The president has said he thinks Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s days leading the socialist country are numbered. MIAMI — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Wednesday praised President Donald Trump’s aggressive approach to the country as “absolutely correct,” as the White House weighs further military action on the socialist country. The Nobel Peace Prize … Read more
A grab bag of strategies for mitigating the Democratic gerrymander includes a federal lawsuit and a return to the ballot. After their campaign against Proposition 50 suffered an embarrassing defeat at the polls, California Republicans are insisting the fight is not over, promising a variety of strategies to mitigate the damage of the Democratic gerrymander … Read more
The Democrat’s unexpected retirement opens up a House seat in a district that Trump carried. Battleground Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) — who has thwarted repeated GOP efforts to unseat him in a red district — will not seek reelection, writing in an op-ed Wednesday “that now is the right time to step away from elected … Read more
Rep. Ken Calvert said he will run in the redrawn 40th District — which now bleeds into more than half of the representative’s current 41st District. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) will challenge incumbent Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.) for California’s newly drawn 40th District, he announced Wednesday, teeing up a contentious face-off between two battle-tested Republicans … Read more
Former DNC Vice Chair Michael Blake is launching a challenge to the three-term Congress member. NEW YORK — Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) is getting a primary challenge from a rival homing in on his fierce support for Israel and the donations he’s collected as a result. Former Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Michael Blake, a … Read more
The California governor is coming off a political victory that solidified him as one of Democrats’ most prominent retorts to President Donald Trump. SACRAMENTO, California — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday confirmed he plans to attend the United Nations climate conference in Brazil next week, on the heels of a resounding political victory against … Read more
The Democratic leader repeatedly declined to endorse Mamdani in the New York City mayoral race. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday he had spoken with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, following the 34-year-old’s electoral win in the Senate leader’s hometown. Schumer repeatedly passed up opportunities to endorse Mamdani after several conversations between the … Read more
The White House, in an apparent push to get Republicans on board, has increased efforts to brief lawmakers about its legal rationale for boat strikes in the Caribbean. Several Republican senators are voicing uncertainty ahead of a vote to block the Trump administration from taking military action against Venezuela, setting up a potential rebuke of … Read more
The California governor notched a major redistricting victory, and Republicans are paying attention. Republicans insist Gov. Gavin Newsom of California isn’t a threat to the Trump presidency. White House allies argue privately that he’s too liberal, too manicured and just too California to win a national election. And yet: They also acknowledge this week that … Read more
Republicans are starting to contend with the fact that the president will soon be gone, and they’ll be fending for themselves. Hours after witnessing his party’s worst electoral drubbing in at least six years, President Donald Trump hosted Senate Republicans at the White House and demanded they ditch their chamber’s supermajority rules. “If you don’t … Read more