President-elect Donald Trump and his Republican allies took a gamble by spending millions of dollars to attract infrequent voters — and data show the effort paid off in Arizona. The small but significant win could reshape how Republicans tailor their campaigns to key voting blocs. Conservative organization Turning Point Action’s effort “Chase the Vote” involved […]
Outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC) and Gov.-elect Josh Stein (D-NC) filed an expanded lawsuit Monday to challenge a sweeping Republican-backed law that strips significant powers from the state’s incoming Democratic officeholders. The move by the Democratic leaders escalates an ongoing legal battle over GOP efforts to reshape control of state agencies and boards ahead of […]
American Airlines grounded all flights nationwide for exactly one hour due to a technical glitch, but the airline is back up and running just in time for Christmas and holiday travel. The Federal Aviation Administration ordered all American Airlines flights grounded just before 7 a.m. Tuesday after the airline reported a technical problem affecting its […]
State Democratic parties see the race for a new Democratic National Committee leader as a chance to crack open a new fight about how money and power are distributed between national and state parties. State leaders are using the race for the DNC chairmanship to pressure the national party to return to a 50-state strategy, […]
President Joe Biden waited two years into his term in office to issue his first presidential veto, but he is concluding his term with the most vetoes since former President Bill Clinton. Days before Christmas, the White House announced that Biden had vetoed the JUDGES Act, a bill that would have allowed President-elect Donald Trump […]
More workers voted to certify unions this year than they have in the past 15 years. Leading up to November’s election, both President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris courted a variety of unions to rally supporters. The largest union in the nation, the Teamsters, opted not to endorse either candidate for president after a long tradition of endorsing the […]
President Joe Biden is leaning heavily into his clemency powers in the waning days of his term, using a tool only available to an incumbent without fear of political backlash. Fading from public view as President-elect Donald Trump increasingly wields the bully pulpit, Biden started Christmas week off by commuting the death sentences of 37 […]
Children across Florida could be just weeks away from having their profiles deleted on social media sites such as TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, and Discord. A new law, which is set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025, prohibits children 14 years old and under from having profiles on social media sites, although whether it’s enforced right away […]
President-elect Donald Trump has had wide-ranging issues with the media before and after entering politics. 2024 was no different as Trump entered various feuds with legacy media like ABC News and CBS News and some local news, including his latest lawsuit against the Des Moines Register. Here are four of Trump’s media fights and their […]
Republicans are bristling at threats from President-elect Donald Trump and his surrogates to back primary challenges if they cross him on policies or Cabinet nominees. The repeated warnings of retribution from Trump and MAGA-world before he’s even taken office have GOP lawmakers fearing it could undermine ambitious plans to enact his agenda and capitalize on […]
