Communities across the southeastern United States suffered catastrophic damage and loss of life after Hurricane Helene made landfall near Perry, Florida, as a Category 4 storm on Sept. 26.  With more than 230 confirmed dead by Oct. 8 and many still missing, Helene ranks as the second-deadliest hurricane to hit the contiguous United States over the last 50 years. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest, with a toll of at least 1,833. The Federal...

At a rally here in Arlington last weekend, Speaker Mike Johnson took a selfie video of himself and roughly 500 people cheering and sent it to Donald Trump. At a campaign event about 500 miles south in Harlingen, the speaker whipped out his famous Trump impression. And before the former president hosted a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania — returning to the scene of the July assassination attempt — Johnson tried to call him on the phone with a group of Republican lawmakers for moral support....

Democrats’ nerves are at an all-time high.  Two months ago — even a month ago — they were feeling bullish about Vice President Harris’s prospects of defeating former President Trump. But now, with less than a month to go until Election Day, they’re increasingly worried about a number of issues plaguing the Democratic nominee’s campaign. On Tuesday, there was grumbling from some Democrats about the vice president’s interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes.” There’s also concern on...

Audrey noted below the Harris gaffe on The View. I think to this point her interviews have been wholly unimpressive, but this is the first time she’s made a mistake that is sure to live on. It’s mind-boggling that she didn’t have an answer ready for this question. If she wanted to dodge, she could have said something like, “Well, there are always things you look back on and think you could have done better, but I’m sure that’s really useful.” And then repeat the same point in...

Kamala’s CBS News interview was a total trainwreck, and now the network has been busted for selectively editing the tape to make the vice president seem less mentally challenged. Bill Whitaker's questions pitched to the vice president were not complicated. They were rudimentary, especially about how she would pay for her domestic agenda. It was a word salad. The immigration segment was the killer, however. To his credit, Whitaker wouldn’t let Kamala slither by, and she tried three times to...

Millions of Americans are still struggling to find their bearings after Hurricane Helene made landfall last week, killing at least 230 people across six states, washing away homes, and leaving thousands without clean water or electricity for days across the southeastern United States. For the survivors, the aftermath has been agonizing, and if past hurricanes are any indication, it will take years to fully recover. Many of the residents in afflicted...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), the Democratic Party candidate for Vice President, called for the abolition of the Electoral College at a Tuesday fundraiser with California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) at his Sacramento home. Walz, endorsing the Democrats’ campaign for a “National Popular Vote,” would give inordinate power to the large “blue” states, meaning presidential candidates would spend all their time in Democratic cities like New York City and Los Angeles. In California, that would give the...

Like many Americans, Hayden Cook decided long ago who to vote for in this year's presidential election. And yet, every day, the 19-year-old from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania is bombarded with political ads, despite installing a blocker on YouTube and opting out of cable television. "It's still so constant," Cook said. "Work is six minutes away - you're already hearing two or three ads; then we have the radio on at work and there's ads there." More than $10bn (£7.6bn) is expected to be...

This piece is the sixth installment of a biweekly series written by David A. Foster (Center bias), based on his new book, Moderates of the World, Unite! Read the first post in the series.  Immigration is a critical issue in the current election. As a conscientious voter, please review the topic areas below and (mentally) rate your own degree of understanding of each topic on a five-point scale. Here is a simple question: aside from the last two, can you...

The Biden administration’s policies toward the Middle East over the past year are generally cast by the media as well-meaning but ineffective. The president and his team, according to what his aides tell reporters, are pushing hard for a resolution that ends the violence. The president reportedly scolds Benjamin Netanyahu when the two speak privately but can’t get the Israeli prime minister on board with a strategy that would minimize Palestinian casualties....