Dems make early ad reservations in key Senate races
Democrats are facing a brutal Senate map in 2024. The retirement of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) means that Republicans could win Senate control just by…
Column: Will ‘double haters’ determine the outcome of the 2024 presidential election?
WASHINGTON — The general election campaign between President Biden and former President Trump, the rematch almost nobody wanted, began ahead of schedule last week. Former South…
Biden’s got pharma’s back in global pandemic treaty negotiations
For those countries and their advocates, it’s a striking stance — given what happened after Covid arrived: They shared data about new variants only to…
Tribal leaders say California’s Feather Alert has problems
SACRAMENTO — When Yurok tribal member Danielle Ipiña-Vigil disappeared in San Francisco last summer, her family requested that state police issue a Feather Alert — an…
The Pollster Getting Under Democrats’ Skin
The man producing those polls is Mark Penn, best known for two things: his devotion to centrist politics and his longtime role as the top…
UN chief calls on countries to resume funding Gaza aid agency after allegations of Hamas ties
“The abhorrent alleged acts of these staff members must have consequences,” Guterres said in a statement.“But the tens of thousands of men and women who…
Harry Connick Sr., lightning-rod longtime New Orleans DA, dies at 97
Connick remained undefeated, and retired in 2003. But he was later dogged by questions about whether his office withheld evidence that favored defendants. The issue…
Trump Can’t Be Dictator on ‘Day One’ — Or in a Second Term. Here’s Why.
The Judiciary Courts are necessary to wage culture wars and create a climate of fear among dissidents — the sine quo non for a dictatorship.…
Trump is killing the idea that ‘all politics is local.’ The GOP primary proves it.
How is it, after all, that some 230,000 votes cast in two vastly different states during a competitive primary all went for the same candidate?…
Putin challenger says ‘miracles’ are helping him upstage Russian leader – POLITICO
Nadezhdin, a 60-year-old veteran politician with a background in physics, promises to end Putin’s “fatal mistake” in Ukraine, halt mobilization and free political prisoners, including…
Politics threatens to spoil Paris 2024 Olympics – POLITICO
Despite the IOC’s ultimate recommendation to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in Paris as neutrals — that is, without a national flag or…
Staff exodus signals end to Biden’s trade dreams
Those headwinds — and the realization that little real progress is likely to be made in an election year during which former President Donald Trump…
‘F—ing lunatics’: Deadly Jordan attacks spur open GOP feud
The response to the attacks in Jordan reflects the escalating feud between the GOP’s more traditional foreign policy hawks and its ascendant isolationist-leaning wing, even…
The Trump defense industrial complex goes a bit quiet after Carroll verdict
In the past, when prosecutors or the courts have smacked Trump, the former president fumed and the GOP rage machine spun itself into overdrive, framing…
Israel notes ‘significant gaps’ after cease-fire talks but calls them constructive.
The war has killed more than 26,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials, destroyed vast swaths of Gaza and displaced nearly 85% of the territory’s…
North Korea fired several cruise missiles, South Korea says
The South’s military didn’t immediately provide specific launch details, including the number of missiles fired, how far they flew and whether they were launched from…
Democrats have stepped up their game, Newsom says
The governor, who said that Democrats “have the receipts” from three years of work by the Biden administration, said that former President Donald Trump is…
House Republicans unveil Alejandro Mayorkas impeachment articles
The impeachment resolution is the culmination of a monthslong investigation into Mayorkas that at times last year appeared to have stalled as Republicans shifted their…
French farmers plan ‘siege’ of Paris despite government concessions – POLITICO
The French government rushed to appease the country's farmers on Sunday in a last-ditch bid to prevent a major blockade of the French capital this…
Grief and revenge: Washington reacts to 3 killed in Iran-backed attack
“Biden’s failure to isolate the regime in [Iran], defeat Hamas, & support our strategic partners has emboldened the enemies of freedom,” Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.)…