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October 27, 2025 2:04 PM ET The name “Gavin Newsom” instantly conjures imagery of hardscrabble living. Food stamps. Threadbare clothing. Eking out a meager existence on the margins of society.  That is, if you’re Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, aka, “Young G.” Newsom earned the nickname on the basketball-focused podcast “All the Smoke” on Saturday

October 27, 2025 11:03 AM ET Senate Democrats were dealt a severe blow on Monday morning when the country’s largest federal workers union called for a swift end to the government shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), a union representing more than 800,000 government workers, released an open letter calling on Senate Minority

October 27, 2025 12:46 PM ET Republican Indiana Gov. Mike Braun announced Monday that he is calling lawmakers in for a special legislative session to redraw the state’s congressional map, in a move likely to add up to two more GOP seats. Braun wrote in a statement posted to X that he is calling the

October 27, 2025 12:24 PM ET Stephen King’s latest attempt to dunk on President Donald Trump backfired after sharp-eyed followers noticed he’d been duped by a fake post. The horror author was roasted online Sunday after blasting Trump over a made-up claim that the president had snubbed the future World Series champions. King angrily reposted

October 27, 2025 12:13 PM ET Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner defended a 2013 Reddit post asking “why black people don’t tip,” telling Pod Save America last week that he was “legitimately curious” and did not mean it “in any malicious way.” Platner’s remarks — coming as his old Reddit history dogs his Senate

October 27, 2025 11:35 AM ET Masked federal agents arrested a manager of Laugh Factory Chicago, Nathan Griffin, Friday while bystanders screamed hysterically for them to stop. Cameras rolled as the wild encounter unfolded on the street just outside the iconic comedy club. Officers slammed Griffin to the ground as onlookers shrieked loudly, demanding the

October 27, 2025 11:26 AM ET Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez screamed at the top of her lungs on Sunday as she pandered to as many minority groups as she could come up with at a rally for Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani. Ocasio-Cortez named the Jews, blacks escaping Jim Crow

October 27, 2025 11:03 AM ET Senate Democrats were dealt a severe blow on Monday morning when the country’s largest federal workers union called for a swift end to the government shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), a union representing more than 800,000 government workers, released an open letter calling on Senate Minority

October 27, 2025 9:56 AM ET The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged a man over a TikTok post that allegedly offered $45,000 to anyone who killed Attorney General Pam Bondi. Federal authorities say a fellow TikTok user reported the post by Tyler Maxon Avalos to the FBI on Oct. 9, according to an affidavit

October 26, 2025 10:43 AM ET Republican Ohio Sen. Jon Husted is touting new allies in his bid to win reelection during the midterms: his opponent’s ex-supporters. Husted has landed early endorsements from multiple Ohio labor groups who backed former Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown during his failed run for reelection in 2024. Though Husted and