Hannity slams McConnell for comments on 'candidate quality' in Senate races
Fox News host Sean Hannity went after Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) during his show Friday for comments the Senate minority leader made about the chances Republicans have to take control of the Senate in November. McConnell said Thursday that he be
Read MoreState gun regulations are a messy patchwork. The Supreme Court’s Bruen decision won’t help
Gun rights advocates cheered the Supreme Court’s June decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen as a reaffirmation of the Second Amendment’s protections of an individual right to bear arms. Gun control advocates grumbled that the decision would prove a costly disaster for states desperate to address sharply rising rates of gun violence. And yet, as states are already proving, the truth is likely to be more complicated. Rather than an
Read MoreLouisiana woman says she was denied abortion after fetus diagnosed with lethal condition
A pregnant woman in Louisiana claimed that she was denied an abortion after the fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition, according to a statement from her lawyer. Nancy Davis said that she was denied the procedure after the fetus was diagnosed with acrania, a condition where the skull of the child does not form inside the womb, according to the National Library of Medicine. This abnormality will not allow the child to survive l
Read MoreRed state, blue state, whatever
It’s common to hear people refer to states as “red” or “blue,” or even “purple,” based on whether a majority of Republicans or Democrats get elected. It would be a mistake to think that red states are all the same or that blue states all enact the same kinds of policies. States are far more complex than these partisan caricatures suggest, and policies are based as much on what is popular as they are by their political officeholders. Washington is a blue state, yet it has no income tax. A red state, North Dakota, has the country’s only state government-operated bank. Blue Massachus
Read MoreDemocrats set to clash in brutal New York House primaries
Democrats are bracing for a set of high-profile New York House primaries on Tuesday that pit two top-ranking incumbents against each other in one district while attracting a field of a dozen candidates vying for an open seat in another. In New York’s 12th Congressional District, Democrats Reps. Jerry Nadler (N.Y.) and Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.), chairs of the House Judiciary Committee and House Oversight Committee respectively, are facing off in a messy contest between two heavy-hitters with decades in Congress. Redistricting and the shuffle that followed left an open seat i
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