Tuesday’s midterm elections proved to be a nightmare for Republicans, not just in Congress, where they lost both chambers, but in state legislatures across battlegrounds nationwide, marking a sweeping rebuke to red power. Democrats are set to gain governing trifectas in five swing states, where they control the governorship and both chambers of the legislature. […]
Democrats flipped five Republican-held governors’ offices in Tuesday’s midterm elections, delivering a series of stunning victories in states that President Donald Trump carried in 2024 and reshaping the political landscape ahead of the 2028 presidential race. The victories in Texas, Iowa, Georgia, Nevada, and Ohio give Democrats an advantage in the nationwide gubernatorial count for […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told staff Wednesday morning that he will not seek to become House minority leader in the next Congress, sources familiar with the matter told the Washington Examiner. Johnson’s decision comes after steep Republican losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections, where Democrats swept several House and Senate races to gain control of […]
Washington, D.C., is set to ban foie gras after a ballot initiative passed, though some hurdles remain. Opposition to foie gras, the cooked, fatty liver of ducks obtained by force-feeding them large amounts of unhealthy food, has long been a cause célèbre for animal rights activists. Pro-Animal DC got the proposed ban on the ballot […]
Democrats won at least 54 Senate races during Tuesday’s midterm elections, with two more races still waiting to be called in Alaska and Mississippi. The dominant romp has some Republicans worried that Democrats could remain in control of the upper chamber beyond the 2028 presidential election and potentially as long as 2032. Democrats unseated Republican […]
Democrats swept both chambers of Congress during the midterm elections by much larger margins than most polls showed, effectively making President Donald Trump a lame duck in the last two years of his second term. Much of the Democratic victory is largely due to voter backlash against Trump’s handling of the Iran war, tariffs, and […]
The December 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 27 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. The program supports people with limited income who are blind, age 65 or older, or have another qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries receive varies […]
NBC exit polls showed 2026 voters preferred Democrats on every issue aside from immigration, with affordability and economics playing a pivotal role. As Republicans scramble to comprehend the reasons for, and scale of, their loss on Tuesday, exit polls provide the first hints of what went wrong. A sizable majority had negative views of President […]
Nevada voters on Tuesday passed an amendment to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitution, permanently protecting abortion through the second trimester, through a second referendum on the measure. Question 6, which will establish a “fundamental right to abortion,” was ahead by a vote of 62.3% to 37.7% with 86% of the vote counted. The […]
Idaho voters rejected a citizen-led ballot initiative to roll back the state’s near-total prohibition on abortion, keeping in place one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. Proposition 1, the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act, failed by a vote of 56% to 44% with 95% of the vote counted. The Associated Press called […]
