Politics

Buckley was the sole Conservative Party candidate to win statewide office in New York, elected to the U.S. Senate in 1970 in a three-way race with 39 percent of the vote. Republican Sen. Charles Goodell, who was appointed to the job in 1968 after the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and Democratic Rep. Richard… […]

While Menendez still has a net positive approval from Democrats, his overall approval has dropped 8 percent, while disapproval has increased by 7 percentage points. Additionally, Menendez has a 14 percent approval and 74 percent disapproval rate from Republicans and a 29 percent approval and 45 percent disapproval rate from independents, the second-largest share of… […]

House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Thursday subpoenaed a former prosecutor who worked in the Manhattan DA’s office — a move Bragg characterized as an “attempt to undermine an active investigation” and “an unprecedented campaign of harassment and intimidation.” None of this is a surprise to Thompson, the ranking member of the Homeland Security… […]

Late Saturday, he tweeted about being injured during the parade in Hartford. “What can I say, I love a parade!” he wrote on Twitter. “I did indeed fracture my femur after a fellow parade goer tripped & fell on me during the parade,” he said. Because Democrats have a bare 50-49-1 Senate majority, the health… […]

Instead of owning up to failure, McCarthy appears to be looking for a scapegoat. Behind the scenes, he’s been trash-talking his own GOP colleagues, according to a blockbuster New York Times story Thursday by Jonathan Swan and Annie Karni. Among its revelations: McCarthy has “no confidence” in House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), whom he… […]

Jean-Pierre’s reluctance to enter the fray of the debate around blue slips is just the latest illustration of Biden’s own deference to Senate procedure. But it comes amid growing agitation among Democrats over the White House’s hands-off approach. There are currently nearly 40 judicial vacancies that Biden could seek to fill in courts in red… […]

“I wasn’t thinking of it in that way,” he said, “I was thinking of it in terms of the reservations the previous president seemed to have, and has expressed in his current campaign.” From the Senate floor and Washington fundraisers to awards banquets and congressional delegation trips overseas, Addison Mitchell McConnell is on what could… […]

“The real story about MTG in the 14th District of Georgia is she’s stronger today than she’s ever been,” Paulding County GOP Chair Jim Tully told POLITICO. “I don’t think people in the district have a second thought about a Freedom Caucus vote.” Greene’s ability to insulate her right flank may be a testament to… […]

Attorney General Anne Lopez of Hawaii announced she would be launching a review of “critical decision-making and standing policies leading up to, during, and after the wildfires on Maui,” in the wake of the devastating fires that have so far left at least 93 dead. Even if the sirens had gone off, those in the… […]

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