Kevin O’Leary: US stake in Intel is ‘waste of taxpayer dollars’
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Pam Bondi’s effusive praise of Trump
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Americans remain wary of electing a female president, new poll reveals
Voters under 50 are the least open to electing a female president, and four in 10 Americans personally know someone who would not elect a woman to the White House, a new poll finds. The American University poll, shared first with POLITICO, reveals a complicated portrait of how voters view women in politics. A majority…
Roy Cooper raises $14.5 million last quarter, shattering records
Roy Cooper raised $14.5 million during the first 65 days of his campaign — a record-breaking total for a Senate challenger in their first fundraising quarter in one of the most competitive races of 2026. The fundraising haul, shared first with POLITICO, includes $10.8 million into the former North Carolina governor’s campaign account. Another $3.7…
Jesse Jackson Jr. to launch bid for his old seat
CHICAGO — Jesse Jackson Jr., once a rising Democratic star who saw his congressional career unravel in scandal, is returning to the political stage. He will announce his bid this week for the same Illinois congressional seat he vacated over a decade ago. “Jesse has been meeting with residents whose concerns about the economy convinced…
Democrats rush to find a counterpunch to Trump’s midterms crime messaging
Democrats are pushing their candidates to go on the offense on crime ahead of the 2026 midterms, seeing upside in what’s been one of their weakest electoral issues. A private polling memo that shows potential openings for the party to peel voters away from Republicans on one of their core issues is being distributed to…
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best…
Blackburn talks natsec amid shutdown standoff: ‘Adversaries do not take a day off’
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Shutdown spin wars: Health care for Democrats, culture wars for Republicans
Democrats are entering the government shutdown blaming their rivals for rising health care costs. Republicans are countering by leaning into culture wars and attacking Democrats for pausing paychecks. The partisan salvos crescendoed into Wednesday as each side prepared to answer for shutting down federal government operations after reaching a stalemate over a short-term funding patch….
Harris’ campaign book on track to be the year’s best-selling memoir
Kamala Harris’ autopsy of the 2024 election is leaving storefronts at a historic rate. Simon & Schuster, the book’s publisher, announced Monday that the former vice president’s book had sold 350,000 copies across the country in its first week on sale, putting it on track to be the year’s top-selling memoir. Just three celebrity memoirs…