Political Infighting, Intrigue and Growing Support for a Real Third Party
The deep divide in this nation has at least half of its voters in agreement on one thing: it’s time for a viable third party.
Read moreThe deep divide in this nation has at least half of its voters in agreement on one thing: it’s time for a viable third party.
Read moreDemocratic challenger Jon Ossoff declared victory Wednesday over Republican Senator David Perdue in Georgia’s runoff race, a win that if confirmed would give President-elect Joe Biden’s party control over the chamber.
Read moreNancy Pelosi was narrowly reelected Sunday as speaker, giving her the reins of Democrats’ slender House majority as President-elect Joe Biden sets a challenging course of producing legislation to tackle the pandemic, revive the economy and address other party priorities.
Read moreSouthern California congressman Mike Garcia narrowly fended off a second challenge by Democratic lawmaker Christy Smith and held on to the 25th Congressional District seat Monday.
Read moreAs the country waits for the final votes to be counted in a handful of states, former Vice President Joe Biden delivered a speech to the nation Friday night voicing confidence that he will win the presidency.
Read moreIn the early Friday morning hours, presidential candidate Joe Biden narrowly amassed more votes than President Donald Trump in Georgia.
Read moreAs Georgians cast their ballots and turned their attention to the results of a nail-biter 2020 presidential race Tuesday, the Georgia Democratic Party filed a lawsuit repudiating accusations leveled against it during the 2018 midterm election.
Read moreA Tennessee judge ruled Monday afternoon that a Democratic Senate candidate’s campaign sued the wrong officials when it tried to get information on absentee voters in a last-minute, get-out-the-vote effort.
Read more“When ideals and policies matter less than dominating foes, government becomes dysfunctional,” researchers concluded.
Read moreVirginia Democrats have filed suit against an elections official in Richmond for not handing over a list of rejected absentee ballots, which the party hopes to use to notify voters so they can file a corrected ballot by next week’s deadline.
Read moreThe partisan divide over climate change is closing as more people say global warming is an issue they are seeing play out in their lifetimes.
Read moreProgressive House Democrats and over 200 advocacy groups unveiled an agenda for 2021 policy priorities Thursday, calling for free Covid-19 testing and treatment, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour and giving Americans universal health care.
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court Monday night reinstated a Republican-backed witness signature requirement for absentee ballots in South Carolina, rejecting Democrats’ complaints of voter suppression during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read moreCourthouse News has been examining how two news programs sharing a time slot — “Fox News at Night” and MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour” — compared in their presentation of the news of the day. The chaotic presidential debate was nearly all MSNBC’s Brian Williams wanted to talk about, while the topic got only a passing mention on the Fox host Shannon Bream’s show.
Read moreDemocrats are launching a digital ad targeting Pennsylvanians voting by mail to explain how to correctly fill out and return the ballots, hoping to avert worried predictions that 100,000 votes or more could be invalidated because the ballots aren’t put in the proper envelope.
Read moreSeven House committee chairs released sweeping legislation Wednesday morning with the hope of addressing what they claim are improprieties committed by President Donald Trump and his administration.
Read moreAs the U.S. coronavirus death toll nears 200,000, House Democrats hoping to sidestep a government shutdown rolled out a temporary funding bill on Monday to keep federal offices afloat through December.
Read moreNew polling data released Friday shows Democrats leading in three U.S. Senate races by five percentage points or more, putting the Republican Party at risk of losing its majority in that chamber.
Read moreJake Auchincloss, a city councilor in suburban Boston and a former Marine, won a packed primary to become the Democratic nominee in the race to fill the U.S. House seat being vacated by Rep. Joe Kennedy III in Massachusetts.
Read moreJoe Biden’s campaign and joint fundraising committees raked in a record-breaking $364.5 million in August, the campaign announced Wednesday.
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