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CD 2: The line to succeed 2nd District Congressman Markwayne Mullin is forming on the right. With Mullin campaigning for the U.S. Senate, it seems only Republicans should run in what is arguably Trump’s most favorable congressional district. Two others announced last week — state Rep. Dustin Roberts, R-Durant and …

LANSING, MI — A polling committee is busy asking a question about the November ballot that would prevent payday lenders from charging “predatory” interest rates if approved by voters. The Michiganders for Fair Lending campaign officially launched its petition-raising effort Wednesday to cap high interest rates on payday loans, payday …

Questionable search warrant 12-56 issued by Attorney General Kamala Harris to intimidate respected law journalist Simon Levi aka Leslie Brodie. According to TVMix.com, When Kamala Harris was California Attorney General in 2012, current Vice President Harris, conspired with disgraced attorney Tom Girardi to extort California …

By SCOTT BAUER MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch said five months ago that President Joe Biden had won Wisconsin, but on Thursday she dodged the question pending the results of ongoing investigations. by the GOP on the 2020 election. Kleefisch’s shift in stance on Biden’s victory …

OWith a handshake and a brief hug, Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger welcomed Joe Biden to her Virginia district last Thursday. The event was a chance to highlight the administration’s plans to reduce the cost of prescription drugs, but it was also a chance for the US president to promote his party …

Govt. Ron DeSantis took his criticism from the president Joe Bidenit is immigration policies in Miami on Monday, highlighting another angle of the Governor’s stance against the federal government. During a panel discussion held at the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora in Miami, DeSantis contrasted the Biden administration‘s illegal …

It’s unreasonable for American Indians to demand that Harris identify more with the community, says author of new book Follow @ambazaarmag Delivered: Kamala Harris: phenomenal woman Author: Chidan and Rajghatta Editor: HarperCollins Publishers India Growing up as the daughter of a single mother could have made Kamala Harris “incredibly resilient” …

SALISBURY — Rowan Republicans have submitted a resolution to state lawmakers in the county calling for all municipal elections and the school board race to become partisan. All municipal elections in the county are currently non-partisan, which includes Salisbury Town Council and surrounding town councils. The Rowan-Salisbury School Board race …

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Honduras on Thursday to attend the presidential inauguration of Xiomara Castro, the country’s first female head of state, whom the White House hopes will become a crucial ally in the fight against corruption and emigration that have challenged Central America. Ms. Harris’s …

1. Joe Biden said during the 2020 election campaign that he would like to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court. 3. Vice President Kamala Harris, who is African American and South Asian American, had a hard time adjusting to the No. 2 job. And bingo bango started talking …

FLORENCE, Ariz. — Former President Donald J. Trump returned to Arizona, the birthplace of his political movement, on Saturday to headline a rally in the desert that was a stark testament to how he uplifted fringe beliefs and the politicians who propagated them — even as other Republicans openly fear …

By BETHANY BLANKLEY THE PLACE DU CENTER CONTRIBUTOR (The Center Square) – With less than a year to go until the November 2022 midterm election, Republicans are in a position to win more seats than expected after the constituency redistribution is finalized in the states and 44 members of Congress, …

But in a separate challenge, some judges appeared more open to a vaccine mandate targeting certain healthcare workers. The court heard arguments for nearly four hours as the number of infections skyrocket and 40 million adults in the United States still refuse to be vaccinated. The three liberal judges of …

You’ve heard the argument from Democratic politicians and their ideological allies: North Carolina is a purple state, almost equally divided between supporters of the two main parties. The new congressional map of the state should reflect this fact. The argument suggests that a fair card – free from partisan mischief …

North Carolina is close to a state 50-50 in the US presidential and senatorial elections, so Democrats have said a fair congressional card should give them the edge in seven US House seats and Republicans the advantage in seven – or maybe a card that favors Republicans in eight seats …

