The Trump administration said Wednesday it is taking over management of Union Station, the latest step in President Trump’s aggressive intervention in the nation’s capital. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made the announcement while also unveiling new high-speed Acela trains going into service this week. “Instead of being a point of pride, Washington’s Union Station … Read more
Democrat Catelin Drey has flipped an open Iowa state Senate seat, adding to the party’s successes in special elections this year, Decision Desk HQ has projected. Drey defeated Republican Christopher Prosch in the race to replace the late state Sen. Rocky De Witt (R), who died in office in June from cancer. Democrats homed in … Read more
Democrats continued their winning streak in key special elections this year with another victory in a contested state Senate seat in Iowa. The party eyed the seat as a pickup opportunity to break up the Republican supermajority in the body and demonstrate further enthusiasm among the Democratic base in an offyear election. The party’s candidate … Read more
Copenhagen, Denmark — Denmark’s foreign minister had the top U.S. diplomat in the country summoned for talks after the main national public broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people with connections to President Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland. Greenland, a huge semi-autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic, is coveted by … Read more
An anti-abortion GOP candidate’s loss broke a supermajority. Democrats in Iowa are celebrating victory after flipping a state Senate seat to beat an anti-abortion MAGA candidate and break the Republican supermajority stranglehold on the state. Catelin Drey beat Christopher Prosch, who believes rape victims should carry fetuses to term, in a district President Donald Trump … Read more
Trump has displayed record gall in recent days. However else he will be ranked by history, President Trump has already outdone his predecessors in shameless hypocrisy. And he has outdone even himself with his effort this week to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors after one of his appointees accused her … Read more
“Saturday Night Live” alum and star of Netflix’s “Fixed” Beck Bennett dishes on the show’s worst and best hosts and reveals how he knows Vladimir Putin liked his shirtless impression. Over the course of eight years in the cast of Saturday Night Live, Beck Bennett performed comedy with more than 150 celebrity hosts. But no … Read more
The 79-year-old claimed that Wes Moore called him “the greatest president of my lifetime.” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore slammed Donald Trump for his “absolutely comical” memory, stating definitively that he never called him “the greatest president of my lifetime.” Trump, 79, said on Monday that he met Moore, 46, at the Army-Navy college football game … Read more
A longtime political strategist weighs in on the X factor that could help Democrats in 2026 — and hurt them in 2028. America is in the midst of a vast political realignment — not entirely caused by Donald Trump, but certainly accelerated by him. And the biggest indicator of how someone will vote is now … Read more
A nomination hearing for Trump’s pick to fill a vacant Fed board seat is expected next week. President Donald Trump’s rapidly escalating war with the Federal Reserve is set to become one of the first high-profile clashes in Congress when lawmakers return from their August recess. Trump’s move to fire Fed Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook … Read more