- Former Rep. Ben McAdams is eyeing a potentially competitive seat in the Beehive State.
- 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 of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
- A letter from the Democratic Governors Association comes amid Trump threats to send troops to Chicago.
- President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard to the city to fight crime.
- Colorado has a roughly $1 billion budget hole to address in a legislative special session.
- The new map could help Republicans flip as many as five seats, boosting the GOP’s chances of holding House control.
- A new memo identifies 45 words and phrases for Democrats to avoid, alleging the terms turn voters off. They span six categories — from “therapy speak” to “explaining away crime.”
- 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 of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
- The 78-year-old Democrat is eschewing a possible member-on-member primary, but did not indicate whether he will retire from Congress.
- Trump and his allies are pushing their redistricting efforts with many of the same strategies they’ve used to get Congress in line.
- Harrison recently uploaded his 2020 Senate campaign list to his Substack, appearing to violate Substack’s rules. People are not happy.
- The criminal prosecution of Ingrid Lewis-Martin and other adviserss darkens the legal cloud hovering over the New York mayor’s longshot reelection bid.
- The former president saluted Gavin Newsom’s “measured approach” that could net Democrats five seats.
- Inside the MAGA-parodying strategy that has rocketed the California governor to algorithmic dominance — while annoying leading Republicans.
- The comments came as Indiana House Republicans were preparing to convene for an afternoon caucus Monday to discuss redistricting.
- In a year when Trump is not on the ballot, Republicans argue holding the House majority is a way to protect the president.
- The Democrats will each be escorted by law enforcement officers to ensure they return Wednesday, as the state GOP prepares to pass a new congressional map.
- Big donors have pulled back from giving to the party, and small donors are not growing enough to make up the gap.
- With help from Amira McKeeTHE FINAL STRAW? Construction executive Erden Arkan must not have friends in the Trump administration like Mayor Eric Adams does. So while the Department of Justice moved to dismiss the mayor’s case, the wheels of justice kept turning for Arkan. The Turkish-American co-owner of KSK Construction Group was given a light sentence of one year probation today in Manhattan federal court. He’ll also pay a $9,500 fine and $18,000 in restitution after pleading guilty in January to giving 10 employees $1,250 each to donate to Adams’ campaign. But even while accepting that he broke New York […]
- The state is also getting blasted with robocalls from a mysterious group.
