Jobs market stalls as US adds only 73K in July; huge revisions in May, June
The U.S. added only 73,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate ticked slightly higher to 4.2 percent, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department.The J...
Cooper has early lead over Whatley in North Carolina Senate race, survey shows
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) has an early lead over Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley in the North Carolina Senate race as the candidates...
Wisconsin Republican faces angry town hall over Trump agenda
Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) was heckled and booed during a Thursday town hall in his district over a slate of GOP policies, including immigration, the “big, beautiful bil...
Canada PM Carney responds to Trump’s tariff increase
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said early Friday he is “disappointed” by President Trump’s decision to increase tariffs on his country to 35 percent but left open...
5 reasons Democrats are in good shape — and 2 reasons they’re in deep trouble
The Democratic Party’s approval rating is at its lowest point in at least 35 years, according to a Wall Street Journal poll released last week.In that survey, 63 percen...
Was Gen Z’s Trump era just a phase?
As Donald Trump’s presidency shoulders on, a curious thing is happening with the youngest cohort of American voters: Gen Z’s support for the president is crumbling, but...
Opinion - ‘Make America Healthy Again’ is winning young voters — Democrats should worry
Could RFK Jr. prove to be the Trump administration’s secret weapon?Recent polling shows Americans trust Republicans over Democrats on nearly every major issue confronti...
Opinion - Candidate recruitment failures may haunt Senate Republicans in 2026
Former Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) analyzed the 2022 congressional election results in two words: “candidate quality.” It was a very insig...
Whole Hog Politics: Senate primaries take shape, adding a glimmer of hope for Dems
On the menu: Broad consensus on who to deport and not to deport; A Texas tornado for midterms; Dems bounce back on party affiliation; Mamdani reckons with anti-police p...
Maddow Blog | Smithsonian removes Trump references from exhibit on presidential impeachments
One of the foundational reasons Donald Trump’s presidency is so alarming to those who study authoritarian regimes is the scope of the Republican’s intended reach. Over...