Steve Shurtleff was at Joe Biden’s side in 2019 when he filed papers in the New Hampshire State House to run for president. He repeatedly trekked across the state with Biden to court primary voters. And when Biden ultimately won the presidency, it was Shurtleff, then the Democratic state House speaker, who proudly sealed the […]
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Gear up for a debt ceiling fight in congress
The Republican-controlled House has planted the seeds for a debt-ceiling showdown, with Speaker Kevin McCarthy endorsing a push by his hard-liners to demand spending cuts as part of any extension of the country’s borrowing authority. The political divide is deep and the stakes are high. Ultraconservative lawmakers insist they don’t want the country to default, […]
6 years of Trump’s federal tax returns released
Six years of Donald Trump’s federal tax returns released on Friday show the former president paid very little in federal income taxes the first and last year of his presidency, claiming huge losses that helped limit his tax bill. The returns, long shrouded in secrecy, were released to the public on Friday by the House […]
List of Dems jumping ship is growing
Several elected Democrats — despite a great deal of success in the 2022 midterm cycle — have chosen to end their affiliation with the Democratic Party in recent weeks, raising concern over whether the party may be suffering from a retention problem as political divides continue to widen in the United States. From all levels […]
Why the Republican wave emerged a ripple
Pollsters and pundits for weeks warned of an impending “red wave” – an electoral Republican rout which would deliver a harsh rebuke of Joe Biden and the Democrats. As the sun rose across the US on Wednesday, however, it became clear that the “tsunami” Republicans had hoped for never materialised. While the party has made […]
What to watch for in today’s high stakes election
After months of primaries, campaign events and fundraising pleas, the midterm elections that will determine the balance of power in Washington and state capitals are finally here. Republicans are predicting a massive red wave as anxious Democrats defend their narrow majorities in Congress while struggling to overcome pervasive concerns about the economy, crime and President […]
Democrats are ‘way out of touch’ on key issues
A center-left identifying think tank linked to big names in the Democratic Party is warning that voters see the party as too extreme – a problem that has the potential to hurt them for years to come. First reported by Axios, a memo from Third Way looks at the results of a recent October poll […]
Dems meddled in GOP primaries. Did it work?
Democrats took the unusual (but not unprecedented) step of meddling in a number of Republican primaries this year. The idea was to encourage GOP primary voters to pick far-right candidates whom Democrats could ultimately clobber in November. The effort was controversial from the start. The Republican candidates the Democrats were spending money to promote were […]
Left meltdown over Musk Twitter takeover
Billionaire industrialist Elon Musk took over Twitter Thursday night and immediately fired several top executives, sending shockwaves throughout the social media platform. CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal and head of legal policy, trust, and safety Vijaya Gadde were all fired after Musk had accused them of misleading him and investors over the number of […]
Dems to Biden,”Stop talking about the economy”
President Joe Biden is in a bind. He has no choice but to talk about the economy in the home stretch of the midterm elections – it’s the issue, given near 40-year high inflation and high gas prices, that worries voters most. But by doing so, he’s drawing attention to his own and Democrats’ biggest […]
Biden’s Approval Plummets Among Democrats
After a week of momentum at the polls, President Joe Biden saw a significant dip in his approval ratings due largely to Democrats and independents. According to the latest The Economist / YouGov poll on Wednesday, Biden’s net approval fell 14 points to 39 percent. Earlier, Biden had an unusually high approval rating from “less […]
Republicans More Trusted on 7 Out of 11 Key Issues
Voters trust the Republican Party to better handle more key issues affecting the country than they do Democrats, according to a poll. An ABC News/Ipsos survey conducted three months before November’s midterms found that people believe the GOP would do a better job in handling seven out of 11 key issues than the Democrats. The […]