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For the second time in two months, a poll commissioned by Democrat Jamie Davis’ U.S. Senate campaign shows Republican Julia Letlow leading by just four points. Hart Research Associates found Letlow at 48% and Davis at 44% among 500 likely Louisiana voters surveyed Sept. 17 through 19, with 8% initially undecided. The poll has a…
Lauren Jewett knows the odds. The Metairie special education teacher is running for Congress in Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District, a reliably Republican seat represented for the past 18 years by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. Scalise has more than $10 million flowing through his campaign operation this cycle. Jewett had raised just under $143,000 through…
Gov. Jeff Landry has reached an unusual point in his increasingly bitter relationship with New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno: he will not speak to her, but he would still like to be thanked. Landry took to social media Friday afternoon after Moreno issued a statement marking the end of the Louisiana National Guard’s eight-month deployment…
Louisiana lawmakers redrew the 6th Congressional District this spring to make it considerably easier for Republicans to win. Qualifying made deciding which Republican — or whether a Democrat can make the runoff — considerably more complicated. Ten candidates qualified for the newly configured district before Friday’s deadline, including two sitting Republican state senators with substantial…
Rep. Cleo Fields is raising concerns over a pending U.S.-Iran framework agreement, arguing that President Donald Trump is trying to turn an unnecessary war into a political victory while leaving Congress and taxpayers with unanswered questions about the cost. The preliminary framework, announced last week, is not a final agreement. It sets up a 60-day…
It turns out reparations are not unrealistic. They are not too complicated. They are not inherently divisive. They are not some fringe fantasy that no serious government could ever administer. Apparently, reparations are perfectly manageable when the beneficiaries are Donald Trump’s political allies. On Monday, the Trump administration announced the creation of a $1.776 billion…
The final scheduled stop of the To The People, For The People 2026 Democratic Roadshow opened Saturday night with a smaller-than-expected U.S. Senate forum, as Nick Albares and Gary Crockett made their case to Democratic voters while Jamie Davis, the party-endorsed candidate in the race, did not attend. The forum, held at the Unitarian Church…
A new Emerson College Polling/KLFY News 10 survey, sponsored by KLFY/Nexstar Media, shows Louisiana’s Republican U.S. Senate primary locked in a tight three-way fight, with state Treasurer John Fleming narrowly leading U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow and incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy running third. The survey was conducted April 24-26 among 500 likely Republican primary voters….
House Speaker Mike Johnson made it official Wednesday: when forced to choose between the political demands of Donald Trump and the moral warning of the head of the Catholic Church, Louisiana’s most powerful Republican chose Trump. Asked about the growing clash between the White House and Pope Leo XIV, Johnson did not try to calm…
When President Donald Trump threatened this week that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran did not bend to his demands, the statement was so grotesque that it demanded more than the usual partisan reflex. It demanded a moral response. In Louisiana’s congressional delegation, two members supplied one. Congressman Cleo Fields treated Trump’s rhetoric…
For many Louisiana voters, Nick Albares is still an introduction. He is not a former statewide officeholder. He is not a longtime elected official with a built-in political base. And unlike some of the more familiar names in Louisiana Democratic politics, Albares comes out of the world of policy and nonprofit leadership more than the…
President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget is not law – yet. Congress still has to pass actual spending bills. But presidential budgets still matter because they show what the White House is trying to protect, what it is willing to cut, and who it expects to absorb the damage. This one is pretty…
Louisianans have every right to cackle at the headline: our governor—of a state that can’t keep car insurance, homeowners insurance, or basic infrastructure from spiraling into chaos—is now a special envoy to Greenland. It reads like a deleted scene from a political satire. But here’s the problem with treating it like a meme: it isn’t…
Crowds of people gathered along Perkins Road on Saturday, Oct. 18, joining demonstrators in thousands of other cities across the country for the No Kings Protest — a coordinated, nationwide day of action opposing President Donald Trump’s policies and warning against the slide toward authoritarian rule. According to the No Kings Coalition, more than seven…
Two key judicial seats in East Baton Rouge Parish were filled outright in the October 11 election, as Vicky Jones and Calli Boudreaux each won their respective races without the need for a runoff. But the story of the night was not just who won — it was how few people showed up to decide….
Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a campus event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. National outlets confirmed the killing and the chaotic scene on campus; the FBI is assisting local authorities. President Donald Trump announced Kirk’s death and said flags would be flown at half-staff. That’s the context — tragic, volatile, and nationally…
Charlie Kirk, a longtime ally of Donald Trump and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot during a midday appearance at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday. Cellphone video shows Kirk speaking beneath a “Prove Me Wrong” sign when a single shot rings out and he collapses as the crowd scrambles; he was…
H.R. 1 — the 900-page “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” now barreling through Congress at President Donald Trump’s urging — has been branded the most sweeping rewrite of federal policy in a generation. Even erstwhile allies such as Elon Musk have blasted it as a “disgusting abomination,” warning that its buried riders pose deeper dangers…
In a move that sounds benign—a crackdown on alleged foreign contributions—President Donald Trump is set to sign a presidential memorandum targeting ActBlue, the Democratic-aligned online donation platform. According to Politico, the order, spearheaded by the White House with support from Attorney General Pam Bondi, is framed as enforcing existing laws against foreign donations. Yet the specific…
Baton Rouge, LA – Hundreds gathered on the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol on Saturday, April 5, 2025, for a “Hands Off!” rally, a demonstration organized to protest what participants described as the overreach of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk and their detrimental impact on the country’s healthcare, data, jobs, and services. The…
In a move that has ignited outrage among historians, curators, and free-speech advocates, President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week directing Vice President Vance to reshape the Smithsonian Institution into a sanitized reflection of “unmatched American greatness.” The order, which Trump has touted as a “restoration of truth,” seeks to cut off federal…
In an astonishing display of recklessness, Trump’s national security team has compromised classified military operations by inadvertently leaking detailed war plans via an unauthorized commercial messaging app, Signal, raising urgent questions about whether this administration itself poses a national security threat. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed highly classified operational details about imminent U.S. military strikes…
