With less than two weeks until Election Day, most statewide debates have come and gone. Democrats tried to paint their Republican opponents into corners over loyalty to President Donald Trump, and Republicans tried to stake out nuanced positions on the Iran war and data centers. Here’s what we learned from the more than two dozen…
GOODBYE HORSES: New York City isn’t horsing around anymore. The City Council voted overwhelmingly today to abolish the Big Apple’s horse carriage industry, handing a historic win to animal rights activists who’ve pushed to end the tourist attraction for decades. The vote doesn’t mean the industry sunsets overnight, though. The bill enacting the ban —…
Democrats’ top Senate-focused super PAC will report raising $354 million through Oct. 14 — including roughly $88 million in the first two weeks of the month— as Democrats race to seize control of the upper chamber in the election’s closing weeks. Senate Majority PAC shared their fundraising totals, which are higher than any previous cycle,…
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President Donald Trump and his allies are mounting a last-minute mission to shore up his longtime personal friend in a battleground Arizona district. GOP groups have spent more than $22 million to boost Jay Feely against Democrat Amish Shah, with much of that spending coming in the final weeks of the race. The president has…
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…
President Donald Trump is asking voters to “pretend” he is on the ballot. That might backfire. New results from The POLITICO Poll show that Democratic midterm voters are more motivated to oppose the president than Republican voters are to support him. Many Republican voters also aren’t looking for blind loyalty to Trump in the midterms:…
There is no sugarcoating it: After an offseason in which he was widely predicted to be the No. 1 overall pick of the 2027 NFL Draft, Texas quarterback Arch Manning simply has not progressed as expected this season. Now, as I wrote in my latest NFL Draft QB Power Rankings, I still believe Manning would…
Max Ashton could not believe what he’d just witnessed. The Washington Commanders had managed to squander their attempt to beat the New York Giants in overtime because, to put it as kindly as I can, they failed to execute a professional two-minute drill. The game ended in a rather deflating 27-27 tie. Ashton, 20, left…
There is no savior in Ann Arbor — not after last week. You’ve heard the tale by now. That Michigan outlasted LSU for a local five-star phenom. That billionaire Larry Ellison had a hand in helping secure the prominent passer. That this was the dynamic quarterback hand-selected to anchor the transition from Jim Harbaugh into…