Surrounded by lawmakers from both sides and Vice President Kamala Harris, Joe Biden celebrated his presidency’s biggest victory to date, signing the bipartisan $ 1,000 billion infrastructure bill last month. “It’s a big deal,” the president said, referring to something he said more than a decade ago as vice president, …

Among the candidates Biden has announced plans to appoint include Jessica GL Clarke, head of the New York Attorney General’s Office of Civil Rights since 2019, for the Southern District of New York. He will also appoint Sherilyn Peace Garnett, former prosecutor and current California Superior Court judge, for the …

Republicans love a good ol ‘purity test. The party has long drawn inspiration from an endless array of scorecard groups that set the standard for GOP DNA and punish deviants–of Club for Growth To RNA To the Heritage Foundation. In the 2016 election, then-Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus feared …

A key group of Republican attorneys general who donated $ 150,000 to co-sponsor the January 6 rally where Donald Trump pushed his bogus allegations of electoral fraud before the attack on Capitol Hill could attract the attention of a House committee investigating the events on or before the riot. The …

President Joe Biden will continue to receive updates after an SUV passes through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the White House has announced. At least five people have died after a driver walked through barricades and punched people in the parade, the town of Waukesha said on its social …

The board of trustees of the University of California Hastings College of the Law is seeking to change the name of the school. The college’s namesake is Serranus Hastings, a former attorney general who funded the indiscriminate killings of indigenous peoples. The school is known to have propelled several notable …

Call it optimism, or just an old-fashioned political twist, but New Hampshire Democratic and Republican presidents both say last week’s 2021 election results signal bigger wins to come. in 2022, when the Granite State will hold races for the United States House and Senate and Governor, as well as the …

Republicans at Tennessee House are rushing forward with a broad set of proposed restrictions on COVID-19 vaccination and mask warrants in a special session called to discuss economic incentives and government authority for the investment of Ford’s $ 5.6 billion. But the bill, HB8003, was doomed this week after gaining …

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos asked Michael Gableman, a former state Supreme Court justice, to conduct the review – even though Gableman had publicly endorsed conspiracy theories of defeat of Donald Trump by President Joe Biden last year before being cast for the role. In recent weeks, Gableman’s office has …

Representative Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., Questions Attorney General William Barr during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Department of Justice oversight on Capitol Hill Tuesday, July 28, 2020 in Washington. Matt McClain / The Washington Post via AP, Pool Progressives continue to push President Biden to write off the student loan …

Asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins what his message is to those who refuse the panel’s subpoenas, Biden said, “I hope the committee will prosecute them and hold them accountable.” Pressed to find out if he thinks these people should be prosecuted by the department, the president said, “I think so, …

After watching Donald Trump grope the White House, Republicans in Texas are using their political might to secure victories in next year’s midterm contests, while preparing for another decade in power. In many ways, Trump’s defeat has been a blessing for Republicans. They are now rallying their base in calling …

Are you facing a financial emergency and do not have the cash to deal with it? Managing your life from one paycheck to another is hard enough, and any unexpected expense added to the situation is definitely not the sort of thing you would want to catch you off guard. …

The failure of the Biden administration to adequately resolve the crisis at the US-Mexico border could result in significantly more people trying to enter the United States, warns an anti-corruption activist in Guatemala, according to a report. “You will have 1 million people at the border,” activist Manfredo Marroquin, who …

Vice President Kamala Harris arrived at Palm Springs International Airport shortly after 7 p.m. Friday, although a White House spokesman was silent on the reasons for the non-public visit. The vehicle Harris rode in was escorted by city police around 7:30 p.m. off Ramon Road. Less than a dozen drivers …

VIce President Kamala Harris placed a bust of former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in her ceremonial office. The bust of Marshall, the first black Supreme Court justice, is on loan from the undergraduate alma mater of Vice President Howard University, according to A declaration from Harris’ office. DEMOCRATS FACING …

