Politics

(AUSTIN, Texas.) — Sheila Jackson Lee, the longtime U.S. representative from Texas, has died, according to a statement issued Friday night from her family. The congresswoman died at the age of 74 after a brief battle with cancer. “With incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we […]

(MADISON, Wis.) — As the 2024 elections heat up and politicians vie for Americans’ votes, an important group is feeling forgotten. Rural America, home to many agricultural and manufacturing workers, is still figuring out which political message resonates with them, according to Wisconsin farmers Katie and Grant Grinstead. “I haven’t heard it yet,” Grant told […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden late Friday dissected former President Donald Trump’s speech accepting the Republican nomination the night before with a lengthy 13-post thread on X, coupled with a fundraising plea, in which he calls out his rival for different things he said. “I’m stuck at home with COVID, so I had the distinct […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee’s Rules Committee on Friday made the case for proceeding with President Joe Biden’s virtual nomination while also outlining next steps in the process and how virtual roll call voting would work. Crucially, the Rules Committee did not take any votes, but just discussed the various proposals it plans to […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is facing a critical point in his reelection bid as Democratic calls for him to exit the 2024 race continue to mount despite his efforts to shut them down. A poor debate performance against Donald Trump reignited questions about Biden’s age and fitness to carry out his campaign and serve […]

(WASHINGTON) — As the 2024 presidential race intensifies, both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are making their appeal to the growing Black and Hispanic voting blocs. Hispanics and Latinos are growing at the second-fastest rate of any major racial and ethnic group in the U.S. electorate since the last presidential election, according […]

(WASHINGTON) — At the Republican National Convention this week, Teamsters President Sean O’Brien delivered the type of full-throated union advocacy that one would not expect at a gathering of top conservative officials. “We are not beholden to anyone or any party,” O’Brien, whose union boasts 1.3 million members, told the audience in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “We […]

(MILWAUKEE) — After formally accepting the Republican nomination, former President Donald Trump recounted surviving Saturday’s assassination attempt. With a bandage covering his right ear, Trump addressed the crowd at the Republican National Convention on Thursday, saying it would be the only time he would share what happened at the rally. “You’ll never hear it from […]

(MILWAUKEE) — Former President Donald Trump toggled between somber messages of harmony and his favorite red meat rhetoric in a lengthy and charged speech accepting the GOP presidential nomination. Trump, just days removed from surviving an assassination attempt at a Saturday rally, had forecasted a unifying, and largely delivered at the beginning, reliving details of […]

(WASHINGTON) — According to multiple well-connected Democratic sources, President Joe Biden’s support from elected party leaders is crumbling. As one person who has been defending Biden publicly since his debate performance said Wednesday, “Biden is going to see the whole house of cards come down soon.” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer went to see Biden […]