Harris's rise could roil Lake-Gallego showdown in Arizona
With Republican Kari Lake and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) on a glide path toward their respective primary victories Tuesday, both parties are watching closely to see how the recent shake-up at the...
View ArticleHomeland Security funding bill sputters in Senate
Senate negotiators are punting consideration of their full-year Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill as both sides struggle to find bipartisan agreement. The powerful Senate...
View ArticleNC Gov. Cooper opted out of Harris VP vetting, in part over worry about GOP...
WASHINGTON (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper opted not to be a candidate in Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate search in part due to concerns that his Republican lieutenant governor would...
View Article'White Dudes for Harris' is the latest in a series of Zoom gatherings backing...
WASHINGTON (AP) — On a “White Dudes for Harris” virtual call, it was probably fitting that “The Dude” dropped in. Actor Jeff Bridges addressed a fundraising event geared toward white men supporting...
View ArticleLake, Gallego poised for faceoff: 5 races to watch in Arizona's primaries
Republican Kari Lake and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) are poised to become the official nominees in a blockbuster Senate race that will help determine control of the upper chamber as Arizonans...
View ArticleRepublican Arizona mayor backs Harris over Trump, evoking McCain
(The Hill) - The GOP mayor of Mesa, Ariz. — Phoenix’s largest suburb — endorsed Kamala Harris on Monday, saying only the vice president can “put country over party” in the November election. John...
View Article'White Dudes for Harris' call raises over $4 million
(The Hill) -- The latest demographic effort backing Vice President Kamala Harris, “White Dudes for Harris,” raised over $4 million on a call on Monday evening. Additionally, over 190,000 participants...
View ArticleKari Lake aims to win GOP primary for closely watched Arizona Senate race
PHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake is looking to easily win the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Arizona on Tuesday, setting up a fierce battle against Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego for a seat that...
View ArticleDemocrats had feared Georgia was a lost cause with Biden running. Harris will...
ATLANTA (AP) — Little more than a week ago, Georgia appeared to be slipping out of the Democrats' reach: President Joe Biden's campaign pledged to concentrate more on holding the Midwestern "blue...
View ArticleKamala Harris energizes South Asian voters, a growing force in key swing states
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) — A drive out to Atlanta's sprawling suburbs passes the cultural centers, schools and houses of worship that opened as this became the nation's sixth-largest metropolitan area....
View ArticleRepublican senators divided over Trump sticking with Vance
Republican lawmakers are divided over whether former President Trump should ditch his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), who has become a magnet for controversy and negative press coverage since...
View ArticleHarris vs. Trump: What the early post-Biden polls tell us
President Biden’s historic announcement that he was dropping his 2024 reelection bid has shaken up a race that had mostly stayed static until the past month. Polls have begun to trickle out in the...
View ArticleAfter an extraordinary run of political news, interest in the presidential...
After a desultory start to the campaign season, news outlets are starting to see interest in political news perk up because of an extraordinary run of stories over the past few weeks. The most obvious...
View ArticleJohnson faces frustration from hard-liners on spending issues
Hard-line conservatives in the House left Washington frustrated that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) didn't uphold his promises on pushing through spending legislation — though they did not necessarily...
View ArticleGOP ready to pounce on Harris policy pivots
Vice President Harris’s quick pivot to her White House bid has prompted an about-face on multiple key issues that could affect outcomes in battleground states, handing former President Trump and...
View ArticleBiden prods Congress to act to curb fentanyl from Mexico as Trump paints...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is prodding Congress to help him do more to combat the scourge of fentanyl before he leaves office. The Democratic administration is making the new policy push as...
View ArticleWalz’s star rising in Harris veepstakes with attacks on Trump, Vance
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) has seen his national profile skyrocket as he becomes one of his party's most vocal critics of the GOP in the wake of the presidential race’s shake-up. Walz, who leads a...
View ArticleThe Latest: 2024 candidates tune their campaigns with less than 100 days to go
The director of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 vision for a complete overhaul of the federal government has stepped down after blowback from Donald Trump’s campaign, which has tried to disavow...
View Article5 early takeaways from Arizona's primaries
Arizona’s primaries Tuesday night saw numerous candidates who have questioned the results of past elections gain ground, the latest sign of former President Trump’s deepening imprint on the GOP in the...
View ArticleDemocrats hammer Vance over ‘anti-family’ charges: ‘Unfounded as they are...
Democrats on Capitol Hill are hammering Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) over his charge that they’re “anti-family,” pointing to a host of child-friendly benefits they’ve long championed in the face of...
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