Friday

17-10-2025 Vol 19

Month: October 2025

We’re getting another look at congressional candidates’ campaign finances. Here’s what to look for.

It’s time again for campaigns to reveal where they’re getting their money from. House and Senate candidates are due to file quarterly fundraising reports to the Federal Election Commission...

Mikie Sherrill has big enthusiasm gap with Jack Ciattarelli in NJ gov race, poll shows

Despite that enthusiasm gap, Sherrill is still leading Ciatterlli 50% to 44% among likely Garden State voters Despite that enthusiasm gap, Sherrill is still leading Ciatterlli 50% to 44%...

Russia forks over JFK files to Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, but can they be trusted? Is there a bombshell? Experts are leery

The 350-page document is expected to shed light on the KGB's secret insights into the events surrounding Kennedy's assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, during a fraught time in the...

US ‘certainly looking’ at striking Venezuelan territory after blowing up drug boats: Trump

President Trump has said that the administration is "looking at" targeting Venezuela-based drug cartels on land after taking out approximately half a dozen drug smuggling vessels. President Trump has...

Supreme Court seems set to restrict race-based redistricting in potential election game-changer

Conservative Supreme Court justices seemed inclined Wednesday to restrict the use of race-based redistricting when drawing districts — a move that could dramatically shake up the 2026 midterm elections...

Scott Bessent rips ‘unhinged’ Chinese trade negotiator, announces ‘price floors’ in latest Beijing pushback

President Trump threatened an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods in response to Beijing's rules requiring companies to seek permission to export products made with rare-earth or critical minerals....

Maine’s Platner now has the support of 3 labor unions

Organized labor is getting behind Graham Platner’s upstart Maine Senate primary campaign, just a day after the state’s governor, Janet Mills, entered the race as the preferred candidate of...

Mike Johnson and Hakeem Jeffries will debate on C-SPAN

Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will jointly debate on C-SPAN, the network announced Wednesday. The debate is set to take place on the "Ceasefire" program hosted...

Mikie Sherrill took more than $25K from pharma giants accused of fueling opioid crisis, records show

New Jersey gubernatorial hopeful Mikie Sherrill took in over $25,000 in campaign donor cash from pharma giants accused of fueling the opioid crisis, despite accusing her rival of having...

Federal workers face mounting financial strain, new uncertainty as government shutdown drags on

With every passing day of the government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay face mounting financial strain. With every passing day of the government shutdown,...