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“The reason we lost is the war,” Vice President J.D. Vance admitted Wednesday on X, explaining the Republicans’ disastrous midterm election loss the day before. He listed the top four things the GOP could do, according to a pollster with whom he spoke, to win back voters who had defected to the Democrats. These were: 1) End the war 2) Focus on cost of living/inflation 3) Put America First 4) Change our relationship to Israel Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) replied to Vance’s post, “Thanks for acknowledging these things. Better late than never.” Massie included an image of a red, MAGA-style...

Two socialist mayors were elected in the United States on Tuesday in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. which now means that four of the top 20 largest cities in the country have socialist leaders at the helm. Los Angeles Councilwoman Nithya Raman, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) defeated incumbent mayor Karen Bass and will take office in December as mayor for the roughly 4 million residents of Los Angeles proper. Also victorious on Tuesday was DSA member Janeese Lewis George who coasted to victory to become mayor-elect of Washington, D.C., a city of roughly 700,000 residents....

A key former staffer and ally of Robert F Kennedy Jr accused outgoing Chief of Staff Susie Wiles of taking money from corporations and foreign interests to sabotage RFK's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda. Trump announced Friday that 'ice queen' Wiles would leave the powerful position on Monday for a position in Trump's political operation, to be replaced by Stephen Miller. While many, including Trump, celebrated the work Wiles did, former Kennedy advisor Calley Means accused Wiles of pay to play involving her daughter in an interview with Joe Rogan. Means, who departed the Department of Health and Human...

A longtime strategist for former President Barack Obama is already looking forward to 2028, saying that he’s spoken to 29 Democrats who are at least toying with the idea of running for president in the next election cycle. Jim Messina, who managed Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign, laid out his thoughts during an Election Day appearance on Bloomberg TV, where he said that the Democrats’ Tuesday blowout — particularly with regard to the gubernatorial elections in key swing states — changed the presidential map going in to the 2028 cycle. “If we win the House and the Senate, we will have...

President Trump said he offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump said that he requested White bring “assistants” with him and named several UFC fighters. “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States,” Trump wrote. “I have requested that he bring with him assistants, even though some are not from our Country, of Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel...

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said he has opened an investigation into Seminole County’s late upload of several hundred Election Day votes. Election officials discovered the issue during post-election checks. The Secretary of State said the office identified 388 more votes recorded than votes cast in Seminole County. County election officials were notified of the issue and it was found that a memory card containing election results was not uploaded to the county’s management system. The Secretary of State said the missing memory card changed the outcome of the State House District 154 race. Before the discovery, incumbent State...

'Fox & Friends' reports on 'The View' co-hosts' praise of Michigan Democratic Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed and Vogue's commentary on what it calls a new generation of 'handsome' politicians

Israel's president on Saturday chose Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest rival, to try to form a ​new government following a deadlocked election that left neither man with a clear path to power. Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving leader, is ‌fighting to stay in office after his religious-nationalist coalition lost its majority in an October 27 election but still emerged as the largest bloc in parliament. Eisenkot, a former military chief, has declined to join forces with Arab parties, with whose support he would have a majority of seats in parliament. But Arab leaders, incensed by what ​they view as the...

According to a 179-page lawsuit filed in federal court in Philadelphia in August, Mansfield Oil Company is suing K.R.S.M. for $4 million The lawsuit alleges that they never paid because of a data error which impacted invoices.

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) want to overhaul America’s system of government. Its current political program calls for abolishing the Senate and Electoral College and replacing the presidency and Supreme Court with institutions controlled by Congress. These changes would dismantle much of the system of checks and balances established by America’s founders — a system that has worked well for over 250 years. Here’s what DSA platform wants to change. 1. Abolish the U.S. SenateCongress has two chambers. The House represents people based on state population, while the Senate gives every state two senators, regardless of its size. Both...

If election night results are any barometer, it might be time for everyone to get more woke. The country saw a blue tsunami Tuesday night, with traditional Republican strongholds chipped away at — or even flipped — by Democrats. Jon Ossoff won reelection in Georgia handily; South Carolina's Senate seat flipped to blue; and Democrat James Talarico is Texas' next senator. The Associated Press called the race, saying the House and the Senate had flipped to Democratic control. The internet has come to its own (somewhat joking) conclusion: DEI is so back. Delighted X users spent the evening joking that...

Authorities intercepted what they believe is the first small-boat smuggling attempt to launch from the Netherlands. A rubber dinghy packed with 38 migrants was discovered drifting without an engine off the southern Dutch coast last Saturday. Emergency crews towed it to the nearby port of Cadzand, in the Zeeland province, and two Sudanese men were arrested on suspicion of being involved in human smuggling, Dutch prosecutors said. A magistrate ordered their detention for 14 days on Tuesday, and both suspects are being held in restricted conditions, meaning they can only communicate with their lawyers, they added. Mike Tapp, the Labour...

It was epochal and marks a new era in our political history. And for once everyone rushed to name clearly what happened. The morning after the 2026 midterm elections, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was searingly blunt. For the Republican Party it was “close to an extinction level event.” Its effects will “reverberate for the next decade or more.” “It was a Watergate-level repudiation,” said Ted Cruz, soon to be Texas’ lone Republican senator, on a podcast. Ronna McDaniel, Republican National Committee chairman in the first Trump term, told Fox News on Wednesday the election wasn’t only a Democratic wave, it...