48+ min ago   (133+ words) “More than 13 years after Sen. Frank Lautenberg died, his Senate campaign committee has officially departed as well,” the Washington Sun reports. “Lautenberg for Senate filed termination paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Sunday, indicating it distributed about $87,000 in cash…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (109+ words) A new Maine People’s Resource Center poll in Maine finds Troy Jackson (D) leading Susan Collins (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 49% to 47%. Political Wire is reader-supported. Join for ad-free reading, member posts and new features → Taegan Goddard is the…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago   (102+ words) A new Winston Group (R)/Winning the Issues poll finds President Trump’s approval at 36%, while 60% disapprove. Political Wire is reader-supported. Join for ad-free reading, member posts and new features → Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire -- which for more than…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (105+ words) “I know more about everything than anybody in this room, anybody anywhere in the world.” — President Trump, quoted by the HuffPost. Political Wire is reader-supported. Join for ad-free reading, member posts and new features → Taegan Goddard is the founder of…...

1+ hour, 45+ min ago   (124+ words) “President Donald Trump declared ‘Voting in America is CORRUPT’ in a late-night Truth Social post on Sunday as he seized on Brazil’s presidential election to renew his attacks on the way ballots are counted in the United States,” Mediaite reports....

2+ hour, 46+ min ago   (115+ words) The latest leaked audio from Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign raises an unusually basic question: Who exactly is running it? At a private fundraiser last month, Paxton reportedly complained that he has little control over either his campaign’s message or the…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (231+ words) “As Houthi militants in Yemen attacked ships with missiles and drones in the Red Sea early last year, top U.S. officials gathered at the Pentagon to prepare military options for President Donald Trump. Their meetings repeatedly grew tense,” the Washington…...

3+ hour, 31+ min ago   (164+ words) Matt Bai: “Economies are subject to external shocks that have nothing to do with a president’s domestic policy… All of these presidents confronted painful recessions, but they had about as much control over the events that triggered those recessions as…...

5+ hour, 19+ min ago   (106+ words) I don’t know if it’s a leading indicator or not, but sales of the Blue Wave T-Shirt were surging over the weekend. Political Wire is reader-supported. Join for ad-free reading, member posts and new features → Taegan Goddard is the founder…...

4+ hour, 35+ min ago   (161+ words) “President Trump recruited a fleet of Fox News personalities for his second administration, filling key cabinet positions with the likes of Pete Hegseth, Sean Duffy and Mehmet Oz,” the New York Times reports. “Now a homegrown star of the Trump…...