Progressives 'didn’t consider election timing' with letter on Biden's Ukraine strategy
Progressives worked over the summer to get nearly three dozen House Democrats to sign off on a letter that would call into question President Biden’s handling of Ukraine and urge him to engage diplomatically with Russia, according to two sources directly familiar with the negotiations. At the time, the midterms were on the back burner, according to both sources, who said the group of lawmakers didn’t have Nov. 8 on their minds at all when they crafted their request. “They waited to get about 30 and released,” one source texted The Hill on Tuesday morning, speaking
Read MoreThomas? Kavanaugh? Roberts? Conservatives dominate Supreme Court but lack clear leader
The Supreme Court’s six Republican-appointed justices clearly dominate the bench, but as they reshape American law there is little consensus among court watchers over who is the conservative wing's true leader. Some legal experts say it’s Brett Kavanaugh, the court's median justice. Others point to the longest tenured justice, Clarence Thomas, whose hard-line conservatism has increasingly moved from the court's fringes to its frontiers as the bench has swung rightward. Some mention the “attack dog” role of Samuel Alito, an unapologetic conservative in a hyperpolarized er
Read MoreGetting the call right: Projection pressure rises for news organizations
News organizations readying for the midterms are facing a tougher atmosphere than ever when projecting winners on election night. Former President Trump’s refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election, his fury at Fox News for calling Arizona for Joe Biden and the dozens of GOP candidates who have followed his lead in questioning the validity of election results is making the projection of races an even more fraught process than before. “You can go back to the 2000 election, you can go back to certainly the last election, the way that Fox News made
Read MorePelosi pushes back on the left on Ukraine aid
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday vowed more aid for Ukraine when lawmakers wrap up must-pass government funding legislation later this year, the day after a group of House progressives called for a renewed push to find a diplomatic solution to the war there. Pelosi, speaking during a visit to Croatia, pledged more support while touting the aid Congress has allocated for Ukraine so far under the Biden administration. “When I had the privilege of leading a congressional delegation to Kyiv in May and met with President [Volodymyr] Zelensky and the Speaker and othe
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