News aggregator
Haley is rising in New Hampshire. But toppling Trump is a tall order.
The shifting terrain among the non-Trump candidates in the Granite State has drawn renewed attention to a unique and crucial 2024 GOP battleground.
Categories: News
Vietnam tried to hack U.S. officials, CNN with posts on X, probe finds
The targeting came as Vietnamese and American diplomats were negotiating a major cooperation agreement intended to counter growing Chinese influence in the region.
Categories: News
Will Hurd ends long-shot GOP presidential campaign, endorses Nikki Haley
“I urge donors, voters, and other candidates to unite around an alternative candidate to Trump,” the former congressman said.
Categories: News
White House considers adding Ukraine to Israel aid package
Biden, seeking ways to push Ukraine aid through Congress, may tie it to a more popular package of support for Israel. Some conservatives are likely to cry foul.
Categories: News
In Israel, U.S. lawmakers witness war up close
“We had 90 seconds” to get to safety, Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.) said. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) described huddling in the stairwell of a hotel in Tel Aviv.
Categories: News
Republicans turn on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he launches independent bid
Republicans are turning on RFK Jr. as he announces an independent presidential bid, underscoring nervousness on both sides on how the gadfly and other potential third-party candidates might scramble the races
Categories: News
House Republicans need to pick a new speaker. Here’s how that works.
Members of the majority party hope to settle on a successor to Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) by the end of the week. But there’s no guarantee they will.
Categories: News
A few possibilities to replace Kevin McCarthy as House speaker
McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he has no plans to seek reelection as speaker, creating a wide-open race as the House also faces a mid-November deadline to fund the government.
Categories: News
As false war information spreads on X, Musk promotes unvetted accounts
Elon Musk recommended that users follow accounts that have promoted lies in the past.
Categories: News
Trump trials: Slow motions
Welcome back to our weekly pop-up newsletter on Donald Trump’s four criminal cases.
Categories: News
The Jim Jordan-ization of the GOP
Some argue Jordan has made himself more palatable in recent years. But it’s more about the GOP warming to his brand of bomb-throwing than the reverse.
Categories: News
Divisions over abortion roil 2024 GOP presidential field
The party scrambles to unify on an issue that became a major obstacle for GOP candidates in last year’s midterm elections.
Categories: News
Biden faces growing pressure from Democrats over border crossings
Republicans also seize on the issue, seeing immigration as a renewed vulnerability for the president.
Categories: News
Assault on Israel fuels political attacks in the U.S. presidential race
Trump and other Republican presidential contenders sought to blame Biden’s policies, while the president’s aides accused opponents of spreading misinformation
Categories: News
Lucy Morgan, Florida journalist who hunted corruption, dies at 82
Ms. Morgan’s investigative work for the St. Petersburg Times included a series on police corruption that was award a Pulitzer Prize.
Categories: News
Record border crossings are a burden Biden carries into 2024 election
The administration announced that it will build new border wall in South Texas while insisting that it still believes that a wall is not a solution
Categories: News
Illinois Democrats drew new maps. The changes pushed the GOP to the right.
Kevin McCarthy’s ouster from the U.S. House speakership reflected a push toward the fringe caused in part by gerrymandered districts. The congressional map in Illinois offers a prime example.
Categories: News
‘Jan. 6 choir’ member sentenced to 7 years in Capitol attack
‘Jan. 6 choir’ member Shane Jenkins sentenced to 7 years in Capitol attack. Jenkins was part of the group battling officers guarding the West Terrace tunnel.
Categories: News
Kevin McCarthy’s election machine in limbo as GOP seeks new speaker
The deposed speaker spent 15 years building the political operation that won back control of the House in 2022.
Categories: News
Trump gets temporary reprieve from losing control of companies in N.Y.
A New York state appellate judge temporarily blocked the revocation of the Trump Organization’s state business certificates ordered last week by a trial judge.
Categories: News