Andrew Desiderio

Oct 22, 2024 | punchbowl.news | Max Cohen |Melanie Zanona |Andrew Desiderio

Republicans in competitive races are leaning into a culture-war closing message, accusing their Democratic opponents of being too extreme when it comes to transgender rights. GOP groups have spent nearly $70 million on transgender-focused congressional ads this cycle, per AdImpact.

Oct 21, 2024 | punchbowl.news | Andrew Desiderio |John Bresnahan

At age 91, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) would be one of the oldest senators to ever chair a committee, with the Iowa Republican in line to head up the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee in the next Congress — provided Republicans win on Nov. 5. But behind the scenes, GOP senators and aides are privately raising concerns about Grassley’s ability to once again lead the Judiciary panel, which will play a prominent role over the next two years regardless of who’s in the White House.

Oct 21, 2024 | punchbowl.news | John Bresnahan |Andrew Desiderio

Sign up to receive our free weekday morning edition, and you'll never miss a scoop. Did you mean ? Premium October 21, 2024 As we told you in our AM edition, we followed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries over the weekend as he stumped in Milwaukee and Minneapolis for Democratic challengers and endangered incumbents. We have some more news from our trip that we wanted to share this afternoon.

Oct 18, 2024 | punchbowl.news | Andrew Desiderio

Sign up to receive our free weekday morning edition, and you'll never miss a scoop. Did you mean ? Premium October 18, 2024 President Joe Biden was in Berlin today meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Their talks centered on the war in Ukraine. Become a Premium member to continue reading Become a Member Already a subscriber?

Oct 17, 2024 | punchbowl.news | Andrew Desiderio |John Bresnahan

Sign up to receive our free weekday morning edition, and you'll never miss a scoop. Did you mean ? Premium October 17, 2024 Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, ending a year-long search for the man responsible for the worst terror attack in Israeli history. Images of a body resembling Sinwar’s and covered in rubble were circulating on social media Thursday morning. The Israeli government has now confirmed the death.