Former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe maintains a 7 percentage point lead over Republican Glenn Youngkin (48% -41%) with 9% undecided in the Virginia gubernatorial race, according to The Roanoke College Poll. Democrats also lead the ticket races down, with Del. Hala Ayala (R) in front of the former Del. Winsome …

MADISON, Wisconsin – Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said on Tuesday it was “about time” for the Republican-controlled state Senate to vote to approve dozens of nominations that have been dragging on for months and years, including four of his cabinet secretaries. On the agenda for Senate approval was Department of …

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The outcome of those races will help us tell us whether the rising Democratic coalition of African-American and white college-educated voters is providing the support they need to stop a red Republican wave. Right now, Democrats need to be worried about what they see in the polls. President Joe Biden …

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says “the message is very clear” from the Biden administration on immigration as the border crisis continues. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton targeted the Biden administration in an appearance Tuesday in “Mornings with Maria” regarding the migrant crisis unfolding on the southern border, arguing that …

VIRGINIA BEACH – Kenzie Smith is “not great at politics,” she said, and although she votes faithfully in the presidential elections, for Democrats she is less interested in off-year races, like these. seven weeks in Virginia for the governor and the legislature. But the recent news that the Supreme Court …

It was a preemptive attack on the truth by some of the biggest names on the American right. Former President Donald Trump warned that the ballot would be “rigged”. Republican candidate Larry Elder predicted “shenanigans”. Conservative media star Tomi Lahren suggested “voter fraud” was inevitable. The attempt to sow distrust …

Representative Lee Zeldin, a staunch Long Island conservative and the leading Republican candidate for next year’s governorship in New York City, revealed he was diagnosed with leukemia last year and is following up a treatment. Zeldin, 41, told attendees at an Ontario County Republican Party dinner Friday night that he …

U.S. Representative for Iowa Mariannette Miller-Meeks on Saturday kicked off her next congressional campaign in Iowa City, targeting President Joe Biden and a Democratic Party she hopes will help overthrow from power. U.S. Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas joined an array of familiar faces of Iowa Republicans at Streb Construction …

A week before Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom postponed a recall election, Vice President Kamala Harris returned to California to rally voters to his side. United in victory for now, Democrats suspect Harris and Newsom will soon find themselves on a collision course. The two California Democrats were shaped by “the …

WASHINGTON – John H. Durham, the special advocate appointed by the Trump administration to review the Russia investigation, told the Justice Department he would ask a grand jury to indict a prominent cybersecurity lawyer for making a false statement to the FBI, people familiar with the matter said. Any indictment …

Sep 18, 2021 Washington DC ANEAR MONTHS of begging Americans to get vaccinated, President Joe Biden stopped asking nicely. On September 9, the Biden administration announced a requirement to get vaccinated or tested regularly that will affect everyone who works for a private company with more than 100 employees as …

Despite the potential for Colorado Republicans to win in 2022, a group of self-proclaimed “principled” Republican activists are determined to embroil the party in stolen electoral conspiracy theories and alienate the 1.6 million uninvited voters. affiliates who represent 43% of the electorate. Which is a shame given that Democrats have …

Responding to Texas’ new law severely restricting abortion, Democratic Connecticut state president Nancy DiNardo last week tried to piss off the party base. “Connecticut,” she said, “will never allow the activist Supreme Court to deny women in our state reproductive rights.” Texan law is bizarre, so strategically formulated. Its application …

Republican priority voting reforms and restrictions signed last week added a number of new election-related offenses and increased criminal penalties for others, all of which have been hotly debated this summer. But one of these major provisions has received little attention. The bill lowered the criminal offense for illegal voting …

New Mexico House Democrats took just one hour on Tuesday to elect Rep. Javier Martínez as the majority leader. They hope its rapid rise will be a step towards healing from a latent scandal. Martínez, 39, replaces Sheryl Williams Stapleton, who stepped down 12 days ago following a criminal investigation. …

