Centrist critics are shifting from predictions of progressive defeat to complaints about victory margins, relying on a disputed statistic that can label safe seat winners as underperformers while ignoring whether their party actually captures power.
Even as Congress considers restricting Pentagon equity investments, the Economic Defense Unit and other offices have continued making deals, including four critical minerals investments totaling $775 million outside the Office of Strategic Capital.
Republican appeals to aggrieved divorced fathers collide with two grim family stories, including a vicious attack on Amy Acton and Ken Paxton’s unsuccessful effort to secure an indictment after Chad Read was shot during a custody dispute.
Omar’s attorneys say investigators ignored judicial instructions, obstructed access to counsel and seized constitutionally protected materials during a politically motivated search. They are demanding the prompt return of her laptop, phone, passport and other property.
ICE is fast tracking a $100 million program placing 142 intelligence agents across more than two dozen cities and Washington, with experts warning its sweeping network analysis could expose immigrants, associates, protesters, and political targets to deeper surveillance.
With Kimberly Guilfoyle and Katie Zacharia gone, The Prospect examines whether Susie Wiles, Pete Hegseth, or Stephen Miller could follow as a disastrous midterm election approaches and Trump’s pattern of sacrificing appointees draws fresh scrutiny.
Republicans are blaming advisers for Trump’s unpopular decisions, but his insistence that he alone makes the calls leaves that excuse in tatters, while Salazar’s experience shows the dodge does not even guarantee protection from his criticism.
Newly reported messages allege that Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle requested $100,000 from a Trump donor while discussing access and influence, prompting Republican concern just 26 days before the midterm elections.