Tag: Elections

He who Laffs last

Fred Barnes · June 14, 2019 3:00 am

U.S. deterrence policy has generated plenty of criticism from Capitol Hill. But that has been aimed at the administration's supposedly narrow view of what constitutes an attack and unwillingness to spell out likely responses.

Politicians admit mental health struggles

Kimberly Leonard · June 14, 2019 3:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday June 12, 2019, in Washington.

Trump: Should I ‘call the FBI’ on ‘the Prince of Whales’?

Julio Rosas · June 13, 2019 2:20 pm

Pelosi: Democrats will take up measure to ban foreign opposition research

Susan Ferrechio · June 13, 2019 11:44 am

Howard Schultz, former Starbucks CEO, speaks during a keynote address at the Investment Company Institute general membership meeting in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 10, 2012.

Howard Schultz suspends presidential bid

Caitlin Yilek · June 12, 2019 7:33 pm

Around 1,000 Minnesota students skipped school to gather on the steps of the state Capitol Friday, March 15, 2019, in St. Paul, Minn. as part of global protests by young people to demand that governments take swift and decisive action to fight climate change.

Energy and Environment

GOP pollster Frank Luntz warns Republicans risk losing young voters over climate change

Josh Siegel · June 12, 2019 3:58 pm

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., a 2020 presidential candidate, speaks during the National Forum on Wages and Working People in Las Vegas on Saturday, April 27, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Kamala Harris promised to prosecute Trump if elected president, and no one batted an eye

Becket Adams · June 12, 2019 3:48 pm

A display from The Satanic Temple-Chicago has been placed in the Statehouse rotunda at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. It joins the Nativity scene to mark the Christmas season and the Menorah to mark Hanukkah.

‘Landslide proportions’: New poll shows Biden crushing Trump

Zach Halaschak · June 12, 2019 12:05 pm

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden greets the crowd at a town hall meeting, Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Ottumwa, Iowa.

Joe Biden: Thugs around the world are copying Trump’s behavior

Julio Rosas · June 11, 2019 8:56 pm

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May awaits the arrival of Prime Minister of Nepal, KP Sharma Oli, to Downing Street in London, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Britain's Conservative Party is holding an election to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, who resigned last week after failing to lead Britain out of the European Union on schedule.

Beltway Confidential

Rating the 10 Conservatives vying to be Britain’s next prime minister

Tom Rogan · June 11, 2019 5:38 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks during a protest against abortion bans, Tuesday, May 21, 2019, outside the Supreme Court in Washington.

Gillibrand equates anti-abortion beliefs to racism

Grayce McCormick · June 11, 2019 4:49 pm

Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, speaks during a Green New Deal rally in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, on Monday, May 13, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

De Blasio campaign will be the most embarrassing of 2020

Becket Adams · June 10, 2019 8:01 pm