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If GOP retakes control of Congress brace for a debt-ceiling fight

With Republicans poised to retake control of one or both houses of Congress in the November midterm elections, Democrats are scrambling to to find a way to avert a debt-ceiling fight that threatens to effectively undo much of what the Biden administration has accomplished in its first two years. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the independent from […]

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Record Billionaire Cash Funneled Into Midterms

American billionaires have funneled more than $881 million into federal races in the 2022 midterm elections, according to a new report Thursday that prompted warnings about billionaires’ influence in politics. The report was compiled by the nonprofit organization Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF), which has a stated mission of educating and mobilizing the public “to […]

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White suburban women are trending Republican

White suburban women, a key voter demographic heading into the midterm elections, have shifted significantly toward the Republican Party, according to new polling data. White women living in suburban areas currently favor the GOP by 15 percentage points, according to the latest Wall Street Journal poll. This marks a 27 percentage point shift away from […]

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House & Senate forecasts with less than 10 days to go

With ten days until the November 8 midterm elections, political forecasters and pollsters say Republicans appear to have a strong chance of retaking control of the House of Representatives. But in the race for control of the Senate, Democrats and Republicans appear locked in a much tighter contest. The polling analysis website FiveThirtyEight says Republicans […]

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US recession forecast hits 100%

The US economy falling into recession within the next 12 months is a virtual certainty, according to the latest Bloomberg Economics forecast model released on Monday. The dire projection surfaced just weeks before national midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. Just one week ago, an embattled President Biden insisted a recession was unlikely […]