Tag: Politics

Patrick Dempsey seriously considered a possible run for the U.S. Senate in Maine but ultimately decided against pursuing a career in politics, choosing instead to focus on acting and his nonprofit work with the Dempsey Center.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones fights to ensure Black students in Iowa have access to books that tell their stories, as conservative activists push book bans.

The veteran Republican senator tragically passed away on Saturday evening at age 71 due to a sudden aortic tear, throwing Capitol Hill into a total state of mourning and shock.

Stephen A. Smith says he is not running for president, but he is willing to debate President Donald Trump after Trump called him "dumb as a rock" on Truth Social over his criticism of Trump's appearance at Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden.

Former President Barack Obama recently said that he rents permanent space in Donald Trump's head. He's right. For nearly two decades, Trump has used his platform to target the nation's first Black president, routinely blurring political criticism into a deeply personal, racially charged fixation. Even years after both have left office, the attacks haven't stopped—highlighted recently by Trump sharing an AI-generated video of the Obamas near a vandalized Air Force One.

During President Donald Trump's first term in 2018, Democrats won the House with a blue wave of moderate candidates. Fast forward to today, that polite era is officially dead, and frustrated voters are now demanding a radical overhaul of the entire party ahead of the November midterms. But while an overwhelming majority agree the current system needs to be dismantled, the party is completely fractured over who exactly is going to lead the rebuilding.