1+ week, 5+ day ago   (516+ words) WASHINGTON — House lawmakers return to Washington on Monday with a short to-do list after five weeks back in their home districts. The first order of business is likely a vote on a stopgap spending bill designed to keep the federal…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (275+ words) NEW YORK — Hundreds of people gathered near New York City’s popular Washington Square Park Sunday to judge a Mayor Zohran Mamdani look-alike contest. The winner, Amadeo Fusca, was the crowd favorite, wearing a jersey for the NBA champion New York…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (602+ words) The leaders of America’s socialist movement are calling for rent strikes, denouncing capitalism and pillorying the rich. Some of them are doing it from private beach clubs, luxury cars and million-dollar homes. “Certified Marie Antoinette moment,” one poster remarked on…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (347+ words) Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett said she won’t campaign for her party’s Texas Senate nominee, James Talarico, and that she doesn’t believe Black voters are enthusiastic about him. “I will be campaigning downballot,” Ms. Crockett said Thursday when CNN asked if…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (966+ words) An event Saturday in New York City, featuring the head of a Hindu nationalist group instrumental in putting India’s ruling party in power, is being met with protests, a denunciation from the city’s mayor and a call for sanctions from…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (380+ words) Sen. Ted Cruz’s ambition to move into the White House is still on his mind, he confirmed during an appearance on Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s podcast Wednesday. The Texas Republican junior senator said, “It’s no secret that I want…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (247+ words) Left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has blamed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee for a wave of Democratic condemnations touched off by his comments suggesting that American Jews’ support for Israel invites violence against them. At least 10 congressional Democrats have…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (186+ words) An Anne Arundel County judge ruled Wednesday that Maryland Democrats’ congressional redistricting initiative cannot be put to voters on this November’s general election ballot. Circuit Court Judge Robert Thompson argued that the push to redraw Maryland’s congressional map ran afoul…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (170+ words) Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed drew a wave of criticism from conservative commentators Monday night after comparing Islamic Sharia law to Catholic canon law during a contentious interview with Fox News’ Jesse Watters. Mr. Watters pressed Mr. El-Sayed on…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1043+ words) ORANGEBURG, S.C. — The last time Pete Buttigieg was giving a political speech in South Carolina, it was to mark a distant finish in the state’s primary that effectively ended his campaign for president. Returning this weekend as he mulls a second…...