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August 14, 2025 11:29 AM ET Three leaders of an anti-police group protesting President Donald Trump’s crackdown on violent crime in Washington, D.C., have criminal records in the district. Free DC advisory council member Darrell Gaston served sentences of community service for two cases involving violence and threats in the past nine years, while the

August 14, 2025 11:12 AM ET New York City Mayor Eric Adams told Politico on Thursday that he is not planning to drop his mayoral bid despite facing an uphill battle against socialist frontrunner Zohran Mamdani. Recent polling has shown Adams trailing behind Mamdani, disgraced former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican mayoral nominee

August 14, 2025 11:11 AM ET Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting push is running into a wall of public opposition, a new poll shows.  Newsom’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps to benefit Democrats involves transferring redistricting authority away from the state’s constitutionally-mandated independent commission to the state Legislature, a move that will

August 14, 2025 7:34 AM ET Republican North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd is throwing his support behind Republican Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr in the hotly-contested 2026 GOP primary to succeed Mitch McConnell in the Senate. Barr is vying for the Republican nomination against businessman Nate Morris and former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. In an

August 13, 2025 3:11 PM ET House Majority Whip Tom Emmer blasted Minneapolis mayoral hopeful Omar Fateh on Wednesday for pledging to shield illegal immigrants from deportation — and called on voters to reject the avowed socialist in November. Emmer, the highest-ranking House Republican in Minnesota, is sounding the alarm that his state’s most populous

August 13, 2025 3:08 PM ET Democrat Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson stated on Tuesday that President Donald Trump is criticizing his handling of crime because he is “intimidated” by the “intellectual prowess of black men.” A reporter asked the mayor during a press conference for his response to Trump calling Johnson and Democratic Illinois Gov.

August 13, 2025 1:33 PM ET Common Cause, a government watchdog group historically opposed to partisan gerrymandering, announced Tuesday that it will not oppose blue states’ push for mid-cycle redistricting while criticizing Republican-led efforts in Texas.   In a Tuesday policy statement, Common Cause, which describes itself as a “nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the

August 13, 2025 11:24 AM ET Some Senate Democrats, itching for a major showdown with Republicans, are advocating for their party to filibuster their way into a government shutdown this fall. Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy is pushing a hardball approach during ongoing government funding negotiations, arguing that Senate Democrats should not work with Republicans

August 10, 2025 6:30 PM ET Mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo proposed a law that would block wealthy New Yorkers from residing in rent-controlled apartments. “I’m calling the legislation ‘Zohran’s Law.’ This is obviously an abuse of the system,” Cuomo told The New York Post Sunday. “We’re not supposed to be providing rent-stabilized apartments to the

August 10, 2025 6:11 PM ET Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker lambasted Zohran Mamdani on Sunday over the New York City Mayoral candidate’s belief that billionaires shouldn’t exist. “Look, how much money you have doesn’t determine what your values are,” Pritzker said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “It does not matter what your income level is.