Harris Campaign’s Multimillion-Dollar Debt Raises Tension With DNC Leadership

Democratic National Committee leaders are frustrated over the prospect of facing a multimillion-dollar debt from Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, Axios reported Wednesday. DNC chairman Jaime Harrison privately criticized the Harris campaign’s spending and expressed concerns about the scale of its debt, sources told Axios. While the campaign raised just over $1 billion in contributions, the

The Guardian to stop posting on X, calling it “a toxic media platform”

The Guardian will no longer post its content under its official account on X, the British newspaper announced on Wednesday. The Guardian stated the move had been under consideration for a while, “given the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism.” The media outlet added that the

The megadonors who fueled Trump and the GOP and what’s behind their giving

More than $20 billion flooded into the 2024 presidential campaign, shattering the record for political spending in a single election. In an accelerating trend in American politics, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and their allies raised colossal sums of money from billionaires.  A majority of these megadonors were Republicans, according to Open Secrets, the nonpartisan watchdog

John Thune Wins Race To Replace ‘Apex Predator’ McConnell as Senate GOP Leader

Thune, who has represented South Dakota in the upper chamber since 2005, bested Texas’s John Cornyn and Florida’s Rick Scott John Thune, Mitch McConnell (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Longtime Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell officially has a replacement: South Dakota’s John Thune, who bested Texas’s John Cornyn and Florida’s Rick Scott in the race to succeed

What to know about Sen. John Thune, the new Republican leader in the Senate

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

Texas Woman Jailed for Defying COVID-19 Lockdown Wins State House Seat

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

Los Angeles Mayor Pushes for Official Sanctuary City Status Before Trump Assumes Office

‘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