Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted Biden's glitzy New York fundraiser

NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian protesters repeatedly interrupted President Joe Biden’s fundraiser featuring former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton Thursday night — underscoring a serious electoral challenge for the incumbent Democrat even as he raked in $26 million. The frequent protests — including shouts of “blood on your hands” — drew flashes of frustration from … Read more

California is preparing to defend itself — and the nation — against Trump 2.0

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom is readying an army of bureaucrats to defend the state’s nation-leading climate policies against a potential second Trump administration. Newsom administration officials are keenly aware that deep-blue California is a prime target for former President Donald Trump’s political diatribes and policy rollbacks — and they fully expect he’ll resume his … Read more

House GOP says when it will send Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate

House Republicans will send their articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate early next month — paving the way for a long-coming showdown in the upper chamber. Speaker Mike Johnson and the 11 Republican impeachment managers said in a Thursday letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that they will … Read more

Top GOP recruit McCormick frets about mail-in buy-in in Pennsylvania

Dave McCormick, a top GOP recruit in Pennsylvania’s Senate race, has a crucial concern as he gets ready for a bruising election: Getting his party — and former President Donald Trump — on board with mail-in-ballots. In a call Wednesday to update other Pennsylvania congressional campaigns on the state of his race, McCormick said he’s … Read more

South Carolina to use ‘unconstitutional’ congressional map after Supreme Court silence

South Carolina will use a congressional map a federal court ruled was “unconstitutional” in this year’s election, following uncertainty around the timing of the Supreme Court’s review of a district that a lower court deemed was racially gerrymandered. Republican lawmakers shuffled thousands of Black voters out of the state’s 1st District, represented by GOP Rep. … Read more