Thune elected Senate Republican leader John Thune elected Senate Republican leader as Mitch McConnell steps down 02:39 Washington — Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected Sen. John Thune as leader, anointing a new standard bearer to replace Mitch McConnell at the party’s helm in the upper chamber. The South Dakota Republican is set to lead the
Republican Shelley Luther earned 77.7 percent of the vote, beating Democrat Tiffany Drake, who took in 22.3 percent, in District 62. A Texas woman jailed for defying COVID-19 lockdown mandates by keeping her salon open has been elected to the state’s House District 62. Republican Shelley Luther earned 77.7 percent of the vote, beating Democrat
Dan Scavino and Stephen Miller are among four new cabinet picks announced by the Trump-Vance transition team.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker are co-chairing an initiative called Governors Safeguarding Democracy.
‘I imagine that the council will be voting on sanctuary cities hopefully very, very soon,’ Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said on Monday that her city doesn’t have a law officially designating it as a “sanctuary” for illegal immigrants and that this should be changed quickly before President-elect Donald
Democratic lawmakers in the House are blaming Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) for their party’s steep election losses, suggesting the defeat “would never have happened” under former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), Axios reported. “I have a feeling people would say this would never have happened under” Pelosi, a House progressive, who spoke
Washington — Senate Republicans elected Sen. John Thune as leader on Wednesday, after Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — the longest serving leader in the Senate history — opted to step down from the post. Thune, the current Whip, won 29 votes on the second round of voting against the former Whip Sen. John Cornyn, who