Month: October 2025
October 15, 2025
Congress
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...
October 15, 2025
Politics
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%...
October 15, 2025
Politics
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...
October 15, 2025
Politics
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...
October 15, 2025
Politics
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...
October 15, 2025
Politics
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....
October 15, 2025
Congress
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...
October 15, 2025
Congress
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...
October 15, 2025
Politics
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...
October 15, 2025
Politics
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,...