HALEY LOSS ANOTHER REMINDER: GOP CAN’T GO BACK. What does Nikki Haley’s loss in the Republican presidential primaries, a loss in which she gathered a substantial amount of votes but was able to win only in Vermont and Washington, D.C., tell us about the Republican Party? Among other things, it tells us, as if we needed […]
An attempt by Texas's top Republican officials to purge the party of the incumbents who defied them made significant ground in Tuesday's primary. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton had all targeted a slate of 16 Republican lawmakers who had defied them — endorsing opponents and pouring money into the races...
Roughly 30 precent of autoworkers at a Toyota engine manufacturer in Missouri have signed union cards, United Auto Workers (UAW) announced Wednesday, making the plant the fourth new union drive launched in the last four months. The factory, located in Troy, Mo., just outside of St. Louis — follows union drives at a Volkswagen plant...
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is amplifying its calls for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to stage a vote on legislation linking foreign military aid with domestic border security, framing that combination as the only recipe for getting Ukraine assistance through a deeply divided Congress. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), the lead sponsor of the legislation,...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will lead a press briefing Wednesday afternoon. President Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday evening is expected to garner a large audience. Democrats see the event as a chance to make the case that he should remain in office for another term, with the added opportunity for comparison...
The widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is calling on his supporters to protest the country’s presidential election this month. Yulia Navalnaya urged supporters to engage in the protest in a video address shared by Navalny’s spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh. She told those who oppose Russian President Vladimir Putin to get in line at the...
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) won the Democratic primary for her seat representing the Houston area in the House, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Jackson Lee, who served in Congress since the mid-1990s, faced an unexpectedly competitive primary race for her House seat representing Texas’s 18th Congressional District. She had previously run for...