Rep. Sarah McBride won’t be baited by GOP ‘provocateurs’ | The Conversation
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She wants Zohran’s seat
With help from Amira McKee Mary Jobaida is a Bangladeshi-born, Muslim mother of three who wants to be the newest member of the state Legislature. Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani hasn’t been elected mayor yet. But if — or when — he becomes Gracie Mansion’s newest resident, his Assembly seat in the left-leaning “Peoples’ Republic…
Democratic governors advise strong counteroffensive on redistricting
MADISON, Wisconsin — A group of Democratic governors is urging its colleagues to get tough in countering Republican-backed efforts to gerrymander Texas’ congressional districts. “It’s incumbent upon Democrat governors, if they have the opportunity, to respond in kind,” outgoing Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly told reporters at a Democratic Governors Association meeting Friday. “I’m not a…
‘Overcorrections’: McBride on some Democrats’ remarks on transgender people | The Conversation
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The shockingly shrunken footprint of a former president
For more than five decades, Joe Biden’s existence was not only incredibly public but busy — his waking hours spent surrounded by a coterie of devoted aides and strategists, his calendar filled with speaking engagements and meetings, his home a bustling and buzzing swarm of activity. In “What It Takes,” Richard Ben Cramer’s magnum opus…
Adams, Cuomo, Mamdani and Sliwa pay their respects
With help from Amira McKee IN MEMORIAM: Five candidates running for New York City mayor — as well as hundreds of NYPD officers — paid their respects this afternoon to Didarul Islam, who died in uniform in Monday’s tragic mass shooting. Mayor Eric Adams, Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican nominee…
Elon Musk gave Trump and the GOP $15M even as he was fighting with the president
Elon Musk gave $5 million to Donald Trump’s super PAC during a dramatic and bitter falling out with the president, new filings show. The donation to MAGA Inc. was made a month after Musk said he had “done enough” political spending, and he also gave $10 million that same day to help Republicans keep control…
A Democrat in the middle of the Israel firestorm
Democratic Rep. Sara Jacobs personifies the conflict within her party over U.S. support for Israel and the nightmare in Gaza — and the increasingly precarious balancing act for any politician trying to navigate it. The third-term member of Congress from San Diego is Jewish. She has family in Israel. So the country’s security is not…
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…
Trump’s political operation has stockpiled a massive amount of cash ahead of the midterms
President Donald Trump is raking in cash for his political operation, building up funds that could allow him to continue to be a political kingmaker even as he cannot seek reelection. The president’s primary super PAC brought in a whopping nearly $177 million in the first half of the year, while his leadership PAC raised…