Schumer, Democrats seek to get off the mat amid new Trump controversy
Democrats and their embattled Senate Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) have received a welcome change to rebound amid the controversy surrounding the Signal group chat that entangled a number of Trump...
View ArticleThe key places to watch in Tuesday's elections in Wisconsin and Florida
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elections in Florida and Wisconsin have become key tests of President Donald Trump's political standing two months into his second White House term. The marquee race Tuesday is for a...
View ArticleChuck Schumer says he's taking the fight over federal spending to Trump country
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (AP) — The Senate’s top Democrat is no stranger to political maneuvering. But his latest act — a tightly choreographed blitz through Republican-held districts — signals a sharpened...
View ArticleWisconsin voters to choose top education official and consider voter ID...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top education official, who will guide policies affecting K-12 schools during President Donald Trump’s second term, will be elected Tuesday in a race between the...
View ArticleControl of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is at stake in race that's drawn...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will be decided Tuesday in a race that broke records for spending and has become a proxy battle for the nation’s political fights,...
View ArticleWhy does the US restrict its presidents to 2 terms? A look at the tradition...
ATLANTA (AP) — Only one person in U.S. history has defied the two-term example set by the first president, George Washington. And voters responded by forbidding future presidents from being elected...
View ArticleTrump steps up efforts to exert control over DC
President Trump is growing more aggressive in his posture towards Washington, D.C, threatening to exert more control over the local affairs of the nation's capital. The president signed an executive...
View ArticleBooker talks through the night in marathon floor speech to protest Trump
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) pulled an all-nighter, delivering a marathon speech on the Senate floor that lasted well into Tuesday morning in a push to combat the Trump administration’s policies. Booker,...
View ArticleHouse GOP leaders play hardball to stop Luna push for proxy voting for new...
House Republican leaders are playing hardball as they try to stop Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) from triggering a vote on a bill to allow proxy voting for new parents, throwing a procedural hurdle...
View ArticleThe Latest: Mass layoffs begin at the US Department of Health and Human Services
Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal Tuesday, as part of a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people. The...
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