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How DSA candidate Angie Nixon pulled off a Florida Senate primary upset
Democratic socialist Angie Nixon’s upset victory over Alex Vindman is reshaping Florida’s Democratic Senate contest, while a debate stumble by Sen. Darline Graham (R) is drawing attention in South Carolina ahead of next week’s GOP Senate runoff. Plus, new Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) polling averages across several major battlegrounds and a preview of Massachusetts’s Sept….
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Alina Habba says she’s ‘not in the running’ to replace Leavitt
Alina Habba, the president’s former personal attorney, ruled herself out as a candidate for White House press secretary as speculation swirls about whom President Trump will pick to replace Karoline Leavitt. “Flattered by the Kalshi odds, but I’m not in the running for any job,” Habba wrote in a social media post on Wednesday, referring…
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Trump shows off White House construction projects: ‘We get the best stuff’
President Trump on Wednesday showed reporters a closer look at the White House’s various construction projects, including the ballroom and new helipad, touting that “we get the best stuff.” Trump led an uninterrupted, 30-minute tour of the new White House helipad designed for Marine One, which, when completed, will be 100-feet-wide and made of granite,…
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White House congressional affairs chief leaves before midterm elections
The White House’s chief of legislative affairs has departed the role as President Trump’s administration heads into the midterm election campaign. The position is responsible for managing the administration’s relations with Congress and shepherding its legislative agenda, making the exit notable at a time when maintaining working relationships with lawmakers is politically sensitive. Available reporting…
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Iran warns of ‘further defeat’ after Trump ‘Economic D-Day’ announcement
Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Aragachi on Thursday said President Trump’s pledged “economic D-Day” attack on Tehran will only result in “further defeat” for the United States as the national debt swells. “The so-called “Economic D-Day” is a diversion from America’s own crisis: unprecedented debt & surging interest costs,” Aragachi wrote in a post on…
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Their cities dropped Flock surveillance cameras. They’re still being watched
Cities that dropped surveillance contracts with Flock Safety are discovering they remain under similar monitoring, either because a rival vendor has stepped in or because the original cameras have not been removed. In Longmont, Colorado, campaigners celebrated when the city let its Flock contract lapse in December, only to see the council approve a new…
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Presidents sometimes defy Congress and the courts with executive orders
President Donald Trump has significantly increased the use of executive orders during his second term, challenging previous records for judicial pushback while navigating a period of legislative scarcity.
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Trump makes extraordinary intervention as glamorous blonde aide’s ‘dangerous’ secret is exposed in astonishing security leak
Donald Trump personally intervened to order his longtime personal secretary, Natalie Harp, to complete a security clearance process she had refused to cooperate with for more than a year, according to a report by MS NOW. The revelation is significant because Harp has near-unrestricted access to Trump as his personal aide, handling sensitive material throughout…
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Ossoff: ‘Amazing to watch this White House melt down’ over Harp remark
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) doubled down Wednesday on his criticism of President Trump’s relationship with longtime White House aide Natalie Harp, brushing off a wave of attacks from the president’s inner circle over his remarks. Ossoff, who is seeking reelection in Georgia against Trump-backed Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.), came under fire by the White House…