Author: Tara Suter

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is leading the 2028 Democratic field for president in New Hampshire, according to a new poll from the University of New Hampshire. Nineteen percent in the Granite State Poll backed Buttigieg, who ran for president in 2020 in the Democratic primary and later notched a spot in former President Biden’s administration, leading the Department of Transportation. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) came in second behind Buttigieg in the poll, with 15 percent support. There has been a heated debate among Democrats on how to move forward from the chaotic 2024 election cycle, which featured former…

“Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill joked Monday about President Trump building the franchise’s Death Star where the East Wing of the White House used to be. “I have a very bad feeling about this…” Hamill, most known for playing the character of Luke Skywalker in the “Star Wars” franchise, said Monday in a post on the social platform Bluesky. Hamill’s post also featured a picture of the White House with what appears to be the Death Star under construction right next to it. The “Star Wars” icon has a history of going after Trump, once calling the president “crazy” and…

A mayor from the Canadian province of Ontario defended an advertisement paid for by his province that includes remarks from former President Reagan to criticize President Trump’s tariffs. The ad angered Trump, who has since said he will impose an additional 10 percent tariff on Canada’s exports to the United States. “I support the premier’s approach,” Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said Sunday on CBC’s “Rosemary Barton Live,” referring to Ontario Premier Doug Ford. “Sometimes you need to throw a rock in a pond to get a splash. He’s got a reaction.” “It’s got a lot of coverage. And the words…

A U.S. military ship on Sunday docked in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago amid tensions in the Caribbean sparked by U.S. military action against boats accused of attempting to smuggle fentanyl to the U.S., The Associated Press reported. The ship is a guided missile destroyer named the USS Gravely, according to the AP. The movement of the ship was planned out quite recently, a Trinidad and Tobago-based senior military official said, the outlet reported. Trinidad and Tobago is located just north of Venezuela, not too far offshore from the country the Trump administration has directed verbal fire at in…

President Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met Sunday in Malaysia amid trade tensions between their two countries. “President Trump meets with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at [Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)] summit,” the White House’s account on the social platform X posted Sunday, featuring a photo of the two leaders. The Brazilian president said that the meeting went well, also stating that the two countries’ teams will begin “immediately” on tariff discussions and beyond, according to Reuters. According to the White House’s X post, Trump said that it was “a great honor…

The Wyoming Capitol in Cheyenne was evacuated on Tuesday after a report about a suspected explosive device, according to authorities. “We are responding to a report of a suspected [improvised explosive device] at the Capitol Building. The building was evacuated quickly and safely as a precaution,” the Wyoming Highway Patrol said in a Tuesday post on Facebook. The Wyoming Highway Patrol also stated that a “multi-agency, precautionary response” was being undertaken by themselves, the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office, the Cheyenne Police Department, and other agencies, including federal agencies. In his own Tuesday evening post on Facebook, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon…

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday went after Democrats over proposed plans to launch an online “tracker” of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity. “Shutdown Democrats are already refusing to pay our law enforcement agents. Now, @RepRobertGarcia and @SenBlumenthal are trying to put ICE agents at risk just for doing their jobs,” Bondi said in a post on the social platform X, referring to Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). “@TheJusticeDept has ZERO tolerance for violence against law enforcement — we will prosecute any person who physically assaults our agents,” she added. Bondi’s post also featured a…

Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) said on Sunday that “everything is on” Republicans as the government shutdown drags on. “On the one hand, Democrats want credit for shutting the government down in order to get health insurance subsidies that you talk about that are obviously important and consequential, but on the other hand, they say it’s Republicans who have shut the government down,” NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt said to DelBene on “The Hill Sunday.” “So, is this a credit for Democrats or blame for Republicans? Sort out the difference between those two messages,” he added. “You know, Republicans have shut the government…

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Sunday that the scandal involving Virginia Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones his violent text messages will not cause trouble for former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) in her race for governor as the two are both on the ballot next month. “Senator, very quickly, do you worry that this entire controversy could hurt the Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger and her chances of winning?” NBC News’s Kristen Welker asked on “Meet the Press.” “Kristen, I don’t. For your viewers who aren’t Virginians, we have a race two weeks from Tuesday, governor, a race for lieutenant…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview that aired Sunday that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is “afraid that [the] United States will deliver us Tomahawks.” “I knew about the Tomahawks, it’s very sensitive for Russians,” Zelensky told NBC News’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.” “They’re afraid that [the] United States can deliver Ukraine — I think that Putin [is] afraid that [the] United States will deliver us Tomahawks.” During a White House meeting with Zelensky on Friday, President Trump said it was not “easy” for the U.S. hand over long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. “It’s…