Ted Cruz offers a harsh assessment after far-left Democrats win big in midterm elections, along with other top stories
Top stories Ted Cruz sharply criticizes Democrats after their sweeping midterm victories. Republicans search for answers after major losses at the polls. Kamala Harris urges Democrats to use their power decisively. A 70-year-old poet is accused of striking a teenager at a polling place in an incident captured on video. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is […]
Why Christians fail to win elections
The midterm results left me wondering why Christians keep losing elections. Is their share of the electorate shrinking? Are they outspent or poorly organized? Or did voters simply react to anger over issues such as Iran, immigration enforcement, tariffs, and fuel prices? Those factors may explain some losses. But I think there are deeper problems, […]
Republicans failed to make life affordable. Here’s how they can win voters back.
Republicans lost on Tuesday because they overlooked a basic rule of politics: voters care about the economy. Americans did not suddenly decide they wanted socialism or a much larger government. They looked at grocery bills, gas, housing and health care, and judged Republicans on whether life had become more affordable. For many families, it hadn’t. […]
Mamdani gets a legal win on NYC’s luxury second-home tax
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won an appeals court ruling Wednesday that lets his administration keep moving ahead with a tax on expensive second homes. The court overturned a lower-court order requiring the city to restart the tax’s rollout. The four-judge panel unanimously dismissed a lawsuit brought by homeowners, ruling that they did not […]
Judges appointed by Democrats give Letitia James a win against a county seeking to protect girls’ sports
A New York appeals court has invalidated a Nassau County law that barred transgender girls and women from competing on women’s sports teams at county facilities, siding with Attorney General Letitia James in her dispute with County Executive Bruce Blakeman. The four-judge panel of the Appellate Division, Second Department, unanimously overturned a lower court ruling […]
Vance seeks to win over unhappy Trump voters and form a ‘new right’ alliance after Republicans’ crushing defeat
Vice President JD Vance is looking to build ties with Trump voters who feel disappointed by the president’s foreign policy, as Republicans begin thinking about the 2028 election. On Wednesday morning, after Republicans suffered major losses in the midterms, Vance publicly broke with President Donald Trump over the Iran war and the U.S. relationship with […]
NYC’s Mamdani says Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate win ‘means a great deal to so many people’
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday that Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate win in Michigan mattered deeply to many people. El-Sayed defeated former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in one of the election’s most closely watched races. He is set to become the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate. Mamdani said he had not yet […]
MLB owners are back with a new plan to limit player salaries and shut down baseball, even after the Brewers win the World Series.
The collective bargaining agreement between Major League Baseball’s players and team owners expires in less than a month, and a lockout in early December now appears all but certain. For months, the league and its owners have argued that a work stoppage is needed to address what they describe as a competitive-balance problem. Their proposed […]
US markets expected to move in different directions as Democrats win key midterm elections
U.S. stock futures recovered Wednesday morning after falling sharply earlier, as Democrats won key midterm races and projections pointed to the party taking control of both chambers of Congress. Futures on the S&P 500 rose 0.35%, while Nasdaq-100 futures gained 0.16%. Dow futures were up 0.84%. The results added to uncertainty among investors, who are […]
Democratic attorney general scores a surprise win over the Republican governor after a fierce campaign in a key swing state
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat, is projected to defeat Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, handing Democrats a major win in the closely contested battleground state, The Associated Press reported. The race was among the country’s most closely watched gubernatorial contests. Ford’s victory would make him Nevada’s first Black governor and return the governor’s office […]