Only on AP: Stacey Abrams' team prepares push for new vote
ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams’ campaign and legal team is preparing an unprecedented legal challenge in the unresolved Georgia governor’s race that could leave the state’s Supreme Court deciding whether to force another round of [...]
Republicans sour on the election outcome, poll shows, while Trump claims illegal voting – Los Angeles Times
“This is a problem in California that’s so bad of illegals voting,” Trump said, according to a transcript the Daily Caller published. “This is a California problem, and if you notice, almost every race — [...]
Trump's conservative media comfort trap
Go deeper474 Words A Daily Caller reporter threw Trump a seemingly harmless open-ended question, saying the president seemed happy with his acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker. After saying a few nice things about Whitaker, Trump [...]
Senators Introduce a Bill Seeking Answers to the Murder of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Senators are mounting a new legislative effort to push for a “transparent, credible” investigation into the still-unsolved murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Hill reports. Following Thursday’s announcement that the Trump administration would [...]
The New York Times says movies about killer robots are bad for us. It’s wrong
In Thursday’s New York Times, Ed Finn says that we worry too much about rogue machines. He worries that science fiction narratives about “killer robots” are bad for us. In his description, “this is a [...]
Anatomy of a Conspiracy Theory
In the sweaty, waning days of August, I went to a Cheesecake Factory in the Virginia suburbs to learn about a conspiracy that would rock the FBI, if true. The two men who met me [...]
Michelle Obama Wants to Save Politics By Staying Out of Them
Michelle Obama is not running for president, people close to her insist. And she’s not running for mayor of Chicago, or for Congress, or for the Board of Overseers at Harvard, where her older daughter [...]
Black Caucus at Crossroads as Marcia Fudge Mulls Speaker Bid
The possibility that Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge might challenge Nancy Pelosi for speaker seems to have some of her colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus torn, despite many saying Thursday they still plan to support Pelosi. [...]
Budget Overhaul Panel Can’t Pull It Together in Time for Thanksgiving
The special select panel charged with overhauling the congressional budget process on Thursday punted a final vote on recommendations until after Thanksgiving amid disagreement by its two leaders over when the panel should act. The [...]
Voter Recount Slowed Because Of Signature Verification Process
Vote counting has been slowed by the need to check signatures on ballots against voter files. A problem in an age where signatures are less important elsewhere and cursive isn't taught in schools.
GOP Strategy Post Midterm Elections
The GOP has named its new leadership this week, and they are defining a new strategy in the Democratic- led House. Jonah Goldberg of the National Review weighs in on the GOP strategy in this [...]
Florida Senate Race Recount Will Be Done Manually
Florida's Senate race has headed to a manual recount. The governor's race appears to remain in favor of Republican Ron DeSantis. NPR's Miles Parks has been tracking the recounts in Florida.
Georgia Governor Still Undecided
It's been a very tense week in Georgia around the still undecided governor race. There was a protest at the state capitol, lots of litigation, campaign bickering and no end in sight.
Kamala Harris compares ICE to KKK, gets slammed for 'disgusting,' 'horrifying' remarks
California Democrat and likely 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris drew fury after comparing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the Ku Klux Klan during a hearing on Capitol Hill. She asked Ronald Vitiello, President [...]
Democrats’ Draft House Rules Would Return Some Regular Order
Incoming Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern, D-Mass., presented draft proposals for overhauling House rules to the Democratic Caucus on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Democrats’ draft proposals for overhauling the House rules would return at [...]
Grassley Gave McConnell Judges. Now He Wants His Criminal Justice Bill
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley on Thursday leaned on his track record of processing judicial nominations to get a floor vote on a bipartisan bill he spearheaded to overhaul the nation’s criminal justice [...]
Gun Control Groups Eclipse N.R.A. in Election Spending
Amid a numbing succession of mass shootings, gun control groups outspent the National Rifle Association in the midterm election cycle, federal filings and additional reporting indicate, upending the usual order in the partisan battle over [...]
Two Years In, Trump Struggles to Master Role of Military Commander
WASHINGTON — He canceled a trip to a cemetery in France where American soldiers from World War I are buried. He did not go to the observance at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day. He [...]
