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Charlamagne rips Nicki Minaj for bashing Kathy Hochul, but not Trump 

30 October 2026 at 17:03
Nicki Minaj is entitled to her politics, but moral authority requires more than condemning the people you oppose. I’m going to need her to explain why the same scrutiny doesn’t apply to the people she adamantly supports.  

Hold the rate. The Fed can’t pump oil.

The Federal Reserve opted to maintain interest rates between 3.75 percent and 4 percent during its recent meeting, a decision supported by analysis suggesting that recent inflation was primarily driven by energy costs rather than widespread economic pressure.

Ro Khanna and the fight for the post-Bernie left

30 October 2026 at 16:30
Rep. Ro Khanna is positioning himself as a leading figure for progressives ahead of the 2028 Democratic primary by promoting his brand of progressive capitalism and seeking to build broad coalitions across the political spectrum.

The US should strongly advocate for political prisoner releases, global freedom

30 October 2026 at 15:30
While celebrating recent political prisoner releases, author Nicole Bibbins Sedaca argues that the United States must use sanctions and diplomatic pressure to challenge the systemic use of imprisonment by autocratic regimes.

The middle powers step in, to America’s detriment

30 October 2026 at 14:30
Last week, British Typhoon aircraft escorted French Rafale multirole fighters in a first-ever Anglo-French airborne nuclear strike exercise, codenamed Exercise Rummy. My former boss, Donald Rumsfeld, would not have been amused; it did not include American forces. Instead, as London stated, the exercise “mark[ed] a major step forward in UK-France defence cooperation under the [2025] Northwood…

Angie Nixon’s ignorance on Cuba shows she isn’t ready for the Senate 

30 October 2026 at 12:00
Mike Waltz needs to school Angie Nixon about Cuba.   Nixon, a Democrat aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America who is running to become a U.S. senator from Florida, recently showed extreme and perhaps willful ignorance about the communist country perched just 90 miles off her state’s coast.  When CBS News reporter Cristian Benavides asked…

Sen. Mark Kelly update: ‘anti-Trump’ 2028 presidential candidate or Senate reelection

30 October 2026 at 11:00
Sen. Mark Kelly has emerged as a leading Democratic contender for the 2028 presidency following his recent involvement in a controversy regarding military obedience and his success in raising funds during the midterms.

Make some medications more affordable by cutting one piece of red tape

29 October 2026 at 17:30
Congress is being urged to pass the Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act to reduce medication costs by removing the costly interchangeability standard for biologics.

The race for Texas governor will decide control of the House

The upcoming Texas gubernatorial election between incumbent Greg Abbott and challenger Gina Hinojosa will determine if a new congressional map favoring Republicans or one protecting Latino representation becomes law.

Senators propose bipartisan changes in their chamber’s procedures

29 October 2026 at 16:00
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Steve Daines proposed a four-part bipartisan agenda in a Washington Post op-ed aimed at reducing Senate dysfunction by reforming the filibuster and streamlining legislative processes.

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