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Dems say Wisconsin voters ‘decisively’ rejected Trump, Musk after liberal wins state Supreme Court seat

Democrats celebrated after the liberal-leaning candidate won an election on Tuesday for a seat on Wisconsin's Supreme Court, protecting the liberal majority on the bench.

Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal majority

Democrats declared victory Tuesday in Wisconsin's high-profile state Supreme Court race after Judge Susan Crawford defeated Brad Schimel, defending the liberal majority on the bench and giving Democrats some bragging rights in a key swing state.

Wisconsin voters enshrine voter ID requirement in state constitution

Wisconsin voters decided Tuesday to enshrine the state's voter ID law in the state constitution.

Abolish the TSA

Would you feel safe booking a business trip through San Francisco International Airport? What about taking your family to Disney World through Orlando Sanford International Airport? If you feel comfortable making travel plans through either of these airports, then you have already demonstrated you are comfortable with privatizing airport security. Both SFO and SFB are […]

5 takeaways from Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Florida special elections

Democrats scored a critical win Tuesday in their first major test at the ballot box since President Trump took office in January. The elections came amid growing anger over the Trump’s administration’s immigration and economic policies, its handling of free speech, and the federal cuts made under Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The...

Trump announces $100M deal with law firm tied to Doug Emhoff, Jan. 6 House panel

President Trump on Tuesday announced his administration struck a deal with a law firm with ties to former second gentleman Doug Emhoff and the House panel that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol as Trump targets major firms for retribution. The agreement with Willkie Farr & Gallagher states that the firm will provide...

Rahm Emanuel returns to Wall Street, but ‘not done with public service’

Rahm Emanuel, who served in the Biden administration as the U.S. ambassador to Japan, is returning to Wall Street for a new position but said he is “not done with public service.” Emanuel is rejoining the investment bank Centerview Partners, where he worked from 2019 to 2021. He counseled CEOs on mergers, regulation and political...

Trump girds for trade war

Presented by National Council on Aging {beacon} IN HIS BROADEST TRADE MOVE YET, President Trump will outline sweeping tariffs during a White House Rose Garden event Wednesday. Trump met with his trade team Tuesday to hammer out the final details for the announcement, which threatens to ignite a risky global trade war that economists warn would...

The White House’s mixed message on its tariff policy

Trump's tariffs could raise $600 billion a year, but this would only happen if consumers avoid substitution and continue to buy foreign goods at tariff-elevated prices, which is unlikely.

Boebert appears to confuse Oliver Stone with Roger Stone during JFK records hearing

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) appeared to confuse Oliver Stone, an American filmmaker and a witness before House lawmakers on Tuesday, with political strategist Roger Stone during a hearing on the release of new documents related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. “You wrote a book accusing LBJ of being involved in the killing of...

Former GOP lawmakers, officials oppose Trump use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations

A group of former Republican lawmakers and officials is opposing President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act for deportations. The group of conservatives, along with the State Democracy Defenders Fund, filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court to oppose the Trump administration’s use of the 18th-century wartime law. The brief was filed with the high...

OpenAI closes $40B funding round

OpenAI raised $40 billion from investors in its latest funding round, the ChatGPT maker announced Monday. The deal, which values the artificial intelligence (AI) company at $300 billion, was led by Japanese company SoftBank. It plans to contribute $30 billion, while the remaining $10 billion will come from a syndicate of other investors. “We’re excited...

Trump taps ex-Rep. D’Esposito as Labor Department watchdog

President Trump tapped former Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.) to be the Department of Labor’s (DOL) inspector general on Monday evening, months after he lost his House seat to Rep. Laura Gillen (D-N.Y.) in the last election cycle. If D’Esposito, who was a New York City Police Department detective before being elected as a House lawmaker,...

These 9 House Republicans rebelled against GOP leadership over parental proxy voting

Nine House Republicans defied GOP leadership on Tuesday and opposed an effort to block a bill instituting proxy voting for new parents from coming to the floor, halting key legislative action in the chamber. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) collected the 218 signatures — including from 11 Republicans — needed to successfully execute a discharge...

Kornacki moves from MSNBC to NBC

National political correspondent and data guru Steve Kornacki is leaving MSNBC to join NBC News as an on-air analyst full time, according to multiple reports. Kornacki will pop up regularly on "NBC Nightly News," "The Today Show" and the network's other programs to break down polling, elections modeling and other data as part of the...

Boebert to introduce resolution condemning Tesla vehicle attacks

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) introduced a Tuesday resolution condemning violent attacks on Tesla vehicles. “The definition of terrorism is the unlawful use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. That is exactly what has been going on across the country at Tesla dealerships, and it is what innocent Americans who chose Tesla...

GOP tax proposals could add $9 trillion to nation’s deficits: Analysis

A menu of tax cut proposals made by President Trump and Republicans could add north of $9 trillion to the nation’s deficits over the next decade without offsets, a recent analysis from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation has found.  In the report updated this week, the nonpartisan budget watchdog said the batch of GOP-backed tax...

Only career civil servants know where the real government waste is

I know from years of firsthand experience that it will take both sides, political appointees and career civil servants, working collaboratively together to make this work.

DOGE checks? Elon Musk claims ‘progress’ has been made, but says it isn’t his decision

Waiting for a stimulus check funded by the cuts DOGE says it's making? It could be a while.

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