Marc Fisher
The Red Scare was still running its course in 1954, and U.S. Congress took action with the Communist Control Act. The act served as a declaration that the Communist Party...an instrumentality of a conspiracy to overthrow the Government of the United States should be outlawed. However, it ...
What’s happening:Eight-term Rep.Yvette Clarkeis running for reelection in a Brooklyn district that encompasses Crown Heights, Brownsville and Midwood. Clarke has deep ties to the Brooklyn political class – her mother was the first Caribbean-born member of the New York City Council, and she’s...
While Pence has promoted the policies of the Trump administration, he has alsocriticizedthe former president for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, saying that Trump's words were "reckless" and put him and his family, who were on Capitol Hill that day for the joint session of Congress, in dan...
On 2020: Decided against running on March 4, 2019. Updated on 3/5/2019 Next:Tulsi Gabbard – OUT 15/45 Credit Tulsi Gabbard – OUT Bio: Fourth-term Hawaii congresswoman, former state representative. Age: 37 Pros: Gabbard could stake a claim to being the youngest female candidate in the...
While Phillips has been effusive in his praise for Biden, the 54-year-old also says Democrats need younger voices to avoid a nightmare scenario where Trump wins another election next fall. Phillips is one of the wealthiest members of Congress and heir to his stepfather’s Phillips ...
A candid conversation with eight women of color running for Congress this yearOn election day, 115 women of color will be on the ballot for House seats — a record for American politics. Deborah Roberts spoke with 8 of those women across the aisle in a roundtable discussion.ABCNews.com...
Trump was the first to declare his candidacy for the Republican nomination in November 2022, vowing a comeback after his defeat in 2020 to Biden. Below is a list of those still running for president, followed by a list of those who have dropped out. Who Is Running in the 2024 ...
The 2024 election race is quickly approaching as candidates keep emerging for the 60th presidential election in United States history, which will take place on Nov. 5, 2024. President Joe Biden announced in April that he was running for re-election in 2024, asking vote...
A political poster for U.S. presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm, c. 1972. With the motto “unbought and unbossed,” Chisholm ran for president four years after Mitchell. She had already made history when she became the first African American congresswoman in 1968, after having served in th...