[ad_1] CNN — Sen. Raphael Warnock’s re-election is being celebrated by supporters across the nation with many political observers crediting the work of voting rights groups for the consequential win. Warnock delivered a victory speech to a fiery crowd in Atlanta on Tuesday night that touched on the power of …
Read More »Justice Alito’s mentions of Ashley Madison and children wearing KKK costumes cap an awkward Supreme Court day
[ad_1] CNN — As the Supreme Court gathered for more than two hours on Monday to discuss whether a graphic designer can refuse to do business with same-sex couples, the justices somehow strayed into dueling hypotheticals concerning Black and White Santas and dating websites. Hypotheticals are nothing new at the …
Read More »Racist rhetoric greets increasing population of Latino students in this Tennessee county
[ad_1] CNN — Sitting in the back of a packed room in the Hamilton County Schools administration complex, Clara fought the urge to leave. She had taken the day off from her factory job to be there but was nervous to see a crowd of people supporting a board member …
Read More »Dueling probes into Trump and Biden could define the 2024 campaign
[ad_1] CNN — A storm of investigations targeting leaders of both political parties will shape the 2024 campaign, but risks angering voters who just showed their frustration with their priorities being ignored. Republicans wasted no time after finally crawling last week to the 218 seats needed to win the House …
Read More »Republicans will control the House, but they can’t do much to fix the economy quickly
[ad_1] CNN — Congressional Republicans have repeatedly blamed President Joe Biden and their Democratic counterparts for the surge in inflation and the rocky economy. But though the GOP has captured control of the House in the midterm election, albeit by a very slim margin, there’s not much the party can …
Read More »A recipe for gridlock: Lawmakers brace for partisan feuds and legislative stalemate
[ad_1] CNN — Michigan Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow has seen this before. Nearly a dozen years ago when Barack Obama was president, a newly emboldened House GOP majority came to power, promising to rein in the Democratic agenda, cut spending and investigate a White House they believed had run rampant. …
Read More »What to know about upcoming House leadership elections
[ad_1] CNN — A new Congress won’t be sworn in until January and control of the House has not yet been determined, but Republicans appear on track to recapture the chamber and the race to determine who will serve as the next speaker is underway. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy …
Read More »What to know about the outstanding votes in Nevada and Arizona
[ad_1] CNN — The razor-thin elections for Nevada’s Senate seat and Arizona’s governorship have yet to be called on Saturday as counties in both states work to whittle down the tens of thousands of ballots that still need to be counted. Democrat Katie Hobbs leads Republican Kari Lake by about …
Read More »States are counting votes with key races still in play. Here’s what to know
[ad_1] CNN — New batches of votes were reported late Thursday evening in Arizona and Nevada – states with key races that will determine control of the Senate – but it’s still not clear when enough of the outstanding hundreds of thousands of ballots will be counted to call the …
Read More »What to know as states keep counting with key races hanging in the balance
[ad_1] CNN — Key races to determine control of the Senate in Arizona and Nevada have yet to be called as both states race to count hundreds of thousands of ballots that have yet to be processed. It still may be hours – or days – before enough ballots are …
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