Why 7 ‘purple states’ hold key to White House

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Presidential campaigns are first and foremost about messaging. In any race, the campaigns and the media push the importance of certain ideas or moments in the hopes that they will saturate the public consciousness. But out of hundreds of attempts at this, only a handful succeed. In 2024, during my travels to over two dozen…

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., grilled Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the FBI, over Patel’s pro-gun stances. Asked by Padilla whether Patel believes background checks on firearm purchases are constitutional, during the nominee’s confirmation hearing Thursday, Patel responded that he didn’t know “the in-depths of it,” but believed “that’s what the Supreme Court…

Tensions flared in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly as BJP MLAs staged a parallel “session” after being evicted for protesting a resolution demanding the restoration of Article 370. BJP leader Sunil Sharma criticized the NC-led government, accusing them of separatism and threatening a “parallel govt”. Inside the assembly, other MLAs addressed concerns over employee verifications…