CAROLINE McCAUGHEY

CAROLINE McCAUGHEY

Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Caroline McCaughey is a Contributor for the Sun

Ms. McCaughey is a native New Yorker who covers politics and policy. Her work…

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Special Congressional Election in New Jersey Will Be Last Chance for GOP To Flip the Emerging ‘Blue Wave’ Midterms Narrative

GOP candidate Joe Hathaway tells the Sun he’s a ‘next generation of leader’ with an affordability message — but his solutions are less government, not more.

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Pentagon Officials Begin ‘Grooming’ Army Secretary Dan Driscoll as Talk Grows Pete Hegseth Will Get the Boot Early Next Year

‘We’re hearing that Hegseth is not going to last deep into ’26,’ a Pentagon official tells the Sun.

war.gov
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‘MAGA or Marxism’: New York City Moderates Need To Build a New Movement or Party

Meanwhile, with Mamdani’s win, the Working Families Party and Democratic Socialists of America become the new establishment.

AP/Yuki Iwamura
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Cuomo Is a No-Go, but Kennedy Scion Jack Schlossberg To Announce Run for Congress

‘This was nothing more than fan fic from a bunch of half mad and mostly drunk politicos trapped in the same place,’ a Cuomo spokesman tells the Sun of Governor Cuomo running for Congress.

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Mamdani Takes Retributive Tone in Victory Speech — Setting Up a Fight

Any predictions that he would be moderate were tossed aside when he started his speech by quoting five-time Socialist Party of America presidential candidate, Eugene Debs.

AP/Yuki Iwamura
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‘They’re More Than Happy To Blame Me Instead of the Democrats’ If Mamdani Wins, Sliwa Tells Sun

Trump crosses party lines to endorse Democrat-turned-independent candidate Cuomo to try to prevent a Mamdani victory.

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