Maryland‘s open Senate seat contest is more competitive than expected, leading Democrats and Republicans from across the country to pour millions of dollars into the state. With Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) retiring from Congress, both Democratic and Republican candidates are spending millions of dollars just a month ahead from the state’s primary. The top contender […]
The Senate approved the national security supplemental on Tuesday night, by a vote of 75-17. The legislation combined the four bills that were approved by the House over the weekend. After months of pushing the Biden administration to do more to pressure Israel to change its conduct in its war in Gaza, Democrats in Congress ultimately approved $26 billion in aid for Israel, including approximately $9 billion in global humanitarian aid (how much would go to Gaza, to be determined). In the Senate,...
John Nichols A pair of special-election landslides proves that the party is doing something right.
Heineken, the beer company, just released a flip phone. Yes, you read that right. The phone is a collaboration between Heineken, a Boston-based clothing label named Bodega, and Human Mobile Devices (HMD), one of the leading manufacturers of "dumbphones".Also: The best phones: Expert testedNamed "The Boring Phone", Heineken's flip phone exudes nostalgic circa 2000 vibes with a translucent shell and 2.8-inch QVGA display. The marketing imagery, cleverly reminiscent of physically scanned pages from...
New York has a $237 billion state budget, three weeks late. Lawmakers added $4 billion in spending above the $233 billion Gov. Hochul proposed in January.
Democrats just made it okay to dismiss impeachment without a Senate trial. Republicans definitely didn't learn that lesson.
With the death of Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ) and the resignation of Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), just 429 members fill the 435 seats in the House of Representatives as of Wednesday. Republicans control a razor-thin majority of 217 seats, with Democrats in control of 212 seats. In California, the open seat of former Speaker Kevin […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson supported shutting down the Southern border until it got in the way of his real priorities: sending money abroad.
Blinken said heading to Israel to discuss Rafah op, hostage deal Woman, 18, seriously wounded in suspected terror stabbing in Ramle, attacker killed
BALTIMORE — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s entrance into the Maryland Senate race for retiring Sen. Ben Cardin’s (D-MD) seat is offering Republicans what might be their best shot in decades to flip a seat in the deep-blue stronghold. Hogan, who had been floated as a possible third-party presidential candidate for months before opting out, […]
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's car flipped as he was involved
Larry Hogan is crisscrossing Maryland to reassemble the coalition of Republicans, independents and level-headed Democrats who twice sent him to the governor’s mansion in the deep-blue state.