President Joe Biden will give the annual State of the Union speech Thursday night, a high-profile event that will be even more closely watched with 2024 being an election year. It will be the last State of the Union address of Biden’s first term in office, though he’s hoping his performance will allow him to […]
The Federal Reserve’s definition of its inflation target suggests it should aim to drive the inflation rate below 2% for the next several years. Central bank officials, though, have avoided entertaining any such possibility. Given the disconnect, experts suggest, the Fed should clarify its target to forestall any confusion by explaining it won’t aim for […]
In one of the first test runs for redistricting contests, Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) won the Republican primary in the 1st Congressional District, defeating incumbent and fellow Rep. Jerry Carl (R-AL). The Associated Press called the Super Tuesday race in Moore’s favor at 11:49 p.m., 51.8% to Carl’s 48.2%, with 95% of the vote counted. […]
Republican senators from Super Tuesday states who are remaining neutral in the 2024 GOP primary declined to reveal who they voted for. Despite the fact that former President Donald Trump has secured the endorsements of more than half of the Senate Republican Conference, a number of members have maintained that they won’t weigh in before […]
Voters across 16 states and one U.S. territory headed to the polls on Tuesday for the biggest primary election night of the 2024 cycle. The elections are expected to all but determine who the candidates will be for both Republicans and Democrats, with about a third of the delegates at stake on Super Tuesday. Republican […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Republican baseball star Steve Garvey pushed their way through a crowded Senate primary field on Tuesday to secure spots in November’s general election. Garvey’s advancement to November helped avoid a costly slugfest between Schiff and Democratic rival Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) that would have tested intraparty loyalties and drained […]
Super Tuesday, the biggest primary night of the 2024 cycle, delivered few hiccups as President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump easily dominated the 16 states and one U.S. territory that held primaries. But there were some surprises. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley delivered an upset victory in Vermont, where she narrowly defeated Trump in the GOP primary. On the […]
The door is open for the Republican National Committee to pay former President Donald Trump’s legal bills after resolutions from a committee member failed to gain support. Henry Barbour, a national committeeman from Mississippi, proposed two resolutions: One would have banned the RNC from covering Trump’s legal bills, and the other would have prevented the […]
Democrats have chosen Colin Allred, a congressman from northeast Dallas, to take on incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), besting a crowded field of nine Democrats on Tuesday night. Allred led significantly among his closest competitors, state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who has gained name recognition after he responded to the Uvalde school shooting that happened in […]
Former President Donald Trump took jabs at President Joe Biden while ignoring his Republican primary opponent, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, on Tuesday night. In a speech at Mar-a-Lago on Super Tuesday, Trump tread similar ground in his boasting of his past record and condemnations of Biden. Notable was the glaring absence in his […]
