Author: Niall Stanage

The Memo: Is Alvin Bragg pumping the brakes on Trump case?

The political world was thrown into fresh turmoil Wednesday as a long-predicted indictment of former President Trump was reportedly pushed back at least another several weeks. Now, no indictment is likely before late April — if even then. That’s because the grand jury evaluating the case is expected to turn its attention to unspecified other subjects next week,…

The Memo: Trump team seeks to paint DeSantis as opportunist

Former President Trump and his allies think they have found the chink in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) armor. Trump and those around him have recently sought to paint DeSantis as an opportunist and flip-flopper. It’s the common thread in a number of recent Trump attacks — on topics including Social Security, Ukraine and even…

The Memo: Democrats struggle to beat back GOP attacks on education

Republicans are lining up to take potshots at Democrats over education — an issue on which President Biden’s party used to enjoy a sizable advantage. The line of Republicans rushing to embrace the issue shows just how sharply the political dynamics have shifted. On Thursday evening, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin spoke at a CNN town…

Why Thursday’s US-Russia diplomatic meeting was so important

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held their first in-person meeting since the invasion of Ukraine on Thursday. Blinken and his opposite number were both attending the G-20 summit in New Delhi, India. The conversation was unexpected but brief — it reportedly lasted around 10 minutes — and there was…

Nikki Haley: Bernie Sanders is ‘exactly the reason’ mental competency tests are needed

MARION, Iowa — Presidential candidate Nikki Haley defended her proposal for mental competency tests here on Tuesday — in startlingly personal terms. Haley said that one critic of the proposal, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), was “exactly the reason we need it.” Sanders, 81, had told Stephen Colbert of CBS’s “Late Show” Monday that Haley’s plan…

Ranking the GOP’s top 10 presidential candidates

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley this week became the second major Republican candidate for president in 2024, joining former President Trump in a field that is sure to grow. Other potential candidates, including former Vice President Mike Pence and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, are hinting that they could also declare soon.  Enormous…