With only 10 weeks until the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, political experts from both parties say their expectations from just months prior are changing. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 Senate seats, and 36 gubernatorial seats are up for election in November, and the fate of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda and a potential comeback by former …

On Wednesday, in a letter, 40 Republican members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees were pressing President Joe Biden to reverse his previous decision of cutting defense spending below the rate of inflation. [1] It very much seems that the White House will not disappoint the GOP. According to a White House official, the President of the United …

As David Axelrod once said, “the one corrective in a democracy is the vote”. The next time the American people will have a chance to correct their democracy is on November 8, 2022. All 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats are up for election. Democrats have a very slim majority in both chambers – House[i] and the Senate[ii] – of the …

17 April 2021 The US 2020 election still hovers over the Supreme Court with another pending Pennsylvania case Five months after the presidential election and nearly 100 days into President Joe Biden’s term, the Supreme Court is still considering whether to take up a case related to voting rights in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. So far, the justices declined …

60 years after the Bay of Pigs invasion, many Cuban Americans’ distrust of the Democratic Party still affects national politics For many, it is a historical footnote. A bit of trivia from a bygone era. A failed Cold War operation known as one of the biggest blunders in the history of US intelligence operations. But for those who stormed a …

Pompeo violated ethics rules by asking staff to carry out personal tasks, watchdog finds of State Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan Pompeo violated federal ethics rules by making over 100 personal, non-work related requests to department employees — from ordering gifts to booking salon appointments and taking care of the family dog. The Department’s Office of Inspector General “found …

White House backtracks on refugees decision after criticism and says Biden will announce increased cap by May 15 The White House said Friday President Joe Biden will set a new, increased refugee cap next month after facing a barrage of criticism when officials confirmed to CNN and other outlets that it would remain at the historically low level set by …

Russia sanctioned eight senior US administration officials Friday, including FBI director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, one of several measures it took just a day after President Joe Biden announced sweeping sanctions against Russia and warned against a “cycle of escalation.” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that Russia will also expel 10 US diplomats, curb …

U.S. President Donald Trump once more urged NATO allies in Europe on Thursday to spend more on defense, on a visit to Poland that had been billed as an opportunity for him to patch up relations after a tense alliance summit in May. He also said Washington was thinking about “severe things” in response to North Korea’s test-launch this week …

U.S. President Donald Trump meets eastern NATO allies in Warsaw on Thursday amid expectations he will reaffirm Washington’s commitment to counter threats from Russia after unnerving them in May by failing to endorse the principle of collective defense. En route to a potentially fractious G20 summit in Germany, Trump will take part in a gathering of leaders from central Europe, …