Gallego and Lake are competing to fill a seat held by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Republican Kari Lake has gained ground in the race for a U.S. Senate seat representing Arizona but is still behind Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.). Gallego was up 2.5 percent on Nov. 6. That lead shrank to 1.7 percent after a new
Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York has said that demonizing “voters of color as white supremacists" will push them further toward President-elect Trump.
‘No matter who you supported in this election, we stand united in the fight for San Francisco’s future,’ Daniel Lurie said. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Mayor London Breed has conceded the race for mayor to philanthropist and Levi Strauss & Co. heir Daniel Lurie on Nov. 7. Lurie earned 56.2 percent, or 119,440 votes after 14 rounds
After Donald Trump’s historic reelection sent despair rippling across college campuses, grieving professors at America’s top universities canceled classes, rescheduled exams, and promised to forgive poor grades. Schools offered students milk, cookies, puzzles, Legos, and “destress sessions.” Several professors at Columbia University and its sister school, Barnard College, offered such accommodations for their students, emails
Column: The events of 2020 seemed epochal. Trump’s election exposed them as aberrant. Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Joe Biden in 2016 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) “Don’t forget all that we accomplished,” President Biden said during his Thursday address on the election. “It’s been a historic presidency. Not because I’m president, [but] because of what we’ve done.
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is seeking to lead the Republican Senate campaign arm ahead of the 2026 Senate elections. Scott ran for president in the 2024 Republican primary.
The 118th Congress is likely to have at least one final political standoff before the balance of power shifts, and it's over how to fund the federal government through September 2025.