MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough on Monday slammed negative reactions to former President Obama’s recent joke about the Cheesecake Factory and the White House. “Can you believe how stupid the reaction is and how stupid they think Americans are?” he said on his show, “Morning Joe.” “Every time Donald Trump opens his mouth now, especially in…

Pollster Nate Silver claimed Sunday that polling “would have to be very wrong” for Republicans to hold on to the House, comments that came a little more than a week before this year’s midterms. “You’ve seen high turnout in Democratic primaries all year. We talk about the early voting data too. You know, the hard…

As the US midterms gather pace, here's a rundown of where candidates in five key Senate races stand on Israel, Gaza, and Iran

There appears to be little prospect of lasting peace between Iran and the United States while Donald Trump remains in the White House. This is a view that an increasing number of serious actors across the region now seem to share. Eight months into the Iran war, Washington has neither broken Tehran’s resolve nor found […]

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