James Blair, the president’s top political strategist, planned for a different midterm cycle. Then Trump attacked Iran
It was a showdown of sorts in western Texas as James Talarico and Ken Paxton appeared at dueling rallies on either side of a prairie-dog-filled city park
President Trump's deal to lift sanctions on Russia to increase diesel supplies "is a betrayal of the people of Ukraine" and "a gift to our adversary," a bipartisan coalition of senators wrote in a letter admonishing the agreement. Why it matters: The decision to turn to Vladimir Putin in an attempt to ease the diesel crunch is piling onto Republican headaches ahead of the midterms and fueling fresh friction between the U.S. and Ukraine. What they're saying: The deal "will not achieve just ends, nor will it benefit Americans," the senators warned, urging Trump to withdraw from it and ramp up the economic pressure on Russia as called for in a sanctions bill named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham that he signed into law last month. While record-shattering diesel and gas prices are squeezing key industries and American households, the lawmakers argued that "allowing Russian-origin diesel into global markets will offer limited to no relief to Americans."Analysts have expressed doubt that the levels Trump pitched will meaningfully sway prices, Axios' Ben Geman reports.However, the lawmakers argued that it will "undoubtedly finance" Russia's war "and advance its security cooperation with China, Iran, and North Korea." The fine print: The signers are Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Alan Armstrong (R-Okla.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Jack Reed (D-RI), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas). The White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment. Zoom out: That bipartisan coalition has fellow dissenters on the Hill, including members of the president's party who swiftly condemned the deal. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) vowed over the weekend to force a vote to block Russian oil purchases, predicting that "it will pass overwhelmingly."Retiring Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) told Axios' Andrew Solender he "alread
THE LOGIC BEHIND TRUMP’S ‘PRETEND I’M ON THE BALLOT’ APPEAL. In the 2024 presidential election, President Donald Trump won each of Iowa’s four congressional districts. He won the 1st District by eight points, the 2nd District by ten points, the 3rd District (which includes Des Moines) by four points, and the 4th District, in the […]
William McRaven, a retired four-star admiral and a major figure in American military affairs, uses history and his personal experiences to make an authoritative case that American leaders frequently overestimate the potential of military force to achieve political ends—and that new technologies like AI will exacerbate this problem
A federal investigation found that “reputation risk” was used as a guise by employees to banish some customers seen as too conservative or controversial, writes Rupa Subramanya
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the US will not launch an attack on Iran before November's US midterm congressional elections, asserting that the two countries are having "productive" talks about ending the six-month-old war. "We are having productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. "We will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the midterm elections to be held in the United States on November 3rd."
Public outcry to punish the alleged perpetrators in the Cornell case misses the point – the only solution is political, legal and cultural equality of women
The U.S. is starting to lay the foundations for a democratic transition. The post Democracy Is Coming to Venezuela—Eventually appeared first on The American Conservative
In a long-awaited decision, a federal judge said Google must change its ad tech business to address antitrust issues, but did not disclose the measures
The U.S. government is pursuing leverage against a university in Belgium after that institution suspended the American academic responsible for exposing deceased Cambridge scholar Jason Arday. U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White announced Friday that the United States would be “reviewing any relationships we have with Ghent University” over the suspension of Nathan Cofnas, an […]