In a California fundraiser hosted at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s home Tuesday in Sacramento, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz advocated for doing away with the Electoral College system, stating that “we need a national popular vote.” “I think all of us know the electoral college needs to go,” the Democratic vice presidential candidate said. “But that’s not
“We need to roll an orange this weekend,” I texted the group chat of reporters that pack their lives into a suitcase and embeds with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, traveling across the country with the Democratic vice presidential candidate. It’s a decades-old tradition stemming back to the days of late President Ronald Reagan. The press
The governor calls for a pause and an independent audit of automatic voter registration as the number of noncitizens mistakenly registered rises. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Oct. 7 ordered the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to halt transmission of Oregon Motor Voter data to the secretary of state after a review found another 302
She qualified her remark, saying the only thing she would’ve done differently was to have a Republican in her Cabinet. Vice President Kamala Harris initially said on Oct. 8 she would not have acted differently than President Joe Biden during the current administration. “There is not a thing that comes to mind in terms of—and
Vice President Kamala Harris is proposing an expansion of Medicare to cover the costs of an in-home aide for many seniors, a direct pitch to the “sandwich generation” of adults caring for aging parents in addition to their own children. The plan, dubbed “Medicare at Home,” focuses on having Medicare cover costs of home care
FBI Director Christopher Wray said the suspect was ’motivated by ISIS’ to commit an Election Day attack in United States. An Afghan national residing in Oklahoma was arrested on Oct. 7 for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack on Election Day on behalf of ISIS, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said. Oklahoma City resident Nasir Ahmad
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Elissa Slotkin repeated her call for an Israeli ceasefire during the Senate debate on Tuesday and criticized the “humanitarian disaster going on in Gaza.” While Slotkin said Israel has a “right to defend itself,” she said she was also concerned that the “United States [will] get back into a big land