Beyond the race for the presidency, the control of Congress heading into 2025 carries similar uncertainty. In the Senate, the Democratic caucus currently hold a narrow majority (47 Democrats, 4 Independents, 49 Republicans), but 34 seats are up for election,with members in the Democratic caucus...
On the Michigan Supreme Court, two seats are up for grabs. Backed by the Democratic Party, Kimberly Thomas is running against Republican-backed Andrew Fink for an eight-year term, while current Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden is running for re-election for a partial four-year term ag...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is looking to continue his winning streak in Oklahoma as he competes with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for the state’s seven electoral votes. Oklahoma voters will also decide races for Congress and the state Legislature, and will consi...
Kierra Frazier07/15/2024, 10:32pm ETA majority of Monday night's speakers touched on the topic that shook America this past weekend: the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Republicans on the convention floor said they are more united than ever, and that shined through dur...
In the coming election, voters cast ballots for 543 of the 545 seats of the Lok Sabha while the remaining two are nominated by the president. Elections for the Lok Sabha take place every five years, under a first-past-the-post system, where voters cast a vote for a single candidate, an...
His lawyers are asking the justices to consider a number of issues, including whether the provision applies to Trump as a former president; whether he engaged in insurrection; and whether state and federal courts can even enforce Section 3 without legislation from Congress. They also argue that ...
On Jan. 30, 2024, the FOMC reaffirmed its "Statement of Longer-Run Goals and Monetary Policy Strategy."12 This statement is based on the FOMC's commitment to fulfilling a statutory mandate from Congress to promote maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates. Becaus...
During the first two years of his term, Republicans controlled both houses of Congress, yet no plans to eliminate PSLF were seriously considered. Because PSLF has been statutory law since 2007, eliminating it would require an act of Congress. Even if Democrats are in the minority, the Senate ...
Congress. And there is some good news in the results. Josh Stein defeated “Black Nazi” Mark Robinson in North Carolina. Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks won Senate seats in Delaware and Maryland. Those two Black women in the U.S. Senate will give us new soldiers in the fight...
In June 2023, Congress struck a deal to suspend the debt limit until January 1, 2025. The debt limit is the congressionally mandated cap on the total amount of debt the United States can accumulate. Congress must raise or suspend the limit periodically; failure to do so could put the Unit...