Francesca Hong and David Crowley. Francesca Hong, the card-carrying socialist candidate with a history of wanting to cancel Thanksgiving, defund the police and a general fear of older white people, lost her bid to win the Democrat party's nomination for Wisconsin governor, despite a series of polls showing she had a comfortable lead heading into primary day. The results of the election couldn't have been closer and the outcome wasn't called until the wee hours early Wednesday

Hillary Clinton. Former first lady and failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton went on a Trump-bashing binge during a recent podcast appearance, comparing President Trump to Saddam Hussein at one point. Clinton's anti-Trump tirade came on the Pivot podcast hosted by Kara Swisher during a discussion where she continued to vent her animosity at the president over her 2016 loss to him in the presidential election. Early on in the conversation while discussing some of the

A catering truck parked behind the old Air Force One at the airport in Ankara, Turkey. President Trump was flown out of Turkey last month after attending the NATO summit there on a secret military flight amid what the Secret Service deemed a "credible" threat by Iran to assassinate Trump, according to a report by The Washington Post. Secret Service agents made the decision to have Trump board the old Air Force One on July 8, rather than the new plane Qatar gave the president

'Economic Developer of the Year' billboard seen in Times Square. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is being praised as the "Economic Developer of the Year' -- by people in Florida, not New York. The Florida Chamber of Commerce unveiled a new digital billboard in the heart of Times Square on Monday that proclaims the NYC mayor has been the "Economic Developer of the Year" in Florida. It features a black-and-white photo of Mamdani laughing. "Thanks for the jobs!" the billboar

President Trump signs a executive order on childhood vaccinations. President Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at spacing out and reducing the schedule of vaccinations administered to American children in what the White House described as "gold standard childhood vaccination recommendations." Trump said it was "another historic step in our mission to make America healthy again." Trump told reporters RFK Jr was the driving force behind that executive order and sa

Former NIAID director Anthony Fauci. Two Republican senators on Monday released the first text message obtained from former NIAID director Anthony Fauci's government iPhone, showing the disgraced doctor expressed concern about the COVID vaccine potentially causing miscarriages and contradicting his public-facing statements on the topic. In an exchange from January 2021, Fauci discussed COVID vaccination and pregnant women with then-CDC Director Rochelle Walensky and Surgeon

Former NBA player Royce White. Two former NBA players have declared plans to enter the WNBA draft next year, testing the league's vaguely-worded policy about who is eligible to play women's basketball at a time when a majority of WNBA players and coaches are expressing support for so-called transgender athletes. Former NBA player Royce White, 35, whose brief career in the league lasted just three games, joined Enes Kanter Freedom, who was the first ex-NBA player to declare f

U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York drew a torrent of criticism on social media over remarks she made during an interview Sunday on ABC News' This Week in which she seemingly laughed off the most extreme woke dogma from the pandemic and George Floyd era. The congresswoman's interview touched on a range of topics -- everything from her 2028 aspirations to her decision, revealed on social media, to freeze her eg

President Trump and Stephen Miller discuss two new birthright citizenship executive orders. President Trump on Thursday signed a new executive order aimed at reining in birthright citizenship and curtailing a practice known as "birth tourism." The White House said the two new orders Trump signed, in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning the order he signed in January 2025, protect "the value of American citizenship" and are geared toward "putting Americans first and resto

U.S. Senator and Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Amy Klobuchar. U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar triggered a round of laughter and gasps this week at a debate against three Republican rivals in front of a gathering of farmers in Redwood County, Minnesota, when she told the crowd she has always been strong on border security. The remarks came during the governor's forum at Minnesota Farmfest, an event meant to allow the candidates to address concerns surrounding the agriculture in

Zohran Mamdani leaving the stage amid a chorus of boos. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was booed off stage this week at a pro-police event in Staten Island, ending his speech early amid an unrelenting cascade of boos and jeers from the audience. Mamdani was on hand to deliver remarks at the NYPD’s 43rd Patrol Borough National Night Out Against Crime on the Midland Beach boardwalk in Staten Island Tuesday evening. About 3,500 residents had turned out to celebrate, accordi

Former NIAID Director Anthony Fauci. The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold disgraced former NIAID Director Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress a week after he appeared before the panel and refused to answer a single question, invoking his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent more than 100 times during the four-hour hearing. Fauci appeared before the committee under subpoena days after Senator Rand Paul, who chairs the committee, released a series of diary e

New CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz. The Senate voted in favor of confirming President Trump's pick to lead the CDC on Wednesday in a 51-44 vote that makes Dr. Erica Schwartz the new director of the Centers for Disease Control. Schwartz is a retired Navy rear admiral and a lawyer who served as a deputy surgeon general during Trump's first term and also has experience overseeing the healthcare system used by the U.S. Coast Guard, according to CBS News. When Trump nominated h

A screen shot from a drag show where children were seen in the audience. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling this week upholding Florida's law, signed in 2023 by Gov. Ron DeSantis, that makes it a misdemeanor for knowingly allowing a child to attend a drag show, rejecting a lawsuit that challenged the law as unconstitutional. The appeals court handed down an 8-5 ruling on Tuesday in favor of the law. “The act is a straightforward regulation of obscenity,” Judge

Pete Buttigieg admitting he wants to do away with the Electoral College. In an interview with Politico's Jonathan Martin, Pete Buttigieg suggested Democrats should take "big swings" and attempt to change parts of the American government that require constitutional amendments, becoming the latest 2028 Democrat hopeful to take a swipe at the Electoral College. Martin at one point asked Buttigieg, would "you scrap the Electoral College?" "Totally, yeah of course," was the enthus

Michigan U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Abdul El-Sayed, the extremist Muslim and socialist candidate, defeated his more moderate opponent by a razor-thin margin in Michigan's primary held on Tuesday, capturing the Democrat nomination for U.S. senate, and advancing to the November general election. The race was so close between El-Sayed and Haley Stevens, midnight came and went in Michigan without a winner being declared. Not long after midnight, though, NBC News project

Jeanine John Taele. Federal and local authorities arrested a heavily-armed suspect outside Trump National Golf Course after agents observed the man engaging in suspicious behavior two days in a row -- and ahead of a visit by President Donald Trump. Officials arrested Jeanine John Taele, 38, of Downey, a suburb just southwest of downtown L.A., after he was spotted gathering intelligence on security preparations at the golf course over the weekend ahead of Trump's upcoming vis

Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaking to reporters about the SAVE Act. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said President Trump continues to press him about getting the SAVE Act passed by the Senate ahead of the midterm elections, but Thune seemed skeptical that it will even be brought for a vote before the end of the week when the senate goes on recess. "I heard from him this morning a couple times on issues that he cares about," Thune told reporters on Capitol Hill Tuesd

James Talarico. Democrat James Talarico is ahead of his Republican rival Ken Paxton, three polls, including one released on Tuesday, show -- however the race appears to be tightening. A poll conducted by Texas Southern University released on Tuesday shows Talarico holds a slim 47-45 lead over Paxton, within the poll's 2.83% margin of error. A Fox News poll released last week showed Talarico with a similarly narrow 51-48 lead over Paxton and a survey by Texas Public Opinion R

Kaitlan Collins, Francesca Hong. The 37-year-old socialist candidate currently lapping the Democrat field ahead of Wisconsin's gubernatorial primary next week isn't backing off her 2021 declaration that the U.S. should "cancel Thanksgiving," even when given a chance during a softball interview on CNN Monday night. A flurry of controversial past remarks made by Hong, a self-described dues-paying member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), has been resurfacing in rece