Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), a driving force behind far-reaching Wall Street reforms following the 2008 financial crisis, died Tuesday night, according to Frank's former campaign manager. He was 86. The big picture: With a sharp wit and pugnacious outspokenness, Frank became a liberal icon in his three decades in the House. He was an architect of the landmark Dodd-Frank Act and a trailblazer for the LGBTQ+ community as an openly gay member of Congress. Driving the news: Jim Segel, Frank's former campaign manager and close friend, tells Axios Frank died Tuesday night. - Segel on Wednesday talked to Frank's brother, who confirmed his passing. Context: The former lawmaker gave a number of final media interviews from hospice care,…
AIPAC hailed the defeat of Representative Thomas Massie by Trump-backed Ed Gallrein in Kentucky as a win for pro-Israel politics.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Ed Gallrein, supported by President Donald J. Trump, defeated incumbent Representative Thomas Massie in the Kentucky GOP primary, a result celebrated by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). KEY QUOTE: “Pro-Israel Americans are proud to help defeat anti-Israel candidates! Being pro-Israel is good policy and good politics!” – AIPAC on X (formerly Twitter) DETAIL: Massie, known for his opposition to the Iran war and for helping pressure the Department of Justice into releasing the Epstein Files, was targeted by Trump and AIPAC for his opposition to the administration’s Middle East policy. He also opposed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the administration’s ongoing strikes against…Open
Government filings indicate that the boss of the American Federation of Teachers used union money to write her book and then pocketed some of the proceeds.
Today, groups harboring ulterior motives unaligned with the American rule of law while supposedly representing a certain class of individuals, no longer have to suffer through the arduous effort of collecting money from individuals or businesses they supposedly represent.