A plurality of Democrats—41 percent—say they would vote for Harris in four years if she runs for president again. Despite losing the 2024 Electoral College and popular vote to President-elect Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris ranked the highest among potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates in a Nov. 20 survey. The poll released by Puck
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a nearly $200,000 contract with Irish consulting firm Accenture ahead of President-elect Trump returning to the White House.
Washington — Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, a Delaware Democrat who is set to become the first transgender member of Congress, characterized a GOP effort to restrict bathroom use as an attempt “to get headlines.” “Everything was fine until some members of the small Republican conference majority decided to get headlines and to manufacture a crisis,” McBride told
Lawmakers move to limit powers of the governor, attorney general, and schools superintendent. Legislation that would weaken the powers of North Carolina’s incoming governor and other Democrat officials cleared both chambers of the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature this week. In addition to relief funding for Hurricane Helene survivors, the 131-page bill includes new limits on the
Advisers to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are weighing a significant rewrite to the Food and Drug Administration’s rules governing food additives, to fulfill Kennedy and President-elect Donald Trump’s “Make America Healthy Again” pledge to get toxic chemicals out of the food supply. The proposed crackdown, which is still in its early stages and will need
Ottawa’s plan to engage with the next U.S. administration moved forward this week with Foreign Affairs Minster Mélanie Joly meeting with Republican politicians while visiting Washington. At the end of her visit, Joly said she had met with “many” senators, with the main topics discussed including the countries’ trade relationship, shared border, and Arctic foreign
The center-left New Democrat Coalition (NDC) voted on Nov. 20 to elect Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) as chair to lead the effort to push for the moderate policies the House caucus promotes in the 119th Congress. Previous NDC Chair Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) praised Schneider as a practical, commonsense leader “needed more than ever.” Under