Joe Sestak, a retired three-star Navy admiral and former two-term congressman from Pennsylvania, on Sunday became the latest Democratic contender to announce a bid for the presidency. Sestak, in a video released on his campaign website, drew heavily on his naval career, saying he “wore the cloth of the nation for over 31 years in […]
Kate Szumanski still remembers the note her professor wrote at the top of an essay in her senior year: “This is a good argument … Why don’t you come visit me at office hours and we’ll talk about graduate school.” By all accounts this was a good note. Szumanski got an A on the paper […]
This week on the Nerdcast with host Scott Bland: POLITICO national political reporter Elena Schneider and senior politics editor Charlie Mahtesian break down who came out on top in this week’s Democratic debates. Also: A divided Federal Reserve is cutting interest rates for the first time in more than a decade. What does that mean […]
People evacuate an injured man after a walkway collapsed and set off a stampede as thousands of Shiite Muslims marked one of the most solemn holy days of the year in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, on Tuesday. A mass stampede at a Shia Muslim shrine in the Iraqi city of Karbala left at […]
Kendieth Russell Roberts and her 5-year-old son Malachai are living with her sister in Florida. About 4,000 Bahamians have evacuated to the U.S. since Hurricane Dorian struck the islands earlier this month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection says. Many of them landed in Florida, less than 100 miles away. Despite the closeness, getting here isn’t […]
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign will dispatch more than a dozen female surrogates on Thursday to some of the most important 2020 battleground states in its first major push to mobilize suburban women — a critical voting bloc that revolted against Republican candidates as recently as the midterm elections last fall. Campaign officials have billed […]
A temporary stay of decision on Monday means that President Trump can hold on to his tax records for the time being. Above, he speaks before signing a trade agreement with Japan later on Monday. President Trump has won at least a temporary reprieve from a judge’s order to release his tax records as part […]
AURORA, Colo. — Beto O’Rourke lit into Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on gun control on Thursday, accusing him of doing “absolutely nothing” on the issue. “Ask Chuck Schumer what he’s been able to get done,” the Democratic presidential candidate told reporters after a town hall here, responding to Schumer’s recent dismissal of O’Rourke’s call […]
Rafael Nadal brandishes the spoils of his U.S. Open final victory over Russian Daniil Medvedev on Sunday. The Spaniard’s win in New York City — his fourth U.S. Open title — gives him 19 career individual grand slam wins, just one shy of rival Roger Federer’s record. Rafael Nadal enjoys a well-earned reputation as tennis’ […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren unveiled a new “Green Manufacturing Plan” on Tuesday as part of a broader “economic patriotism” platform that the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate will roll out in the weeks ahead. That platform will focus on more aggressively protecting American workers on issues like trade, currency manipulation and the moving of jobs overseas by […]