4+ hour, 41+ min ago   (131+ words) “The U.S. military has quietly established a shipping corridor in and out of the Strait of Hormuz to transport millions of barrels of oil each day — a notable success even as the broader war remains at a stalemate,” Axios reports....

4+ hour, 18+ min ago   (144+ words) “President Donald Trump is set to record an interview on Thursday with Michael Cohen, his former personal lawyer and fixer who later became a persistent public critic and the star witness in the hush money trial that led to Trump’s…...

4+ hour, 32+ min ago   (320+ words) “With all precincts reported but still some ballots left to count, Democrats appear to have flipped a conservative state House district north of Pittsburgh,” Axios reports. “Democrat Brandon Dukes led by 88 votes against Republican Scott Timko on Tuesday night with…...

5+ hour, 22+ min ago   (336+ words) The Downballot: “Across 110 special elections since January of 2025, Democrats have, on average, overperformed Harris by 12.5 points and Joe Biden by 8.4 points. Together, these figures suggest a calculated political environment in which Democrats would be favored by 12 points—slightly better, even,…...

6+ hour, 13+ min ago   (215+ words) Ed Kilgore: “Throughout her brief career as a senator and as a candidate to remain one, Darline Graham has gone to some lengths to distance herself from the legacy of her late brother while snuggling up to Donald Trump as…...

4+ hour, 51+ min ago   (165+ words) “Fox News is struggling to grapple with attractive Democrats that are continuing to push socialism,” The Wrap reports. “Ainsley Earhardt ran down a list of Democrats who have been looking good on social media. She tried to warn her viewers…...

5+ hour, 19+ min ago   (322+ words) “Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder who finished a distant second to Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth in the Aug. 11 Republican primary for governor, announced Wednesday that he will personally pay for a hand recount and audit of every paper ballot…...

5+ hour, 46+ min ago   (101+ words) “President Trump on Wednesday celebrated the loss of Alex Vindman in the Senate Democratic primary in Florida,” The Hill reports. Said Trump: “The most gratifying loss last night was that of a real treasonous creep, Alexander Vindman, to a Radical…...

7+ hour, 16+ min ago   (198+ words) “The staff of the tiny agency on the front lines of President Donald Trump’s trade wars has shrunk to its smallest size in two decades as its responsibilities balloon. Its work is suffering,” Politico reports. “Since Trump returned to the…...

7+ hour, 19+ min ago   (288+ words) “President Donald Trump confirmed to reporters that he plans to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un this year, a highly unusual move for an American president,” NBC News reports. Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director…...