Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) credited Republicans’ election night wins on “candidate quality” after they not only flipped the Senate but could end up with a larger-than-expected majority. “Candidate quality is essential, absolutely essential,” McConnell said Wednesday at a press conference on Capitol Hill. “I think we had the best candidates everywhere yesterday.” Senate […]
President-elect Donald Trump has a 75-day transition period ahead of him to build out his team before Inauguration Day on Jan. 20. One item at the top of Trump’s to-do list will be figuring out how to fill roughly 4,000 government positions with political appointees. These roles include positions from the secretary of state and […]
Washington, D.C., City Councilman Trayon White, who is facing felony bribery charges, won reelection on Tuesday. The Democratic councilman representing Ward 8, a Democratic stronghold, defeated Republican Nate Derenge and several other write-in candidates who launched campaigns upon news of White’s indictment. White captured 83.9% of the vote. White took to Instagram on election night […]
Republican National Committee co-chair Michael Whatley noted the genius in retrospect when President-elect Donald Trump appeared on less friendly “alternative platforms.” Trump’s strategy included making appearances, often for the first time, on various podcasts and broadcast interviews that were fraught with adversity. However, according to Whatley, this helped Trump understand the most important issues to […]
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) is calling for the immediate end of the criminal cases opened against President-elect Donald Trump, citing his victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday. “The American people have spoken: the lawfare must end,” Scalise wrote in a post on X. “I call on Attorney General Garland, Alvin Bragg, […]
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is getting a new title after he and former President Donald Trump surged to victory on Wednesday morning, opening up a seat in the Senate that Republicans took back in the romp. Republicans were always projected to seize control of the upper chamber back from Democrats, who have been running the […]
The battle for the House majority will come down to a handful of toss-up seats scattered across the country, particularly those that Republicans managed to win two years ago despite President Joe Biden carrying the districts in his presidential race. There are 19 House districts in which the Republican candidate won in 2022 despite Biden […]
Protesters behind Just Stop Oil defaced the outside of the U.S. Embassy in London on Wednesday to oppose President-elect Donald Trump. Hours after the 2024 election was called for Trump, two protesters, aged 25 and 72, in Just Stop Oil T-shirts spray painted the wall of the embassy in a show that they “reject fascism.” London […]
Congress will welcome a slate of history-making lawmakers in January, as members of both parties notched firsts in both the House and Senate. Several candidates are prepared to become the first women to represent their states in Washington, D.C., while others will become the first of their heritage. 2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON […]
Leaders around the world congratulated President-elect Donald Trump for winning the 2024 election on Tuesday night — a major political comeback with far-reaching implications for international policy. Some world leaders voiced optimism for Trump to bring new perspectives to the geopolitical problems undergirding violence in regions of conflict. Others have kept their reactions to the […]
