Haley Bolstering Iowa Campaign Staff Ahead of Caucus
2024 Elections
Haley Bolstering Iowa Campaign Staff Ahead of Caucus
2023-12-22 15:12:40
by Dan McCue

DES MOINES, Iowa — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has hired a new state spokesman and is adding additional regional staffers to flesh out her Iowa campaign effort ahead of next month’s all-important Iowa caucuses. "You're gonna see us... Read More

House GOP Conference Taps Johnson as Fourth Speaker Designee
Political News
House GOP Conference Taps Johnson as Fourth Speaker Designee
2023-10-25 13:29:55
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — A time honored slogan on pizza boxes throughout the northeast and elsewhere in the country is “you’ve tried the rest, now try the best.” And that’s what the House Republican Conference will be asked to do as of... Read More

Scalise Exits Speaker’s Race, Leaving Conference Scrambling After ‘Airing of Grievances’
Congress
Scalise Exits Speaker's Race, Leaving Conference Scrambling After 'Airing of Grievances'
2023-10-13 16:03:40
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., withdrew from the race to be the next speaker of the House Thursday night, a stunning development that appears to have left his Republican conference in a state of absolute dysfunction. Scalise... Read More

What If Someone Cries ‘Rigged Election’ During the Primaries?
2024 Elections
What If Someone Cries ‘Rigged Election’ During the Primaries?
2023-10-05 13:41:12
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — It’s admittedly a hypothetical question, but given the divisive rhetoric that has swirled around elections and politics in general since November 2020, it seemed worthwhile to put it to elections officials across the country anyway: Just what would... Read More

ABA Recommends Random Case Assignments to Avoid Judge Shopping for Political Advantage
Law
ABA Recommends Random Case Assignments to Avoid Judge Shopping for Political Advantage
2023-08-10 18:48:10
by Tom Ramstack

DENVER — The American Bar Association is trying to stop the “judge shopping” that allows political advocacy organizations to file lawsuits in courts most likely to rule in their favor. Commonly, state attorneys general and activists will sue in federal... Read More

UNC Students Ace Competition on Trustworthy Elections
Education
UNC Students Ace Competition on Trustworthy Elections
2023-05-09 14:30:57
by Dan McCue

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Four student teams from three North Carolina universities recently prevailed where so many others have failed of late — coming up with several “innovative and impactful” and best of all, practicable ideas for how to restore... Read More

What’s Happening on Capitol Hill Tuesday?
Political News
What’s Happening on Capitol Hill Tuesday?
2023-05-09 14:22:20
by TWN Staff

WASHINGTON — Few days come bigger, few are more anticipated inside the Capital Beltway, than this one. Shortly before 4 p.m. this afternoon, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., will make his way up the macadam drive outside the West Wing,... Read More

What’s Happening on Capitol Hill Thursday?
Political News
What’s Happening on Capitol Hill Thursday?
2023-05-04 13:47:05
by TWN Staff

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday evening voted 56 to 41 to end the Biden administration’s two-year pause on tariffs for imports of solar panels and related equipment from four Southeast Asian countries. The vote sends the resolution, known as... Read More

What’s Happening Monday on Capitol Hill?
Political News
What’s Happening Monday on Capitol Hill?
2023-05-01 14:07:23
by TWN Staff

This is a district work week for the House, but House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., will be making news today as he delivers an address to the Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel. McCarthy, who is leading a bipartisan delegation of his... Read More

Capitol Cannabis Summit Seen as Positive Step Toward Legalization
Cannabis
Capitol Cannabis Summit Seen as Positive Step Toward Legalization
2023-04-21 21:24:57
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Caroline Phillips could not suppress a smile as she walked to the podium. From the moment she reached the microphone on Thursday morning, she really would be presenting to a congressional forum inside the U.S. Capitol for the... Read More

House Members Say Legalizing Cannabis Could Be Winning Issue for GOP
Congress
House Members Say Legalizing Cannabis Could Be Winning Issue for GOP
2023-04-21 19:06:59
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — A pair of conservative House members on Thursday said the GOP needs to wake up to the fact that the legalization of cannabis could be a winning issue for the party in 2024 and beyond. The setting for... Read More

What’s Happening Tuesday On Capitol Hill
Congress
What’s Happening Tuesday On Capitol Hill
2023-04-18 13:49:13
by TWN Staff

WASHINGTON — A day after unveiling his plan for the debt limit before a roomful of bigwigs at the New York Stock Exchange Institute in New York, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Tuesday will try to sell his fellow... Read More

Poll Finds Split Over Politics Is ‘Dirty’ or ‘Honorable’
Opinion Polls
Poll Finds Split Over Politics Is ‘Dirty’ or ‘Honorable’
2023-01-18 17:18:45
by Dan McCue

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. — When it comes to the government, you can’t get much more divided than this. According to a Monmouth University Poll released Wednesday 44% of respondents believe politics and government is “a dirty business,” while an... Read More

Midterm Elections, Hawaiian Style
2022 Elections
Midterm Elections, Hawaiian Style
2022-11-07 22:56:21
by Eden Metzger

OAHU, Hawaii — Unlike in Iowa, Pennsylvania or any one of a number of other states critical to the outcome of the 2022 midterm elections, campaign signs sit beneath swaying palm trees as voters turn out to cast their ballot... Read More

Six Governors Races to Watch on Tuesday
2022 Elections
Six Governors Races to Watch on Tuesday
2022-11-07 13:41:17
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — For months talk of the 2022 midterms has centered on who will control the House and Senate, and how the outcome will shape the remainder of President Joe Biden’s current term in office. The focus was no different... Read More

