[ad_1] CNN — A packed legislative to-do list awaits Congress when it returns to session after the midterms – and Democrats, who currently control both chambers, will face a ticking clock to enact key priorities if Republicans win back the House or manage to flip the Senate in the upcoming …
Read More »Immigration a top issue among Latino voters weeks out from Election Day
[ad_1] CNN — With the midterm elections less than three weeks away, immigration remains a top issue among Latino voters – but views on legal and illegal immigration vary greatly. “I think it’s been misunderstood,” said Ruy Teixeira, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who has studied Latino …
Read More »Mystery robocall thanks Democrats in competitive Georgia races for supporting abortion rights of ‘birthing persons’
[ad_1] CNN — A political robocall made to tens of thousands of Georgians thanked a vulnerable congressional Democrat and the Democratic nominee for governor for protecting the rights of “birthing persons” to “have an abortion up until the date of birth” – targeting abortion rights tension in the competitive races. …
Read More »January 6 committee announces it has sent a subpoena to former President Donald Trump
[ad_1] CNN — The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol announced on Friday that the panel has officially sent a subpoena to former President Donald Trump as it paints him as the central figure in the multi-step plan to overturn the results of …
Read More »UK election: Why crisis-wracked nation won’t be voting soon
[ad_1] London CNN — The United Kingdom is – once again – in the market for a new leader following the resignation of Prime Minister Liz Truss only six weeks into her disastrous premiership. Truss’ successor will be the fifth PM to lead the country since it voted for Brexit …
Read More »The US and UK, twin bastions of Western stability, are now political basket cases
[ad_1] CNN — Americans and Britons once smugly viewed political uprisings, governing meltdowns and self-defeating errors as the eruptions of unstable countries and immature political systems. No longer. And China and Russia couldn’t be happier. The humiliating resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss after just 45 days in power …
Read More »Sunak, Mordaunt or Boris Johnson: The candidates who could succeed Liz Truss as UK prime minister
[ad_1] London CNN — A new leadership contest will take place within a week, Liz Truss said in her resignation speech outside Downing Street on Thursday. Graham Brady, the Conservative official responsible for the process, announced the candidates to replace Truss will need at least 100 nominations from Conservative MPs. …
Read More »Biden’s quiet campaign season brings him back to familiar territory in Pennsylvania
[ad_1] CNN — When President Joe Biden visited Pennsylvania on Thursday, he touted infrastructure investments that helped rebuild a collapsed bridge and raised campaign cash away from cameras with the state’s Democratic Senate candidate. Where he didn’t appear was a campaign rally stage. Three weeks before November’s elections, Biden’s visit …
Read More »How Liz Truss’ term as British prime minister went from bad to worse
[ad_1] CNN — When she took the keys to 10 Downing Street in the wake of Boris Johnson’s political demise, Liz Truss promised to “ride out the storm” of Britain’s economic crisis. Just over six weeks later, she was engulfed by a hurricane of her own making. It was a …
Read More »Three weeks from Election Day, pre-election voting keeping pace with 2018
[ad_1] CNN — Three weeks from Election Day, nearly 2.5 million Americans have already cast their ballots in the midterm elections, according to data from election officials, Edison Research and Catalist. In 30 states where Catalist has data for 2018 and 2022, pre-election voting is on par with this point …
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