Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg downplayed the goals that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris set for electric vehicles in the United States. As Harris reaches the end of her campaign of less than four months, it remains to be seen where she stands on whether to continue with the administration’s stance on electric […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday due to their disagreements over the prosecution of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Israel Katz, the country’s foreign minister, will take over for Gallant, while Gideon Sa’ar will replace him as foreign minister. “Unfortunately, although in the first months of the war, […]
North Korea launched a series of ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan ahead of the U.S. presidential election — an act that Russia defended as a “legitimate” defensive procedure. At least seven missiles were fired by the Korean People’s Army on Tuesday, flying up to 250 miles and landing in the water between North […]
Republicans and Democrats are turning to their lawyers in the final 24 hours of the election as they look to courts to address last-minute fights about poll watching, malfunctioning machines, ballot counting rules, and more. Republicans have shown aggression in the final stages of 2024 compared to past years, but Democrats have risen to the occasion, resulting in both parties seeing […]
The Electoral College has received a lot of attention of late, leading many to question why it exists — and what it would take to remove it. In two of the six presidential elections conducted this century, the Republican candidate has triumphed over the Democrat despite losing the popular vote contest. In 2000, George W. Bush […]
Maryland Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat, is being accused by a conservative watchdog group in an ethics complaint of submitting false financial disclosures in apparent violation of federal law. The ethics complaint, filed on Monday by the Virginia-based National Legal and Policy Center, zeroes in on how Alsobrooks improperly claimed tax breaks that she […]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he has seen Hispanic voters leave the Democratic Party over the “values” it has come to espouse. Johnson joined former President Donald Trump on the campaign trail, visiting 260 cities in 40 states ahead of Election Day. The speaker has long predicted a “demographic shift” toward his […]
Some musings early on election morning. The past several days have left almost all of America in suspense about who is going to be elected the country’s 47th president. Many scenarios remain in view after a turbulent campaign. The surprising result of the highly regarded Selzer poll in Iowa, showing Vice President Kamala Harris leading […]
President Joe Biden will not attend Vice President Kamala Harris‘s election night watch party in another sign that her campaign is keeping the incumbent at arm’s length. “Tonight, the president and First Lady will watch election results in the White House residence with longtime aides and senior White House staff,” a White House official told […]
As millions go to cast their ballots on Election Day, early voting results have been largely down from the 2020 election. While 2020 saw a surge of absentee and early voting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an expected enhanced turnout for 2024 hasn’t been able to surpass the last election cycle in voting before Election […]
