2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (170+ words) Maine Democrats accused Graham Platner’s Senate campaign of putting a “thumb on the scale” in the debate over how to replace him. Maine Democrats accused Graham Platner’s Senate campaign of putting a “thumb on the scale” in the debate over…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (519+ words) JD Vance sent his last last mean tweet Feb. 3 about Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y. His last really hair-raising retweets were the week in January he amplified attacks on the slain Alex Pretti. And Vance doesn’t seem to mind deflating the…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (630+ words) Janet Mills, Maine’s Democratic governor, didn’t have the money to fully prosecute her case against Graham Platner in the state’s Senate race. Republicans do — and it’s going to get ugly, fast. Top Republican groups are pivoting quickly to launching a…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (149+ words) Two potential 2028 Democratic presidential contenders are heading to Canada on Saturday for a summit with Prime Minister Mark Carney and center-left politicians from Europe. Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., will speak alongside liberal politicians from other Western democracies…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1177+ words) The Senate’s rules were made “by a heroin addict with a socket wrench.” In a gridlocked chamber, “doing nothing is very hard … you never know when you’re finished.” John Thune did everything but “bark like a dog” to get a…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (993+ words) Ruben Gallego’s friends told him to, “lay low,” as he put it, “and this will pass over.” He didn’t agree. The Arizona Democratic senator was right about one thing: This month’s sexual assault allegations against Eric Swalwell, Gallego’s onetime “best…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (662+ words) Another Republican congressman got tossed out by his party. Another member of the Democratic Socialists of America won where Democrats weren’t expecting. And a few of the president’s chosen candidates flopped. Very few of Tuesday’s primaries were for seats that…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (160+ words) The US is hosting some sixty-five delegations from around the world. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hosting at least 65 delegations from around the world today for an event focused on “transnational far-left terrorism.” The gathering will include…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (555+ words) Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s closely watched meeting with Pope Leo XIV on Thursday served as a valuable cooldown after weeks of rising tensions between the Vatican and the White House. That halo followed Rubio overseas this week; many inside…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1175+ words) Scott Colom says his challenge to Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith isn’t about revenge over her blocking his bid to become a federal judge — but that she’ll still come to regret it. Had Hyde-Smith not objected to Colom’s judicial nomination in 2023, he…...