President-elect Donald Trump is facing expectations from defendants involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot that he will turn his promises to pardon them into reality when he returns to the White House in January. Some defendants have signaled in court that they anticipate receiving pardons, while others have expressed eagerness to their lawyers, though […]
Vice President Kamala Harris may have officially lost the 2024 presidential election. However, one of her former aides still sees a way in which Harris can still become the 47th president of the country. It is just a highly elaborate scheme that would require a little help from the current commander in chief, President Joe […]
House Republicans appear likely to win a very slim majority in the House, which could prove helpful to the handful of GOP lawmakers pushing to expand federal deductions for state and local taxes paid. Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act included a $10,000 cap on SALT deductions, and lawmakers in high-tax jurisdictions such as New York and California have […]
Many voters and supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris have shown they have not taken her defeat to President-elect Donald Trump well. Numerous social media posts have shown Harris supporters expressing great despair and dismay over the results of the 2024 presidential election. Now, a Democratic senator is telling those upset over the election results […]
President-elect Donald Trump offered Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) the role of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, according to a CNN report. One of Trump’s most vocal supporters, Stefanik was one of the runners-up to be Trump’s vice president. She gained increased attention earlier this year for criticizing university presidents’ responses to antisemitism on college […]
Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) won reelection to represent Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, which includes Scottsdale and parts of Tempe and Phoenix. He won over former Democratic state Rep. Amish Shah with 52% of the vote to Shah’s 48%, with 95% of the vote being counted so far. The Associated Press called the race at 10:03 […]
Sen.-elect Dave McCormick will travel to Washington, D.C., for freshman orientation on Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the matter, even as Democrats refuse to recognize him as Pennsylvania’s next senator. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has not invited McCormick to the meetings, convened for all new members of the Senate, noting that around […]
A week after Ukrainian soldiers clashed with North Korean troops for the first time, 50,000 Russian and North Korean troops are expected to target Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region of Russia in an effort to reclaim some of its territory. The huge mass of troops is expected to descend on Kursk, which Ukraine has […]
Vice President Kamala Harris was defeated across several demographics in her loss to President-elect Donald Trump, and part of Harris’s undoing may have been losing ground with working-class voters. Harris made some moves that were overtures to Wall Street as she attempted to form a wide coalition to defeat Trump, but instead she lost ground […]
Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-CO) conceded to her Republican challenger Gabe Evans in the House race for Colorado‘s 8th Congressional District Sunday, a key flip that helps the GOP’s hopes of keeping its majority in the House of Representatives. The Republican challenger has yet to be projected as the winner by the Associated Press, but Evans […]
