Senate GOP boss Mitch McConnell endorses Trump for president

Senate GOP boss Mitch McConnell endorses Trump for president

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at a Keep America Great Rally at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, November 4, 2019. Yuri Gripas | Reuters Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Donald Trump for president Wednesday, putting aside years of hostilities between the two top Republicans. McConnell’s announcement cements Trump’s … Read more

Dean Phillips drops out of 2024 presidential race

Dean Phillips drops out of 2024 presidential race

Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed President Joe Biden. “Americans were demanding an alternative, and democracy demands options. But it is clear that alternative is not me,” Phillips wrote on social media platform X on Wednesday. “And it is clear that Joe Biden is OUR candidate and OUR … Read more

Trump legal bills could get Republican National Committee support

Trump legal bills could get Republican National Committee support

Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 15, 2024 in New York City.  Brendan McDermid | Getty Images A growing number of Republican National Committee members believe its campaign arm should help pay mounting legal bills for former President Donald Trump, a move that … Read more

Californians vote on measure governor says he needs to tackle homelessness crisis

Californians vote on measure governor says he needs to tackle homelessness crisis

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Californians are voting on a statewide ballot measure that is touted by the governor as a major step to tackle homelessness and would be the first major update to the state’s mental health system in 20 years. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom says Proposition 1 is needed to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis … Read more

Trump groups had little money left as they tried to influence elections

Trump groups had little money left as they tried to influence elections

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Winthrop Coliseum ahead of the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, in Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S., February 23, 2024.  Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Several groups founded by allies of former President Donald Trump to combat alleged “voter fraud” now have … Read more

Biden may be losing his favorability advantage over Trump, new polls suggest

Biden may be losing his favorability advantage over Trump, new polls suggest

A flurry of new 2024 presidential election polls have a common thread: Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is leading incumbent President Joe Biden in a hypothetical November matchup. In four separate surveys released over the weekend by The New York Times/Siena College, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and CBS News/YouGov, Trump’s lead ranged from two … Read more

Meet the women fighting for democracy

Meet the women fighting for democracy

Yulia Navalnaya, wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, attends the Munich Security Conference (MSC), on the day it was announced that Alexei Navalny died by the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence, in Munich, southern Germany on February 16, 2024.  Kai Pfaffenbach | Afp | Getty … Read more

Alabama IVF ruling highlights importance of state supreme court races in this year’s US elections

Alabama IVF ruling highlights importance of state supreme court races in this year’s US elections

CHICAGO — CHICAGO (AP) — The recent ruling in Alabama that frozen embryos are legally considered children created a political firestorm after the decision halted treatment for many couples seeking to have families through fertility treatments. It also has turned the spotlight on the importance of institutions that are poised to play a central in … Read more

low turnout and boycott expected

low turnout and boycott expected

Iranian women cast their ballots at a polling station during elections to select members of parliament and a key clerical body, in Tehran on March 1, 2024. ATTA KENARE | AFP Iran holds its parliamentary elections on Friday, in the first vote for Iranians since a nationwide protest movement for women’s rights rocked the country … Read more

In a bizarre British by-election, a pro-Palestinian firebrand just swept to victory

In a bizarre British by-election, a pro-Palestinian firebrand just swept to victory

ROCHDALE, England – Feb 29: Workers Party of Britain candidate George Galloway speaks after being declared the winner in the Rochdale by-election on February 29, 2024. Christopher Furlong | Getty Images News | Getty Images Staunchly pro-Palestinian left-wing firebrand George Galloway on Thursday won a chaotic by-election in Rochdale, northwestern England that was defined by … Read more