Author: Cami Mondeaux
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Super Tuesday results live: Trump picks up huge Texas haul — as he and Biden secure Colorado primaries
Voters across 16 states and one U.S. territory are heading to the polls on Tuesday for what is set to be the biggest primary election night of the 2024 cycle. The elections are expected to all but determine who the candidates will be for both Republicans and Democrats, with about one-third of the delegates at…
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Super Tuesday results live: Polls in six states, including most of Texas, close as Biden and Trump look to consolidate
Voters across 16 states and one U.S. territory are heading to the polls on Tuesday for what is set to be the biggest primary election night of the 2024 cycle. The elections are expected to all but determine who the candidates will be for both Republicans and Democrats, with about one-third of the delegates at…
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Super Tuesday results live: Biden picks up early win as 2024 primary night gets underway
Voters across 16 states and one U.S. territory are heading to the polls on Tuesday for what is set to be the biggest primary election night of the 2024 cycle. The elections are expected to all but determine who the candidates will be for both Republicans and Democrats, with about one-third of the delegates at…
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Democrats look to bar ‘insurrectionists’ from office after Supreme Court reinstates Trump
A pair of House Democrats are seeking to introduce legislation that would bar “insurrectionists” from holding federal office after the Supreme Court ruled this week individual states could not use that standard to omit former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot. Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) are revising legislation that…
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Laken Riley’s death takes center stage as House GOP seeks to counter Biden’s State of the Union address
As President Joe Biden prepares to address lawmakers during his annual State of the Union address this week, the president is facing increasing pressure to make policy changes at the southern border. The calls largely come in response to the death of Laken Riley, a nursing student who was killed last month on the University…
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Republicans praise Supreme Court decision to maintain Trump’s ballot status: ‘Major win’
Republicans are taking a victory lap after the Supreme Court unanimously decided to reinstate former President Donald Trump to the presidential ballot in Colorado, framing it as a major win ahead of the November election. GOP lawmakers framed the decision as a victory against attempted “election interference” toward Trump as he looks to clinch the…
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Republicans praise Supreme Court decision to maintain Trump’s ballot status
Republicans are taking a victory lap after the Supreme Court unanimously decided to reinstate former President Donald Trump to the presidential ballot in Colorado, framing it as a major win ahead of the November election. GOP lawmakers framed the decision as a victory against attempted “election interference” toward Trump as he looks to clinch the…
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Congress unveils first appropriations package ahead of looming shutdown deadline
Congress unveiled its first appropriations package on Sunday, teeing the legislation up for a vote sometime this week before federal funding is set to lapse for a slate of government agencies on Friday. The legislation, referred to as a “minibus” package, combines funding for six of the government’s must-pass spending bills ahead of the first…
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Trump secures victory in Idaho caucuses in blow to Haley’s presidential hopes
Former President Donald Trump claimed victory in the Idaho Republican presidential caucuses on Saturday, marking his second win of the weekend and dealing a near-fatal blow to Nikki Haley’s presidential hopes. The Associated Press called the race in Trump’s favor at 5 p.m. local time, just five hours after voters gathered at their local precincts…
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Trump sweeps all presidential delegates at Michigan GOP convention
Former President Donald Trump swept the Michigan GOP nominating convention on Saturday, clinching all of the contested delegates and paving the way for him to lock up the party’s nomination later this month. Trump won 39 of the delegates that were up for grabs in Michigan, bringing his total in the battleground state to 51…