Trump schedules Lubbock, Waco rallies as Texas Senate race tightensTrump to make fourth visit to Texas to rally for Ken Paxton as recent polls show a tight U.S. Senate race against James Talarico. Here's what we know.Amarillo Globe-News4d agoWhole story →Governmenttexas senate race rallies
7 in 10 doubt Trump would accept GOP losses in midterms: SurveyA new poll shows that most Americans surveyed doubt President Trump will accept the midterm election results if Republicans sustain losses in Congress and lose their majority. The Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found that 70 percent of respondents are not confident Trump will accept the results, including 36 percent of Republicans, 77 percent of…The Hill4d agoWhole story →Governmentmidterm elections
Black Voters Bear Brunt of GOP’s Midterm Redistricting EffortsMid-decade redistricting battles are having an outsized impact on Black voters, who are more likely to have been shifted into new congressional districts in order to create more safe seats for Republicans ahead of the US midterm elections.Bloomberg4d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticemidterm elections redistricting
Harry Enten Skewers Vance Over Latest Gas Price Excuse: 'Nobody's Buying That'The CNN data guru highlighted numbers showing voters are dissatisfied with Vice President JD Vance, not the former president he’s blaming.HuffPost4d agoWhole story →Governmentvance gas price excuse
Frantic Week in Tight Michigan Senate and Gubernatorial Races as Election Day Closes InMichigan is entering the critical and final stretch of the midterm campaign, with key races deciding which party controls the Senate and who will be running the state during the final two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. This week features a Fox News town hall, a second Senate debate, the start of early in-person voting,...The Daily Signal4d agoWhole story →Governmentmichigan midterm elections
Early voting surges in battleground states as Democrats outpace GOP gainsEarly voting is surging in several key battleground states, giving Democrats hope that their strength in midterm polling could translate into a turnout advantage in November. In North Carolina, more than 1.2 million early ballots have been accepted, a 37 percent increase from the same point leading up to the 2022 midterms, according to an...The Hill3h agoSources (2)Whole story →Government
DOJ's election 'freakout' pinned to trend spooking Trump: legal expertA veteran Trump adversary heading into federal court to fight the administration's latest election push thinks he knows what's really rattling the president. Norm Eisen, co-founder of Democracy Defenders Fund and a former House Judiciary Committee special counsel during Trump's first impeachment, wrote in The Contrarian on Saturday that record early…Raw Story3h agoWhole story →GovernmentSecurity
Trump Prepares for Iran Escalation After US, Israeli ElectionsA Middle East war that President Donald Trump said would be over in a matter of weeks now looks set to escalate as it enters its eighth month.Bloomberg3h agoSources (2)Whole story →GovernmentSecurity
'Sorry to interrupt': 'Belligerent' MS NOW host cuts off Dem for downplaying Trump threatMS NOW host Jonathan Capehart wasn’t satisfied with a Democratic congressman’s assurances that President Donald Trump can’t steal the midterms. He cut him off on air to tell him so. Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee, which oversees federal elections, appeared on “The Weekend” on Saturday. Capehart pointed…Raw Story2h agoWhole story →Government
Voters Are Begging Trump to End the War in IranThe US and Israel’s war on Iran, ongoing since February, has never been particularly popular. But two new polls show that as voters prepare for the November 3 midterm elections, they’re thinking about it—and Americans say it’s priority for it to be over. An AP-NORC poll released earlier this week shows about seven in ten […]Mother Jones2h agoWhole story →GovernmentSecurity
Clarence Thomas says race shouldn't dictate how Black people thinkSupreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas rejects the idea that Black people must think a certain way, likening such mandates to racial segregation in a talk with Ted Cruz.Fox News2mo agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticeClarence Thomasclarence thomas interview
Why California's Racial Justice Act isn't just enough just yetThe Golden State’s approach to racial bias in the courts has been widely praised. Sadly, a series of court decisions have weakened its protections.The Hill5d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticeracial justice act challenges
Kagan diagnoses American democracy with a Supreme Court problemJustice Elena Kagan said the high court had created a democracy that does not work as it should.Courthouse News Service4d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticesupreme court election law rulings
Sen. Kennedy wants ban on naming buildings for living politiciansSen. John Kennedy says politicians should not have buildings named after them while alive. "I think that would settle a lot of this controversy."USA TODAY26d agoWhole story →GovernmentJohn Kennedykennedy center naming dispute
Justice Kagan says Supreme Court has damaged democracy with recent rulingsWith pivotal midterm elections two weeks away, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said Tuesday that the high court’s recent decisions on voting and campaign finance have damaged the nation’s democracy.Spokane Spokesman-Review1d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticeElena Kagan
Opinion: John Kennedy speaks boldly, carries small stickNo matter how tough U.S. Sen. Kennedy talks, columnist Stephanie Grace writes, you pretty much know what he’s going to do when it comes to staking out independence from President Donald Trump: nothing.Baton Rouge Advocate1mo agoWhole story →GovernmentDonald TrumpJohn Kennedy
Trump has been trashing election results, democracy from the startIn 2016, Trump claimed Ted Cruz stole the Iowa Republican caucuses. Also, the city parking meter deal.Chicago Sun-Times22d agoWhole story →GovernmentTed Cruz2020 election integrity
The Vice EconomyIs the GOP Abandoning Its Traditional Values?The Dispatch2d agoWhole story →Government