NEW YORK (AP) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his candidates to lead the high-level offices of the US attorney in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Biden picked Damian Williams for the top spot in New York’s Lower Manhattan neighborhood and Breon Peace to lead New York’s East Brooklyn neighborhood. Both …

When an independent report said last week that one of the country’s most prominent Democratic leaders sexually harassed 11 women, even some of his closest friends and longest-serving allies finally lost patience with Andrew M. Cuomo . One by one, they let him go. President Biden, Speaker of the House …

If you’re struggling to pay your bills, you might be considering a payday loan, but beware! Even with some recent reforms, many of these loans still come with high fees and very high interest rates. The good news is that there are alternatives, and as Consumer Reports explains, you just …

Since March 2020, more than 28,000 people have been released from federal prison due to COVID-19. Those released have been assessed as facing serious health risks if they contract the coronavirus. Those released are currently due to return to prison one month after the pandemic officially ended. Loading Something is …

Where did Masstriano get the idea for this audit? Mastriano models his proposed audit based on a controversial audit that has been going on for months in Maricopa County, Arizona. Among other things, this audit leads the county in the southwestern United States to spend millions to replace all audited …

Vice President Kamala Harris will speak at a fundraiser for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer during her visit to Detroit on Monday, her office said on Sunday. Harris, a former Democratic United States senator and California attorney general, is scheduled to speak at a Whitmer event at the TCF Center on Monday …

Many media experts will reflexively view the recent Supreme Court ruling in tear down California’s rule requiring nonprofit groups to disclose their top donors as a victory for conservatives like Charles Koch. While the Americans for Prosperity (AFP) group associated with Koch has been the main claimant challenge the law, …

Recent headlines trumpeted Republican Paul LePage’s entry into the 2022 governor’s race against incumbent Democrat Janet Mills. If both candidates stay in place – and Mills surely isn’t going anywhere – the broad outlines of the results aren’t hard to discern. LePage, which benefited from multi-candidate fields in the plurality …

[Sun Gazette Newspapers provides content to, but otherwise is unaffiliated with, InsideNoVa or Rappahannock Media LLC.] As local Republicans strive to get as many supporters as possible in the fall, they will be banking on supporting their younger ones. “Young Republicans are here to support you, to knock on doors,” Arlington-Falls …

Vice President Harris remained silent Thursday Supreme Search ruling against California in a case that began under Harris’ tenure as state attorney general. The rule required nonprofits in California to disclose information about major donors to the state. The Supreme Court overturned the requirement in a 6-3 decision that split …

As the new director of the US Agency for International Development, Samantha Power juggles a wide range of global crises. But nothing is more urgent than the historic increase in the number of migrants fleeing Central America to the United States. During her trip to Central America earlier this month, …

Vice President Kamala Harris entered the White House with widely rave coverage from the mainstream media celebrating her historic achievement as the first woman of color to hold the post. This coverage appears to have changed, as the LA Times published a scathing criticism of its effectiveness, or lack thereof, …

South Carolina State Senator Josh Kimbrell – Photo: Facebook. Republicans in the South Carolina Senate opposed an ordinance passed by Columbia City Council earlier this month that bans the practice of conversion therapy on minors, promising to introduce their own legislation to overturn it. ‘prohibition. City council approved the ordinance …

Every Delaware resident should now know the tradition. During more than three decades that President Joe Biden represented our state in the Senate, he has maintained a remarkable tradition. Rather than relocating to Washington for the work week after his election in 1972, he began returning home in Amtrak every …

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly (R) embarks on a political knife battle next year as Republicans state and nationwide seek to make her seat a prime midterm opportunity . Kelly caught lightning in a bottle to win her first term in 2018, a good year for Democrats against a deeply flawed …

“We are always trying to make Juneteenth’s promise a reality, especially when it comes to voting rights,” said Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, a community rights group, which launches on Saturday. a new Freedom Rides bus tour from Mississippi to Washington, DC, to highlight restrictive election laws that …

