PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania Democrats’ love of Gov. Josh Shapiro is not getting in the way of supporting Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate pick. At a rally introducing the new ticket in Philadelphia on Tuesday, attendees sounded receptive to Walz, the Minnesota governor who competed with Shapiro to be Harris’s vice president. Several […]
Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff cut checks to a progressive legal group that pushed to defund the police and make Washington, D.C., a permanent “sanctuary city” for illegal immigrants, documents show. Legal Aid DC, a nonprofit organization in the district that works on housing law and represents low-income clients in other […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An earthquake northwest of Los Angeles shook a large swath of Southern California on Tuesday night, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 5.2 magnitude temblor stuck at 9:09 p.m. and was centered near Mettler, an unincorporated area in Kern County about 85 miles […]
For more than a decade, former Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill held a crucial seat for Democrats in a state otherwise dominated by Republicans. But in his first reelection since unseating two-term McCaskill in 2018, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has turned the once-competitive Show-Me State seat into a GOP sanctuary that’s out of reach for Democrats […]
President Joe Biden isn’t on the November ballot but his administration has been working overtime to “Trump-proof” science before his exit, putting protections in place to shield government scientists from political interference should former President Donald Trump win another White House term. “The Trump administration regularly suppressed, downplayed, or simply ignored scientific research demonstrating the need for […]
The general election this cycle to replace retiring Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) will feature Attorney General Bob Ferguson (D-WA) and former Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA). The two were the highest vote-getters in Tuesday’s open primary featuring dozens of candidates, which means they’ll faceoff one-on-one in November in a state that’s a Democratic stronghold and has […]
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) lost her primary election on Tuesday, making her the second “Squad” Democrat and third House incumbent to lose their seat this election cycle. The Associated Press called the race for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell at 11:04 p.m. Eastern time, over two hours after the polls closed. Bell won with 51% […]
Former Obama adviser David Axelrod said the choice of Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate has transformed the presidential race to the detriment of former President Donald Trump. In a roundtable appearance on CNN’s The Source, Axelrod praised the performance of Harris and Walz in their first joint campaign appearance. […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) predicted that Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) can win “pretty big” in November if they stick to progressive stances on economic issues. In an appearance on CNN’s The Source, Sanders praised Harris and Walz and said they could win by a large margin if they followed a […]
The stage is set for November in Michigan’s battleground Senate race, with Tuesday’s primaries teeing up a general election contest between Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers. The “toss-up” race to replace retiring longtime Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) could determine party control of the Senate as Democrats fight to […]
