The less power and influence the NRA has, the more likely it is that Congress will finally work toward life-saving gun control legislation.
The NRA Is Going So Broke It Can’t Even Afford Coffee For Its Employees
GOP Senator Admits She Wants To Make It Hard For Liberals To Vote In The Mississippi Runoff
The more she speaks, the more clear it becomes: Cindy Hyde-Smith has no business being a United States senator – not even one from Mississippi.
Rachel Maddow Drops Clue That Mueller Has More Dirt On Trump Than We Thought
A former Trump campaign deputy is now cooperating with several ongoing investigations, according to court filings from the special counsel's office.
Sherrod Brown Just Shattered The Laughable Myth That Trump Cares About Working Class People
Sherrod Brown is betting that his version of populism can prevent Donald Trump from winning a second term two years from now.
California Republican concedes, Utah representative sues
(Reuters) – A Republican U.S. representative of Utah who is trailing her Democratic challenger filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to halt vote counting while a four-term California Republican congressman conceded, more than a week after the U.S. midterm elections.
U.S. top court to review Republican voting districts in Virginia race case
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will review for a second time whether Republican legislators in Virginia drew electoral districts in the state in a way that unlawfully diluted the clout of black voters.
Ari Melber Fact Checks Florida GOP Official To His Face Over Irresponsible Voter Fraud Claims
Their outrageous claims that counting votes amounts to fraud aren't just irresponsible and fact-free. They are also dangerous for our democracy.
Trump urges Florida to halt recount, hand races to Republicans
Trump on Monday urged Florida election officials to abandon recount efforts, declare his fellow Republicans the winners and, without evidence, cast doubt on vote tallies as state officials scrambled to review more than 8 million ballots by a Thursday deadline.
GOP Strategist Tells Trump He Is Headed For An Electoral Disaster In 2020
In 2020, when Trump is actually on the ballot, the same voters behind this week's blue wave will likely turn out in even higher numbers.
Call It What It Is: The GOP Freakout Over Florida Vote Counting Is Un-American
The GOP – led by Donald Trump, Rick Scott and Marco Rubio – are intentionally sowing doubt in American democracy to their political benefit.
In abuse of power, Trump says he will send lawyers to contested vote in Broward County, Florida
Editor’s note: this is not normal and would be an abuse of Trump’s power if he did so.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would send lawyers to expose what he said without evidence was “fraud” in contested voting in Broward County, Florida.
Newly emboldened Democrats want healthcare protected – and Trump impeached: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Democrats have a clear message for party leaders who will take control of the U.S. House of Representatives next year, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll: Protect their healthcare and impeach President Donald Trump.
U.S. House freshman class includes most veterans in nearly a decade
The freshman class of the new Congress will boast the largest number of military veterans in nearly a decade, including a record number of former servicewomen, bolstering a corps of ex-military lawmakers that has been depleted in recent years.
Factbox: Democrats to pick up net 28 seats in U.S. House – media/data provider DDHQ
The Democratic Party needed to pick up 23 seats to wrest control of the chamber from the Republican Party. The Democrats were seen picking up 28 seats although votes were still being counted on Wednesday to determine the outcomes of as many as 13 more races.
Democrat Evers wrests Wisconsin governorship from Republican Walker: DDHQ
Democrat Tony Evers won the Wisconsin governor's race on Tuesday, ending the conservative Scott Walker's eight years in power, according to data provider DDHQ.
Baltimore votes to become first large U.S. city to ban water privatisation
The city of Baltimore voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to ban the privatisation of its water and sewerage systems, in what supporters say is the first large U.S. jurisdiction to take such a step.
LGBT+ candidates make gains in U.S. elections
More LGBT+ candidates won in the U.S. midterm elections than ever before - and gender or sexual orientation was less of an issue than ever before, too, experts said.
Florida Voters Overwhelmingly Restore Voting Rights For 1.5 Million People
Florida voters approved a measure – Amendment 4 – that will restore voting rights for 1.5 million felons who completed their sentences.
Beto O’Rourke Is Over-Performing In Key Counties In Texas
But as we are seeing in Florida on Tuesday, early strength for Democrats doesn't necessarily translate to a runaway victory.
Steve Schmidt Flat Out Calls Trump A Plague
Steve Schmidt called Trump a pestilence and a plague of locusts who descended upon Republican candidates at the end of the campaign.