Topline Former President Donald Trump assailed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell following Republicans’ failure to win control of the Senate, accusing McConnell in a series of Truth Social posts ...
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These Candidates Pushed 2022’s Dumbest Conspiracy—Schoolkids Using Litter Boxes—And Many (But Not All) Lost Big
Topline Far-right candidates who promoted the thoroughly debunked theory that schools are providing litter boxes for students who identify as animals didn’t fare well Tuesday, with several key Trump-a...
Judge Rejects Arizona GOP Lawsuit To Extend Voting Hours As Trump Sows Fraud Claims
Topline An Arizona judge shot down an emergency request from a group of Republican organizations Tuesday night requesting an extension of voting hours in heavily populated Maricopa County, after a qua...
GOP Scores Massive Midterm Election Wins In Once-Democratic Stronghold
Topline Republicans’ hopes to win Florida’s most populous county were realized Tuesday, as both Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R) cruised to victory in Miami-Dade en route to statew...
Arizona Vote-Counting Issues Lead To Baseless Fraud Claims—And Contradictory Advice—From GOP Leaders
Topline Some vote-counting machines in Arizona’s Maricopa County malfunctioned on Election Day, leading state Republican leaders to spread unsubstantiated claims of fraud and offer contradictory advic...
Dow Jones Futures: GOP Set To Win House In Midterm Elections; Elon Musk Sells More Tesla Stock
Dow Jones futures were little changed overnight, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. Midterm election results are coming in while Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold more TSLA shares. X The stock ...
Dow Jones Up On Election Day; ‘GOP Stocks’ Gain, Donald Trump SPAC Falls; Bitcoin Dives
The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved higher as Americans voted on Election Day. A number of so-called “Republican stocks” made gains, though the Donald Trump SPAC Digital World Acquisiti...
This energy stock stands to benefit if GOP wins the midterm elections
“XLE” – the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund is already up more than 20% for the year but energy stocks are not out of room to run just yet, says Al Rabil. He’s the Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Kay...
Some GOP Counties Want To Hand-Count All Ballots—But Judges Say That’s Illegal
Topline A judge on Monday blocked a rural Arizona county from moving forward with a plan by Republican officials to hand-count every ballot cast in Tuesday’s midterm, shutting down the latest attempt ...
GOP Looks To Regain Footing In Maine, A State In The Vanguard Of Progressive Reform
Maine State House in Augusta getty The 2022 election cycle has found the GOP more competitive in New England than it has been in years. Former Providence Mayor Allan Fung (R), who is running to fill t...
GOP Wave May Not Net As Many Seats As Prior Midterms—Here Are The Close Races To Watch
Topline Republicans need to pick up just five seats to win majority control of the lower chamber, and final political forecasts predict they will gain up to 35, but the numbers aren’t as bad for Democ...
Strong GOP showing in midterm elections likely good for energy
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said he anticipates a near-term rally in energy stocks if Republican candidates perform well in Tuesday’s midterm elections and win a majority in at least one chamber of ...
More Democrats Have Voted Early—But Election-Day GOP Votes Could Sway The Midterms
Topline In-person early and absentee voting has already exceeded records set in the previous midterm election, and in most battleground states, Democrats continue to turn out in higher numbers than Re...
Democrats’ And GOP Energy Policies Clash At Midterms
President Joe Biden’s recent statements denouncing coal drew fire from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and several western Democrats, upsetting the calculus for many elections out west. In midterms, Biden ...
Liz Cheney’s Latest Clash With GOP: Endorsing These Democrats
Topline Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) endorsed a third Democratic midterm candidate Saturday, sticking to her commitment of working to defeat former President Donald Trump and supporters of his false elect...
Liz Cheney Endorses Democrat Tim Ryan In Ohio Senate Race—Breaking With GOP Again
Topline Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said Tuesday she is endorsing Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan in Ohio’s closely contested Senate contest, marking the second time in less than a week the outgoing GOP c...
Ukrainians ‘Concerned’ About GOP Cutting War Funding If It Wins Control Of Congress, Report Says
Topline Ukraine’s foreign minister told Axios he is “concerned” about recent comments from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) suggesting a Republican-controlled Congress...
Alaska GOP Censures McConnell For ‘Divisive’ Attack Ads Against Trump-Backed Senate Candidate Tshibaka
Topline Alaska’s Republican Party voted Monday night to censure Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for backing a series of attack ads against Trump-endorsed Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka...
Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Gets Greenlight As Judge Rules Against GOP Challenge
Topline Federal student loan forgiveness will continue rolling out this month as planned, as a federal judge rejected Thursday an attempt by Republican-led states to block the policy because they beli...
DACA, Immigration, GOP Citizenship Events And ‘Great Replacement’
More than 2,700 people are sworn in as U.S. citizens during naturalization ceremonies on April 9, … [+] 2009, in Montebello, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Getty Images Do Repub...
Nevada Democrats Call In Obama For Campaign Help Amid Fears Of GOP Wave
Topline Former President Barack Obama will campaign for two Democrats at risk of losing their seats in November—U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Gov. Steve Sisolak — as Republicans’ chances of gai...
Democrats Tie GOP Sen. Johnson To Jan. 6 In New Ad—Here’s Why Capitol Riot Ads Are Rare
Topline A new ad by a Democratic political action committee is seeking to link Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to the January 6 Capitol riot—one of the few ads featuring the insurrection this campaign cycle...
Crypto Exec Ryan Salame Donates Millions to GOP Candidates
Ryan Salame is a 29-year-old libertarian-leaning republican who also works heavily in cryptocurrency. He runs FTX Digital Markets in the Bahamas where he presently lives, and he just shelled out more ...
Colorado GOP Governor Candidate Latest To Fall For Student ‘Furries’ Hoax—Here’s How Many Others Have Been Duped
Topline A Republican running for governor in Colorado became the latest candidate to campaign on a thoroughly debunked claim that a growing number of students are dressing up as “furries” and self-ide...
Just What The Doctor Ordered
“But the Commitment is still important, because it illustrates the glaring contrast between the two … [+] parties — especially on contentious issues like health care — and lays the groundw...
2020 Census Overcounted Democratic States, Undercounted GOP States
Most people think the decennial census is supposed to count everyone residing in the U.S. Think again. After each census, the bureau conducts what is called the Post-Enumeration Survey (PES) to get a ...
Rep. Davidson says ‘outside chance’ of stablecoin bill this year, likely next year with GOP majority
Congress has a shot at finalizing stablecoin legislation this year, says Congressman Warren Davidson, despite midterm elections in November breaking up the legislative calendar. “There’s an outside ch...
GOP Calls Warnock’s Parsonage Benefit A Tax Dodge. It Used To Defend It.
General view of the interior of Ebenezer Baptist Church (Martin Luther King church) in King Historic … [+] District getty The National Republican Senatorial Committee blasts on its website ICYMI...
GOP attorneys general ask credit card companies to drop gun store code
Fire arms are seen at the Bobâs Little Sport Gun Shop in the town of Glassboro, New Jersey, United States on May 26, 2022. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Two dozen Republican attorneys...
Delaware Prepares For Migrants After Threats GOP Should Target Biden’s Home State
Topline The state of Delaware is preparing for the arrival of a flight of migrants leaving from Texas, according to local officials, potentially the latest move by Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis to del...
Don’t Expect the Stock Market to Rally, Even if GOP Wins Control of Congress
The outcome of the midterm elections on Nov. 8 could disappoint investors, regardless of which party they support. According to Wall Street lore, stocks usually perform strongly following the midterms...