President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) as secretary of Homeland Security. Noem has been governor of South Dakota since 2019, the first woman to serve as governor in the state’s history. She won reelection in 2022 and began her second term in January 2023. She was elected to South Dakota’s […]
President-elect Donald Trump will waste no time working to undo the efforts of his predecessor, President Joe Biden, when he retakes office next January. Much of what Trump is expected to do will simply be undoing what Biden did to him upon winning the White House four years ago. Biden was very aggressive in January […]
The Democrats’ overperformance in the midterm elections two years ago looks like a pyrrhic victory after President-elect Donald Trump’s win last week, likely giving Republicans unified control of the federal government. In some ways, the midterm elections might have been the worst of all possible worlds for Democrats: They came away believing they needed no major […]
President-elect Donald Trump already has a plan to boost U.S. energy production. Within hours of his victory, Trump made clear that one of his first...
Following Vice President Kamala Harris’s complete shellacking at the polls last Tuesday, many Democrats are wondering if their party needs to rethink its commitment to...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey recently took another reflexively anti-Trump stance that will put her state in danger. Under her administration, Healey announced that the Massachusetts...
The first round of November’s Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, will go out to the first group of retirees tomorrow. Here is all you need to know about this month’s Social Security payments, which go out in three rounds. What is it? In 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the […]
The three Republicans vying to become the next GOP leader in the Senate will make their closing arguments at a candidate forum held hours before members cast their secret ballots on Wednesday. No matter who succeeds Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the election will usher in a new generation of leadership. McConnell, who has led […]
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) defeated Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake in the Arizona Senate race to replace outgoing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ). The Associated Press called the race for Gallego at 11:49 p.m. ET p.m. Monday. With 95% of the ballots counted, Gallego led with 50% of the vote to Lake’s 48%. Gallego will become […]
Nearly a week after the November 5 U.S. election, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) was named the Arizona U.S. Senate election winner. The Associated Press officially called the race for Gallego late Monday night in Arizona. He defeated Republican candidate Kari Lake and will become Arizona’s first Latino senator. Gallego, 44, is a former United States […]
