Proposition 50 disenfranchises Republican California voters. Will it survive legal challenge?
Six years ago, when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld highly partisan state election maps in North Carolina and…
Newsom Trounces Republicans With $120 Million Prop 50 Campaign Haul
(Bloomberg) — California Governor Gavin Newsom is betting his political future on a controversial ballot measure that would…
Voters in poll side with Newsom, Democrats on Prop. 50
A Nov. 4 statewide ballot measure pushed by California Democrats to help the party’s efforts to win control…
Bipartisan talks to end shutdown gaining steam, senators say
Bipartisan discussions are picking up momentum this week as lawmakers face building pressure to end the partial government…
How Reagan looms over Trump presidency
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Since February, a large, smiling portrait of Ronald Reagan has loomed over the…
Republicans set to cave in shutdown battle with surprising plan to extend funding
Senate Republicans are reportedly set to cave in their government shutdown battle with Democrats and extend the current…
Democratic Sen. Merkley of Oregon stages marathon speech to protest Trump amid shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon staged a marathon speech on the Senate floor to…
Voter turnout exceeds expectations in California Prop. 50 special election
Early voter turnout is exceeding expectations in California’s Nov. 4 special election over redrawing the state’s congressional districts,…
Rural No Kings, anti-Trump protests: Do they work?
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What’s happening to end the government shutdown? Nothing
Democrats are talking to their voters who are desperate to fight. Republicans rarely reach beyond their base. And…
Trump’s AI poop post caps a week of MAGA indifference to Hitler jokes
An estimated 7 million Americans turned out Saturday to peacefully protest against the breakdown of our checks-and-balances democracy…
Mike Johnson’s Nazi Remark Gaffe Called Out by Critics—’Freudian Slip’
House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a wave of mockery from critics after accidentally saying that the Republican…