In North Carolina Growing Suburbs Create Midterm Uncertainty
2022 Elections
In North Carolina Growing Suburbs Create Midterm Uncertainty
2022-10-27 16:18:08
by Dan McCue

GREENSBORO, N.C. — While most of the nation is looking to North Carolina as one of the battleground states where control of the U.S. Senate may well be won, North Carolinians themselves are far more interested in a race way... Read More

Poll Finds Disconnect Between Ohio’s Red State Reputation and Residents’ Views
Opinion Polls
Poll Finds Disconnect Between Ohio’s Red State Reputation and Residents’ Views
2022-10-11 12:52:31
by Dan McCue

BEREA, Ohio — Voters in Ohio are a lot more centrist and progressive than most political pundits give them credit for being, a new statewide poll has found. The statewide Ohio Pulse Poll was developed by the Baldwin Wallace University... Read More

Judge Rules Marjorie Taylor Greene Will Stay on Ballot
Political News
Judge Rules Marjorie Taylor Greene Will Stay on Ballot
2022-07-26 22:55:22
by Dan McCue

ATLANTA — A superior court judge in Atlanta has ruled Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is eligible to run for reelection to Congress. The ruling by Chief Judge Christopher Brasher of the Fulton County Superior Court was a blow to... Read More

Democrats Sell Infrastructure Bill, Push for Biden Backup
Infrastructure
Democrats Sell Infrastructure Bill, Push for Biden Backup

STILWELL, Kan. (AP) — Traffic whizzing behind her, Rep. Sharice Davids gathered reporters at a transportation facility along U.S. 69 in eastern Kansas this week to celebrate the surge of federal money headed in her state's direction. The massive infrastructure package... Read More

As Voters Across US Weigh New Rights, Maine Says Yes to Food
Political News
As Voters Across US Weigh New Rights, Maine Says Yes to Food

The right to food won rave reviews Tuesday from Maine voters, who passed the nation's first guarantee for people to grow, harvest and eat according to their own wishes. The Maine ballot measure was one of several in states seeking... Read More

Matt Haller Wants to Change How You Think About Franchises
Business
Matt Haller Wants to Change How You Think About Franchises
2021-10-08 21:07:58
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - When you think about it, they’re everywhere; part of the bedrock of every community in America. They are your local McDonald’s, of course. And the KFC. But they’re also the Ace Hardware Store and the Sport Clips haircutter.... Read More

Galesburg, an American Crossroad, Tunes Out Feuding Congress
Political News
Galesburg, an American Crossroad, Tunes Out Feuding Congress

GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) — Pickup trucks and cars rumble north across East Main Street's railroad tracks into Galesburg, Illinois, past the red-brick Lindstrom's appliances building that has occupied the same corner for more than 100 years. An edifice from more... Read More

‘I’m Still Exhaling’: Swing-state Voters on Biden’s 100 Days
In The States
'I'm Still Exhaling': Swing-state Voters on Biden's 100 Days

ELM GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Standing on the sidelines of her son's soccer practice in this upscale suburb, Laura Hahn looked skyward for answers when asked how she would rate President Joe Biden's first 100 days in office.  Overall, Biden... Read More

Report: Companies Face a New Era of Scrutiny on Political Activity
Business
Report: Companies Face a New Era of Scrutiny on Political Activity
2021-03-29 13:17:36
by TWN Staff

Companies are facing ever-greater scrutiny of their political activities, with some of America's biggest businesses still grappling with a response to January’s Capitol riot. As companies reevaluate their role in the political sphere, a new report by The Conference Board... Read More

Deep Local Roots Endure Even In Nationalized Partisan Political Era
Research
Deep Local Roots Endure Even In Nationalized Partisan Political Era
2021-03-05 22:30:46
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON – A new study suggests the deeper a member of Congress’s local roots in their congressional district, the less likely they are to attract a primary challenger, and if they do, the more likely they are to win by... Read More

WA-03: Carolyn Long (D)
House Watch
WA-03: Carolyn Long (D)
2020-10-31 01:05:34
by TWN Staff

About Long:  Carolyn Long grew up working at her family’s small business, John’s Fresh Produce.  After graduating, Long decided to pursue higher education. To help pay for college, she started working at Safeway, first as a courtesy clerk and then... Read More

Fed Up With the Election? Science Explains How Politics Got So Awful
Research
Fed Up With the Election? Science Explains How Politics Got So Awful

One year ago, a report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security assessed the readiness of 195 countries around the world to confront a deadly disease outbreak. Topping the list of most-prepared nations was the United States of America. But that forecast... Read More

Cognitive Testing, Politics, and the Very Real Issue of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia
Mental Health
Cognitive Testing, Politics, and the Very Real Issue of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
2020-07-30 17:57:00
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - For weeks it had been the stuff of living room banter and fodder for self-quarantining late night comedians. Suddenly, apparently on a whim, the president who once described himself as a "very stable genius," was talking about how... Read More

Crucial Suburbs Not Defined by ‘Ozzie and Harriet’ Anymore
Think Tanks
Crucial Suburbs Not Defined by 'Ozzie and Harriet' Anymore
2020-04-09 21:01:52
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - While Republicans and Democrats alike concede the road to the White House is paved through America's suburbs, what's less clear is how much they truly understand this rapidly changing portion of the electorate. For decades, the suburbs were... Read More

How Fake Audio, Such as Deepfakes, Could Plague Business, Politics
Technology
How Fake Audio, Such as Deepfakes, Could Plague Business, Politics

WASHINGTON — Fake voices generated by artificial intelligence tools may be the next frontier in scams that could trick companies into forking over cash or fool voters into believing a politician said something he or she didn’t. Computer-synthesized voices are... Read More

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