His name isn’t on the ballot, but President Donald Trump is topic number one on the campaign trail this summer in the top 2025 election battles. Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the party’s gubernatorial nominee in New Jersey, is repeatedly tying her Republican rival to Trump and the president’s sweeping and …
Read More »2024 Watch: Sen. Tim Scott on his relationship status – 'I’m dating a lovely Christian girl'
DES MOINES, Iowa – Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina – the only major Republican presidential candidate who’s never been married – spotlighted this weekend that he’s “dating a lovely Christian girl,” as he addressed a large group of influential voters of faith in the state that leads off the …
Read More »DeSantis suggests one-on-one debate with Trump: 'You owe it to the voters'
GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis finished the second Republican primary debate and immediately suggested another: a one-on-one face-off with former President Donald Trump. “Since the former president didn’t come here, maybe he would be willing to do one with you and I,” DeSantis told Fox News host Sean Hannity.”I think …
Read More »Biden camp weighs joining TikTok to sway young voters months after purging app from federal devices: report
President Biden’s re-election campaign is reportedly weighing privately whether to join the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok. Axios first reported on Friday that Biden’s team was considering using the platform, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, though a spokesman for the president’s re-election downplayed the story. The president’s talks about …
Read More »Virginia Democrats reveal 2024 agenda after Youngkin, GOP fall short in midterm election
Abortion and gun control are the top priorities for Virginia Democrats heading into the new year after their election wins earlier this month. Bills and resolutions to ensure abortion access and ban so-called assault weapons were filed Monday as Democratic leaders set the agenda for the 2024 legislative session. Democrats …
Read More »Republican Kim Taylor secures victory in Virginia House of Delegates race after recount
Republican Kim Taylor narrowly defeated Democrat Kimberly Pope Adams in their race for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates following a recount. Adams conceded defeat Wednesday after a hearing in Dinwiddie County Circuit Court in which a panel of judges reviewed a handful of disputed ballots. Taylor led …
Read More »Missouri official threatens to remove Biden from 2024 presidential ballot if 'new legal standard' boots Trump
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is threatening to remove President Biden from the election ballot as other states make efforts to disqualify former President Trump from securing a second term over his actions during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to …
Read More »German politician launches new party, poised to challenge right-wing opposition
A high-profile German opposition politician on Monday formally founded a new party that combines left-wing economic policy with a restrictive approach to migration and other positions that some observers believe could help it take votes away from the far-right Alternative for Germany. Sahra Wagenknecht said her “Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance — …
Read More »Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn launches campaign for governor
Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee announced she is running for governor after more than six years in the upper chamber. Current Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican who has held the post since early 2019, is prevented from running for re-election in 2026 due to term limits. Blackburn isn’t …
Read More »Democrats stand by Virginia AG hopeful who fantasized about killing GOP lawmaker
Top Democrats are refusing to abandon Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones despite a report revealing that he wished death on a Republican colleague. Days after a bombshellNational Review report exposed text messages in which Jones fantasized about shooting a Republican colleague in the head and harm coming to his …
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