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 26, 2021 in Washington, DC. Mr Mayorkas called the question of whether Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the southern border “disrespectful”. (Getty Images) Secretary …

TThanks to the explosive documents released by the House Oversight and Reform Committee just ahead of Tuesday’s January 6 insurgency hearing, Americans have a clear and unequivocal view of how far former President Donald Trump has gone to attempt to corrupt our democratic institutions, engage in a violent coup and …

Two House Republicans on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against the House Sergeant-at-Arms and the House Executive Director for thousands of dollars in fines imposed for violations of the House’s metal detection rules. GOP representatives Louie Gohmert of Texas and Andrew Clyde of Georgia filed a lawsuit in Federal District …

The US Department of Justice will review and challenge a series of new laws proposed and passed by Republicans that would restrict voting rights in major US states, Attorney General Merrick Garland said. “The right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy, the right from which all other rights …

A video of Kamala Harris toasting former Attorney General Bill Barr has resurfaced on social media. It comes after the revelation that Department of Justice prosecutors have subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of at least two House Intelligence Committee Democrats, aides and family members, including a minor, in …

Her defensive response to a question that was to come up on her first trip abroad since taking office raises new questions about her political agility as she frets at the efforts of the right to portray her as the Tsar of the United Nations. boundaries of administration, which is …

Hours after Michael Flynn, the retired three-star general and former national security adviser and convicted criminal, told a group of QAnon conspirators who gathered in Dallas over Memorial Day weekend that the Biden administration expected to be overthrown by force, Democratic lawmakers at Texas State House, two hundred miles away …

Throughout her political career, Vice President Kamala Harris has never shied away from issues of race. In fact, the former California Senator, State Attorney General, and San Francisco District Attorney was very intentional about addressing issues that have their roots in our nation’s original sin. And it’s not about to …

Hi. welcome to On politics, your summary of the week in national politics. I am Lisa Lerer, Your host. Is Kamala Harris Pulling The Shortest Straws In The White House? This week, President Biden announced that Ms Harris would lead the administration’s efforts to protect voting rights, a task he …

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON – Following their successful bet to block state legislation that would have reduced voters’ access to the polls, Democrats in Texas expect the federal government to be their last …

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei criticized the country’s best-known corruption prosecutor for what he called left-wing politicization of the fight against corruption, a view at odds with strong American support for his work. Speaking in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday evening, Giammattei nonetheless expressed hope that a visit to Guatemala …

As a coalition of prominent Jewish organizations lobbied the White House to act on the rise in anti-Semitic incidents in recent weeks, a prolific deputy for the Biden administration with a personal stake ‘Steps up: Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris‘ husband. Emhoff, the first Jewish wife of a president …

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks after taking the ceremonial oath to Kristen Clarke as Deputy Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice in Washington, United States, May 25, 2021. REUTERS / Yuri Gripas Twelve companies and groups, including Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O), Mastercard (MA.N) and …

The vote was 51-48 with Senator Susan Collins as the only Republican to vote for her confirmation. Clarke’s confirmation breaks down barriers in a department created in 1957. She was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris at the Justice Department on Tuesday evening. Harris spokesperson Symone Sanders hailed Clarke …

Credit: (Insider NJ)Craig callaway Editor’s Note: This coverage is made possible by Votebeat, a draft non-partisan report covering the integrity of local elections and access to voting. The article is available for reprint under the terms of Votebeat Repost Policy. More than six months after the 2020 election, Republicans in …

When Pennsylvania Republicans celebrated passing two ballot questions this week cracking down on emergency powers held by the governor’s office, they saw more than a simple rebuke to Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf. They saw a way to win the job on their own next year. “Pennsylvanians voted to reject … …

Go Gonzo: US Representative Anthony Gonzalez became the last pro-impeachment House Republican to be raked by his state party on Friday. But as Jeremy Pelzer reports, the Ohio Republican Party not only voted to censor Gonzalez, but also passed an impromptu resolution calling for his resignation. Gonzalez did not respond …