President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to shake up how the Senate confirms his Cabinet and other appointments has more potential to weaken his agenda rather than kick-start it. His desire to use so-called recess appointments would erode the Senate’s power and tradition by sidestepping the confirmation process, and the Democratic obstruction that comes with it, for […]
Facing the loss of control of the Senate and executive branch, the Democrats are looking to lay a minefield to stop President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda during their lame-duck session. The Democrats lost control of the Senate and White House after last week’s elections and don’t appear to be on track to win back the House. […]
New York will soon hold a special election for Rep. Elise Stefanik‘s (R-NY) seat in the 21st Congressional District after the House Republican Conference chairwoman announced she would step down and accept an ambassadorship in the next Trump administration. With Stefanik accepting the role of President-elect Donald Trump‘s U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, she […]
Progressives are pushing back against claims from fellow Democrats that the party saw losses up and down the ballot as a result of leaning too far into “culture wars.” With a looming Republican trifecta on the horizon, some Democrats have resorted to a blame game while others are taking time after the 2024 election to […]
The White House isn’t bowing to pressure from president-elect Donald Trump to stop making judicial confirmations during President Joe Biden’s lame-duck period. Trump has a little more than two months before he returns to the White House and steps back into a position to control various governmental appointments. However, he has tried to see if […]
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) blasted out his praise of President-elect Donald Trump and Senate Republicans’ agenda ahead of the vote for the next leader of the upper chamber. Thune is running for Senate majority leader in a three-way race against Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL) and John Cornyn (R-TX). In an op-ed published in Fox News, […]
A federal judge overturned Illinois‘s ban on semiautomatic weapons on Friday, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) has promised to appeal the ruling and attempt to restore the ban. “Despite those who value weapons of war more than public safety, this law was enacted to and has protected Illinoisans from the constant fear of being gunned […]
President-elect Donald Trump will be greeted by supporters holding a “welcome back” event in Washington, D.C., ahead of his meeting with President Joe Biden on Wednesday. The event for the president-elect is being organized by Arlington GOP Chairman Matthew Hurtt, who told the Washington Examiner that he was inspired to host it after he attended […]
Arizona’s Attorney General Kris Mayes said she will not drop the state’s case regarding a slew of fake electors whom President-elect Donald Trump attempted to use to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Arizona has charged former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, former Trump personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, and more than a […]
While votes are still being counted, voter turnout in the 2024 presidential election is on track to be on par with the historically large 2020 presidential election. As a majority of voters mailed their ballots in for the 2020 presidential election, voter turnout reached 64.5% of eligible voters. With continuous boosts in early voting and mail-in ballots, […]
