[ad_1] CNN — With one week to go before Georgia’s Senate runoff, heavy hitters and big dollars from both national parties are pouring into the state for a race that will determine the balance of power in the Democratic-controlled Senate next year. But the most sought-after stamp of approval belongs …
Read More »Rural Arizona county delays certifying midterm results as election disputes persist
[ad_1] CNN — Officials in a rural Arizona county Monday delayed the certification of November’s midterm elections, missing the legal deadline and leading the Arizona secretary of state’s office to sue over the county’s failure to sign off on the results. By a 2-1 vote Monday morning, the Republican majority …
Read More »Early voting begins in some Georgia counties as Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker sprint to December 6 runoff
[ad_1] CNN — A week-long early voting period begins Saturday in some Georgia counties as Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker enter a week-and-a-half, post-Thanksgiving sprint to their December 6 runoff election. Unlike the 2021 runoffs, control of the Senate is not on the line, with Democrats …
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 »Donald Trump is at his weakest political position in years
[ad_1] CNN — Former President Donald Trump is giving it another go. He announced last week that he’s trying to become only the second man (after Grover Cleveland) to be elected to non-consecutive terms as US president. Trump’s move comes at a time when his political brand is at its …
Read More »Incoming GOP chair says House investigation into Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents ‘will not be a priority’
[ad_1] CNN — The top House Republican slated to take over the chamber’s investigation into classified documents found at the former president’s Florida estate said it “will not be a priority” in the new Congress. Rep. Jim Comer of Kentucky, likely the next chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told …
Read More »Nancy Pelosi announces she won’t run for leadership post, marking the end of an era
[ad_1] CNN — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday that she will relinquish her leadership post, after leading House Democrats for two decades, building a legacy as one of the most powerful and polarizing figures in American politics. Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker, said …
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 »6 takeaways from former Vice President Mike Pence’s CNN town hall
[ad_1] CNN — Former Vice President Mike Pence in a CNN town hall on Wednesday refused to commit his support to former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign and left the door open to seeking the Republican nomination himself. Speaking a day after the release of his memoir, “So Help Me …
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