The District of Columbia’s Board of Elections formally requested that the National Guard stay away from voting locations after troops were spotted standing in front of a ballot drop box on Thursday.
The elections board confirmed to the Washington Sun it had sent a request to the National Guard, calling on it to “impose limitations on the placement of National Guard service members near drop boxes and other voting locations in the District.” The formal request came after photos emerged on Thursday of several National Guard members standing near a Foggy Bottom ballot drop box.
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Moscow says it shot down 505 drones. But the fires in Tver point to another successful Ukrainian attack deep inside Russia. Ukrainian drones hit a chemical plant that makes fuel for Russia’s cruise missiles, set an oil depot burning near Belgorod, and knocked out part of a Yandex data center in Kaluga overnight on Oct. 9, according to the Kyiv Post. Russia’s Defense Ministry responded as usual, with a big number.
It claimed its air defenses destroyed 505 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over 19 Russian regions, occupied Crimea and the Black and Azov seas.
The Pentagon aims to change its public, online portal that provides data and statistics on U.S. military casualties, DefenseScoop has learned.
The Defense Casualty Analysis System currently includes information about personnel who have been classified as deceased, wounded, ill, or injured during their service.
Officials will be implementing “two key enhancements” to DCAS in a move to “make the data more easily understood,” according to a source familiar with the plans.
Defense Department officials will be briefing Congress about the matter as soon as Friday.
Donald Trump’s approval ratings have been bad for nearly his entire second presidency, but now, they’re nearing an all-time low as the midterm elections approach.
The Pew Research Center released new numbers this week that are almost entirely bad news for the president.
Former President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with attendees at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s 2023 Annual Leadership Summit at the Venetian Convention & Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. By Gage Skidmore.
According to Pew, only three in ten Americans now approve of Trump’s job performance.
As the front line slowly approaches Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, Russia has increased its shelling and bombing attacks against the two last Ukrainian-held major cities in the Donetsk Oblast.
With the front line less than 20 miles from the two cities, civilians still living there are caught in the crossfire.
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Su-34 Fullback from Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
In a recent attack, Russian glide bombs destroyed two minibusses in Kramatorsk, killing at least 33 civilians and injuring another 18.
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It’s like NASCAR’s Army-Navy Game, but with every branch competing to win, led by some of NASCAR’s biggest names.
The Republican Party is stepping up its efforts to hold onto control of Congress ahead of the November midterm elections, as President Donald Trump’s approval ratings hit an all-time low and numerous polls point to a “blue wave” Democratic resurgence once the votes are counted.
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Vice President JD Vance gives remarks at a Sports Council announcement, Thursday, July 31, 2025, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
Marco Rubio has a word for the war in Ukraine. Stalemate.
The US Secretary of State told reporters in Lisbon on Thursday that the Russia-Ukraine war has hit a stalemate and that the Trump administration doesn’t see a military solution coming.
Tu-22M Backfire Bomber from Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Tu-22M3 Russian Bomber. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
As Politico reported, Rubio warned that “stalemates are very dangerous” and said the administration believes the war must end in a negotiated settlement, “the sooner the better.
President Donald Trump may not be on the ballot this November. Still, his party’s candidates’ overall performance will be heavily influenced by the decisions he made in the first half of his second term.
A succession of polls shows that the American people and even his own voters are turning on him over his handling of the war with Iran and the economic fallout of that conflict, and new interviews also show exactly how those voters are thinking.
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Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville, who served on the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign and helped coin the phrase, “It’s the economy, stupid,” is questioning whether President Donald Trump is deliberately sinking the Republican Party’s chances in the November 3 midterm elections.
On his Politics War Room podcast with co-host Al Hunt, Carville argued that the president’s regular controversial public statements do little to help his party retain control of Congress.
President Donald Trump attends UFC 314 at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, Saturday, April 12, 2025.