Election officials in Texas met on Tuesday evening to vote for former Houston mayor Sylvester Turner to fill the vacant seat left by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who died on July 19 of pancreatic cancer. Turner defeated five other candidates for the slot and will likely be elected in November as the 18th district
Judge Juan Merchan denied former President Trump’s third recusal motion, rejecting further claims of conflict of interest related to the judge’s daughter. Former President Donald Trump’s third attempt to have Judge Juan Merchan recuse himself from overseeing his criminal case in the New York Supreme Court was denied on Aug. 13. In his most recent
A coalition of groups planning to protest the war in Gaza during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago next week will not be able to change their route and move closer to the United Center, where the event is being held, a federal judge ruled on Aug. 12. Thousands of protesters are set to
White defeated establishment candidate Joe Fraser by a 9.2 percent margin after receiving many top endorsements from populist Republicans MINNEAPOLIS—Royce White, a former professional basketball player and radio host, won the Republican primary on Aug. 13 for Minnesota’s U.S. Senate election in November against Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). White, who has attracted attention for controversial
Ilhan Omar scores a victory, Van Orden gets a Democratic opponent, and a Trump-backed candidate wins, not once, but twice on the same night. The Upper Midwest saw significant races on Aug. 13., less than three months from a general election that will be fought in part across the region. In Minnesota, Rep. Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar scores a victory, Van Orden gets a Democratic opponent, and a Trump-backed candidate wins, not once, but twice on the same night. The Upper Midwest saw significant races on Aug. 13., less than three months from a general election that will be fought in part across the region. In Minnesota, Rep. Ilhan Omar
‘End the apartheid system and pervasive inequality at the root cause of this violence,’ American Friends Service Committee wrote on Oct. 7 Susan Wild (Facebook) Rep. Susan Wild (D., Pa.), considered one of the most vulnerable House incumbents running for reelection, personally raised money for a “social justice” group that wants to defund police and