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A new poll shows Josh Shapiro's favorability compared to other potential 2028 Democratic contenders for president
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has the highest net favorability among national Democrats in a new national Emerson poll, but that’s partly because more voters don’t have an opinion about him compared to most of his potential 2028 rivals.
Shapiro has been on a publicity tour for his new book, "Where We Keep the Light," and building his donor...Read more
Critics call it the 'show your papers' bill. Republicans say it will restore trust in elections
President Donald Trump is pushing for the passage of a law that would require voter ID and make a suite of other changes to the nation’s voting systems that advocates have warned would disenfranchise millions of Americans.
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE America Act, passed the U.S. House in February in an effort to require ...Read more
In reversal, Trump re-endorses Colorado Rep. Jeff Hurd, says he will give primary challenger a job
DENVER — For the second time in a month, President Donald Trump is changing horses in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.
In a social media post Friday, Trump announced that he was re-endorsing U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd to hold the Western Slope seat he won two years ago. Trump also said he was going to hire Hurd’s conservative primary ...Read more
Overconfidence is how wars are lost − lessons from Vietnam, Afghanistan and Ukraine for the war in Iran were ignored
Wars are rarely lost first on the battlefield. They are lost in leaders’ minds − when leaders misread what they and their adversaries can do, when their confidence substitutes for comprehension, and when the last war is mistaken for the next one.
The Trump administration’s miscalculation of Iran is not an anomaly. It is the ...Read more
In unprecedented move, Kentucky House votes to impeach Fayette Circuit Judge Goodman
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky House of Representatives on Friday voted to impeach a Fayette County judge after a committee issued articles of impeachment against her earlier this week.
In a 73-14 vote Friday, the House approved the articles of impeachment against Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Muth Goodman, sending the matter to the Senate for a...Read more
Becoming a target hits home for Rep. Jared Moskowitz
WASHINGTON — Not far from Rep. Jared Moskowitz’s home, police officers found body armor, smoke grenades and firearms inside the house of a convicted felon, along with a handwritten list of “targets” that included the name of the Florida Democrat.
The Justice Department said it was evidence of a would-be active shooter who was “ready ...Read more
Who are Iran’s new leaders? A look at 6 the US placed a bounty on – 2 of whom are already dead
The Trump administration announced a US$10 million reward on March 15, 2026, for information leading to the capture of several senior Iranian figures.
While two of these leaders have since been killed by Israeli strikes, they are included here to provide a more complete picture of Iran’s powerful elite – people deeply embedded in ...Read more
St. Paul to be 'national flagship' for anti-Trump rallies across US
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Another round of “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump is scheduled for Saturday, March 28, with organizers describing a rally at the Minnesota Capitol as a “national flagship” for more than 3,000 events across the U.S.
At noon that day, they plan to march from three separate locations in St. Paul and ...Read more
Kentucky court denies Fayette judge's request to stop impeachment proceedings
A Kentucky judge has declined for a second time to intervene in impeachment proceedings of a Fayette County judge.
Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd denied a request for a temporary injunction filed by Fayette Circuit Court Judge Julie Muth Goodman, to stop ongoing impeachment proceedings in the state General Assembly from taking place.
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Appropriators meet as deadline set for Homeland Security deal
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune set a deadline of next week for resolving the Homeland Security Department funding standoff, as Senate appropriators of both parties held a face-to-face meeting Thursday with White House “border czar” Tom Homan.
Thune, a South Dakota Republican, said the meeting — the first of its kind ...Read more
HHS investigates Maryland for abortion discrimination under conscience law
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is investigating Maryland for potential violations of a federal abortion discrimination law, the department said Thursday.
The investigation will examine whether the state violated the Weldon Amendment, a federal conscience law that prohibits states or local governments that ...Read more
Border czar Tom Homan meets Democrats in hopes of ending DHS shutdown
Border czar Tom Homan met Thursday with Democratic senators in hopes of ending the partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown that has stretched on for a month and is badly snarling air travel.
President Donald Trump’s trusted aide sat down for an hour with a handful of moderate lawmakers to exchange potential proposals for reforms to ...Read more
Candidate with Nazi salute in name removed from ballot
A Republican candidate who filed for U.S. representative in Indiana’s 1st District with the Nazi salute in his ballot name was removed from the ballot late last month when he didn’t show up to a hearing challenging his candidacy.
Richard Benedict Mayers, who has a history of failed campaigns on a white supremacist platform, filed as a ...Read more
Information is a battlefield: 4 questions you can ask to judge the reliability of news reports and social posts about the US-Iran war
Historically, when the U.S. has undertaken military action against foreign governments, journalists have relied heavily on government sources and rallied “’round the flag,” often uncritically sharing official narratives about U.S involvement. This has been evident during periods of U.S. military engagements in Vietnam, Iraq and ...Read more
Schools left wondering how to proceed after Supreme Court ruling on transitioning students in California
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court broke new ground this month when it ruled the Constitution forbids school policies in California that prevent parents from being told about their child's gender transition at school.
But the reach of this new parental right remains unclear.
Does it mean all parents have a right to be informed if their child is ...Read more
AI draft bill would revamp online landscape
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Wednesday proposed a sweeping national standard on artificial intelligence that seeks to make good on President Donald Trump’s call for a federal law in lieu of state regulations.
Blackburn, R-Tenn., released a discussion draft bill and summary of her AI framework legislation, which would ...Read more
Editorial: AIPAC money came with a big downside. But Ill. Gov. JB Pritzker's bucks proved golden
Here’s a quiz question on Tuesday’s primary elections: Who spent the most money in support of a single candidate?
If you answered the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, you’d be forgiven because that big-spending lobbying group got outsized attention as candidates without its largesse cast it as a millstone around the necks of the ...Read more
Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss looks ahead to general election after threading Illinois' 9th District needle
CHICAGO — Following his win in the crowded Democratic primary to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss took victory laps around the big-money interests that sought to sink him and acknowledged he still had loose ends in his day job leading the city.
“As I’ve come to learn, this is a big district that ...Read more
'Consider this our filibuster': House GOP doesn't buy Thune's 'show' on voter ID bill
WASHINGTON — Less than 24 hours after Senate Majority Leader John Thune kicked off his attempt to satisfy those demanding passage of a voter identification bill, House Republicans were already saying they weren’t fooled.
“What’s happening right now in the Senate is a SHOW VOTE,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., a leader of the House ...Read more
Uncertainty shrouds key surveillance authority renewal in House
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers who met with Trump administration officials Wednesday on Capitol Hill emerged with no clear consensus, with some still undecided over whether to reauthorize a powerful surveillance authority without adding more privacy guardrails.
The administration, according to lawmakers, has said it wants Section 702 of the ...Read more
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- Kentucky court denies Fayette judge's request to stop impeachment proceedings
- HHS investigates Maryland for abortion discrimination under conscience law
- Border czar Tom Homan meets Democrats in hopes of ending DHS shutdown
- Candidate with Nazi salute in name removed from ballot
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