2024 Elections
LOS ANGELES — A seemingly never-ending glut of news and stunning twists and turns left journalists covering the 2024 election frayed and tired, a survey from the University of South California’s Center for Health Journalism found. The survey, released in... Read More
WASHINGTON — Abortion rights were a central issue in Tuesday’s election, with voters in 10 states asked to weigh in on ballot measures intended to enshrine a woman’s right to make her own reproductive health care decisions in their respective... Read More
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that undated mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania can be counted despite issue. Some voters filled in their ballots but neglected to put the dates on them. The Republican Party sued to have the... Read More
WASHINGTON — With just days left before the general election, it might seem that the tight presidential race pollsters insist is occurring between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is dominating each day’s news cycle. Every morning,... Read More
WASHINGTON — While the presidential race is, understandably, sucking up much of the oxygen this political season, voters in 11 states are also poised to choose new governors who will chart the course of their respective states over the next... Read More
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — As both presidential candidates prepare for campaign visits this week, a new Marquette Law School Poll finds Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump 52%-48% in support from registered and likely voters. Harris on Thursday... Read More
CHICAGO — The cost of living, availability of good-paying, stable jobs, and the impact of illegal immigration on both, are foremost on swing state voters’ minds as the 2024 election season enters its final weeks, according to a new poll... Read More
WASHINGTON — The American Bar Association said Wednesday that it is once again joining a nationwide effort to recruit lawyers to assist as poll workers for the upcoming election. This is the third consecutive election cycle that the ABA has... Read More
MILWAUKEE — Vice President Kamala Harris is the preferred choice for president of 52% of registered voters participating in the latest Marquette University Law School poll, with her edge over former President Donald Trump ticking slightly higher among likely voters.... Read More
WASHINGTON — Hours after word that Vice President Kamala Harris has agreed to three possible dates for a debate against Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, former President Donald Trump’s running mate, the Trump campaign threw shade on the whole affair. “We... Read More
ATLANTA — They stood on both sides of the exit ramp leading from the Interstate 75/85 corridor and cresting at the intersection of 14th Street and Techwood Drive. Smiling, expectant, they knew, barring any extended traffic delay, that former President... Read More
ATLANTA — The barricades have gone up and anyone seeking admission to the debate site must now pass through a security check point several blocks from CNN’s corporate headquarters here. Of course, you don’t need a pass or media credential... Read More
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation that would have protected women’s access to contraception, dismissing the bill as nothing more than a political stunt by Democrats in an election year. The bill, the Right to Contraception Act, needed... Read More
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s Republican secretary of state on Wednesday commended the Democratic National Committee for its efforts to resolve President Joe Biden’s ballot access issue in the state. Secretary of State Frank LaRose said he notified Democrats two months... Read More
WASHINGTON — Voters overwhelmingly want elected officials, regardless of party, to work together to solve the nation’s problems, according to a poll from the NewDEAL, a national network of pro-growth, progressive Democrats. The survey, conducted last month by Mercury Analytics,... Read More
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday challenged former President Donald Trump to two televised debates before the November election, bypassing the nonpartisan organization that has run presidential debates for more than three decades. Biden’s proposal is to hold the... Read More
WASHINGTON — Former South Carolina governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is joining a conservative think tank in Washington, a position likely to further boost her national profile should she decide to run again for president in the... Read More
LOS ANGELES — Independent presidential candidate Dr. Cornel West has chosen fellow university professor and Black Lives Matter activist Dr. Melina Abdullah, of California State University, to be his running mate in the 2024 presidential election. West, the popular author,... Read More
WASHINGTON — No Labels, the centrist political group, said Thursday that it is abandoning plans to back a third-party “unity” ticket in the 2024 presidential election. “No Labels has always said we would only offer our ballot line to a... Read More
TRENTON, N.J. — A federal judge on Friday struck down New Jersey’s long-standing practice of listing candidates favored by political bosses more prominently on state ballots than primary opponents running without the parties’ blessing. For years, the practice has greatly... Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A three-judge panel in South Carolina ruled that this year’s congressional races in the state can be carried out using a map they have already held is unconstitutional. In what surely must be an exceptional ruling, the... Read More
WASHINGTON — In 2022, Democrats faced a nail-biter when it came to maintaining their majority in the Senate. They held on in contests that got surprisingly tight in the end in Arizona and Nevada and managed to flip a seat... Read More
WASHINGTON — Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., suspended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday afternoon, after failing to gain any traction at all presenting himself as the younger but like minded alternative to President Joe Biden. “But it... Read More
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., said Tuesday that she will not seek reelection this year, clearing the way for a likely matchup between Republican and Trump acolyte Kari Lake and Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego. "The only political victories that... Read More
WASHINGTON — This being March, you’ll surely forgive us if we ruminate a moment about this month’s annual holiday, St. Patrick’s Day. Specifically we have in mind an old Guinness TV ad in which two young men wake up and... Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Dr. Cornel West, who is waging an independent campaign for the presidency under the banner of his Justice for All Party, has secured a spot on the November ballot in South Carolina. West, the Dietrich Bonhoeffer professor... Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is slowly closing the gap with former President Donald Trump in the Palmetto State with five days to go before the GOP primary here. The latest Emerson College/The Hill poll still... Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. — After a lull following the Democratic primary two weeks ago, political activity escalated dramatically in South Carolina over the weekend, as the campaigns of former President Donald Trump and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley each kicked... Read More
WASHINGTON — Self-help author Marianne Williamson has suspended her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, leaving Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., as President Biden’s sole challenger for what remains of the primary season. Williamson announced her decision in a lengthy email... Read More
WASHINGTON — Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., a well-respected establishment Republican who rose to chair the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee in a career spanning two decades, announced Thursday that she will not seek reelection this year. The stunning... Read More
