breach of international law and territorial integrity of Lithuania," President Gitanas Nausėda said. "Once again, it confirms the importance of strengthening European air defense readiness."The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense said: "Russian military aircraft briefly entered Lithuanian airspace. Our forces acted quickly with NATO jets on patrol."The ministry said […]

New York City mayoral contenders relentlessly criticized their opponents as they made their final pitch to voters Wednesday night in the last debate before early voting starts Saturday. Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, Independent candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa once again traded barbs on the debate stage, meeting for the second time in less than a week.Wednesday's debate at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City […]

Speaking from the Oval Office on Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump said the U.S. will "hit" drug smugglers attempting to enter the U.S. by land after a series of lethal strikes on cartel boats at sea.The president was questioned about his use of military force to crack down on drug smugglers in the Caribbean and Pacific following the eighth such strike in recent weeks.Trump acknowledged "it is violent" but said […]

Democrats pulled out all the stops Wednesday to delay the vote on a short-term spending bill to reopen the government, the 12th time the Senate has considered the measure since the government entered a shutdown Oct. 1.Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., embarked on a nearly 24-hour speech at 6:23 p.m. Tuesday, concluding his remarks at 5 p.m. the next day. Merkley, 68, warned viewers of the authoritarianism he said had become […]

Maine Democrat Graham Platner, a first-time Senate candidate backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., says he has covered up a tattoo widely recognized as a Nazi symbol after critics unearthed old social media posts and demanded he quit the race.Platner’s campaign is facing intense scrutiny after it was revealed he once had a skull-and-crossbones tattoo resembling the Totenkopf used by Hitler’s SS paramilitary forces. Platner said he got the tattoo in […]

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, said Wednesday she would "strongly consider" a run for the U.S. Senate, telling SiriusXM’s "The Lurie Daniel Favors Show" that recent polling suggests she would be a top contender in the Texas Democratic primary.During the interview, Favors asked Crockett about her district redrawn by the Texas legislature and whether she planned to continue running to represent her new district.Crockett said she had no idea where she […]