GOP’s Senate outlook grows dimmer amid ‘candidate quality’ concerns
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is signaling more sharply than ever that Republicans’ performance in the midterm elections may not be as strong as the party had hoped, dampening GOP hopes for a Senate takeover. During a stop in Kentucky on Thursday, McConnell conceded that the House has a better chance of flipping red than the Senate — a statement that, while in line with election forecasts, shows just how concerned Republicans are becoming about races in the upper chamber less than three months before the midterm elections. “I think there’s probably a gre
Read MoreAlabama PD temporarily disbanded after racist texts between officers surface
Vincent, Ala., adopted an ordinance on Thursday temporarily disbanding the city’s police department after the discovery of racist texts between officers. An unidentified officer texted a joke about a “pregnant slave” to a co-worker in June, according to Birmingham-based news site AL.com. Vincent Mayor James Latimer (R) claimed at a Thursday public hearing that the poli
Read MoreMy journey from the cotton fields to the floor of Congress
An immigrant’s journey to the United States is one that countless generations have done before me and countless will do after me. My journey from Burgos, Tamaulipas, Mexico, to the cotton fields of South Texas was not a journey that was long in distance, but a journey that marked the beginning of a new life for me and my family. When I was six, my father told us we would be moving to “el otro lado” with the promise that we would have a better life. This idea is a driving force that has shaped the country we live in today and one that is especially tangible in South Texas, wh
Read MorePresident Biden: Please honor this Army hero
In today’s American political scene, a haunting question keeps coming to mind: “Is this really who we are?” It arose last week after an AR15-toting assailant invaded the FBI’s Cincinnati office. It arose this week after Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) suffered election defeat because she stood for country over party. President Joe Biden now has a chance to offer a different answer to a different American who, like Cheney, is a profile in courage: Army Col. Yevgeny “Eugene” Vindman, who — along with his twin brother Alex — blew an important whistle on former president Donald Tru
Read MoreKinzinger says Pompeo 'did all of Donald Trump's bidding' while serving as secretary of state
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said on Friday that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “did all of [former President] Donald Trump’s bidding” while serving in the role. Kinzinger told CNN’s Jake Tapper that he and Pompeo, who previously served as a congressman from Kansas, are friends and worked together while they were both in Congress, and they agreed on foreign policy issues. He said Pompeo did “a good job” while serving as director of the CIA but completely committed himse
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