The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed South Carolina to use a congressional map that a lower court had said weakened Black voting rights, bolstering the political fortunes of Republicans as they seek to maintain control of the House of Representatives and making it harder to challenge districts on grounds of racial gerrymandering nationwide. This post […]Read More

NEW YORK — Former president Donald Trump will hold a rally Thursday in the South Bronx, a rare appearance for the GOP presidential candidate in a predominantly Democratic area and a decision that’s already prompting backlash from residents and local politicians. Trump grew up in Queens, but Thursday’s rally will be his first in New […]Read More

Earlier this month, Rep. Jamie Raskin (Md.), the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, sent letters to the heads of various oil companies seeking information about an alleged effort by former president Donald Trump to solicit a campaign contribution in exchange for pro-oil policies should he win reelection. That alleged quid pro quo was […]Read More

When former president Donald Trump released a video saying states should decide abortion rights, it was meant to tamp down discontent from antiabortion groups who had been pushing him to support a national ban, as well as from abortion rights advocates angry over his role in overturning Roe v. Wade. This post appeared first on […]Read More

The Senate voted down a bipartisan border security deal on Thursday for the second time as Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) attempted to put the GOP on the defensive on a core campaign issue ahead of 2024. The bill failed 43-50 as nearly every Republican joined a handful of Democrats in voting against […]Read More

We may never know why it occurred to Donald Trump or someone with access to his Truth Social account to post a graph about immigration at 2:20 a.m. Fox News was re-airing Sean Hannity’s show during which Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) discussed the subject; it’s more than possible that the former president was tuning in. […]Read More

Former president Donald Trump claimed Thursday that he would leverage his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin after the U.S. presidential election to secure the release of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter detained by Russia. Gershkovich has been held for more than a year without formal charges or a trial. The American citizen […]Read More

Steve Kramer, a Democratic operative who admitted to commissioning an artificial intelligence-generated robocall of President Biden that instructed New Hampshire voters to not vote early this year, is now facing criminal charges and federal fines. New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella announced on Thursday that Kramer had been indicted on charges of felony voter impression […]Read More

The two weeks from Jan. 6 to Jan. 20 in 2021 were tumultuous ones. The riot at the Capitol, in which supporters of President Donald Trump attempted to block the finalization of Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election, fell on that first date. On Jan. 13, Trump was impeached for his role in […]Read More