The hearing, which had been scheduled for Wednesday but was postponed until next week, would feature former top Trump administration legal officials who stood up to the former president’s pressure. Former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue are expected...
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Election officials worry about their safety ahead of midterms π₯π₯π₯
But there was a striking change from pre-2020 briefings: It touched on violent threats to election officials that stem from conspiracy theories about the voting process. Physical security concerns have “really ramped up since 2020 because of threats that we’ve seen to state and local...
Live updates: South Carolina and Nevada primary election results π₯π₯π₯
Democrat Dan Sanchez has conceded to Republican Mayra Flores in the special election for Texas’ 34th Congressional District. Democrat Dan Sanchez has conceded the special election for Texas’ 34th Congressional District to Republican Mayra Flores. A Flores win would give Republicans an additional seat in the...
What we know about what happened in the White House the night of the 2020 election π₯π₯π₯
Conservative Republican election attorney Ben Ginsberg CNN Conservative Republican election attorney Ben Ginsberg said there was “never” an instance in which a court found that Trump’s campaign’s fraud claims were credible. “There was never that instance. In all the the cases that were brought in β and I...
What we know about what happened in the White House the night of the 2020 election π₯π₯π₯
Conservative Republican election attorney Ben Ginsberg CNN Conservative Republican election attorney Ben Ginsberg said there was “never” an instance in which a court found that Trump’s campaign’s fraud claims were credible. “There was never that instance. In all the the cases that were brought in β and I...
Live primary election results: California, Iowa and New Jersey updates π₯π₯π₯
Rising concerns about crime and homelessness burst to the forefront Tuesday as San Francisco voters recalled District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a progressive who had ended cash bail and sought to reduce the number of people sent to prison. In the Los Angeles mayor’s race, where public safety concerns...
Live primary election results: California, New Jersey and Iowa updates π₯π₯π₯
Progressives didnβt invest much in the New Jersey House primaries, but that didnβt mean they werenβt paying attention to Tuesday nightβs results. Results from the 10th Congressional District, where Imani Oakley, the former New Jersey Working Families legislative director, challenged Rep. Donald Payne Jr., were...
Analysis: Donald Trump’s 2016 election conspiracy theory just took a big hit π₯π₯π₯
The probe into whether Russia sought to influence the 2016 election (it did) and whether it colluded with the Trump campaign to do so was regularly described by the former President as “the single greatest Witch Hunt in American history.” The real story, according to...
Colombia’s presidential election: A rattled country looks left, but will voters make historic pivot? π₯π₯π₯
On Sunday, a 39-million strong electorate were eligible to cast their ballots in the first round of voting. If none of the candidates win by an absolute majority, it will go to a runoff vote, slated for June 19. Here’s what you need to know...
Live updates: Georgia and Alabama election results 2022 π₯π₯π₯
Republican voters in Georgia on Tuesday showed there are limits to how seriously the party will entertain former President Donald Trump’s grievances. Election deniers endorsed by Trump were trounced in a series of primaries against Republican officials who had rejected the former President lies about the 2020 election being...