Beyond evangelicals, Trump and his allies courted smaller faith groups, from the Amish to Chabad
Read full article: Beyond evangelicals, Trump and his allies courted smaller faith groups, from the Amish to ChabadDonald Trump’s lock on the white evangelical vote is legendary, but he didn't focus exclusively on large religious voter blocs.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Mississippi's judicial runoff elections
Read full article: AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Mississippi's judicial runoff electionsVoters in central Mississippi and the Delta and Gulf Coast areas will return to the polls Tuesday for a runoff election to resolve two state judicial races in which no candidate received the required vote majority in the Nov. 5 general election.
Brazilian police indict Bolsonaro for alleged attempted coup, threatening his political career
Read full article: Brazilian police indict Bolsonaro for alleged attempted coup, threatening his political careerPolice indicted Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people on Thursday for allegedly attempting a coup to keep the right-wing leader in office after his defeat in the 2022 elections.
JD Vance is leaving the Senate for the vice presidency. That's set off a scramble for his Ohio seat
Read full article: JD Vance is leaving the Senate for the vice presidency. That's set off a scramble for his Ohio seatJD Vance’s election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio’s U.S. Senate seats for the third time in as many years.
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Gaetz's withdrawal highlights how incoming presidents often lose Cabinet nominees
Read full article: Gaetz's withdrawal highlights how incoming presidents often lose Cabinet nomineesLosing a Cabinet nominee to the confirmation process isn’t unheard of for incoming presidents — including for Donald Trump when he was elected the first time.
Democrat Bob Casey concedes to Republican David McCormick in Pennsylvania Senate contest
Read full article: Democrat Bob Casey concedes to Republican David McCormick in Pennsylvania Senate contestDemocratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is conceding his reelection bid to Republican David McCormick.
North Carolina elections chief wants senator to take back comment about vote manipulation
Read full article: North Carolina elections chief wants senator to take back comment about vote manipulationThe North Carolina State Board of Elections’ top administrator wants a powerful legislator to retract a comment that he made suggesting this month’s results were being manipulated.
Trump has promised again to release the last JFK files. But experts say don’t expect big revelations
Read full article: Trump has promised again to release the last JFK files. But experts say don’t expect big revelationsThe nation is set to mark 61 years since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as his motorcade passed through downtown Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
Elon Musk's budget crusade could cause a constitutional clash in Trump's second term
Read full article: Elon Musk's budget crusade could cause a constitutional clash in Trump's second termDonald Trump has put Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in charge of finding ways to cut government spending and regulations.
Airline CEOs and Transportation Secretary Buttigieg fight over regulations even after election
Read full article: Airline CEOs and Transportation Secretary Buttigieg fight over regulations even after electionThe Biden administration is on its way out of power, but that's not ending the arguments between the administration and airlines that think they are being over-regulated.
New study shows voting for Native Americans is harder than ever
Read full article: New study shows voting for Native Americans is harder than everA study of access to polls during elections has found systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in turnout.
Trump-nominated judge says blanket pardons for Capitol rioters would be 'beyond frustrating'
Read full article: Trump-nominated judge says blanket pardons for Capitol rioters would be 'beyond frustrating'A federal judge who was nominated by Donald Trump says it would be “beyond frustrating and disappointing” if the president-elect hands out mass pardons to rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol after the 2020 election.
Donald Trump's latest branded venture is guitars that cost up to $10,000
Read full article: Donald Trump's latest branded venture is guitars that cost up to $10,000Following up the Bibles, sneakers, watches, photo books and cryptocurrency ventures launched during his third White House campaign, President-elect Donald Trump has apparently signed onto a line of guitars.
Lawmakers are concerned about background checks of Trump's Cabinet picks as red flags surface
Read full article: Lawmakers are concerned about background checks of Trump's Cabinet picks as red flags surfaceAs senators prepare to consider Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet, they’ll likely be doing so without the FBI background checks that are staples of the confirmation process.
Georgia election workers seek more penalties against Giuliani, saying he continues to defame them
Read full article: Georgia election workers seek more penalties against Giuliani, saying he continues to defame themTwo former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudy Giuliani have asked a judge to penalize him even more.
US gathers allies to talk AI safety as Trump's vow to undo Biden's AI policy overshadows their work
Read full article: US gathers allies to talk AI safety as Trump's vow to undo Biden's AI policy overshadows their workPresident-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal President Joe Biden’s signature artificial intelligence policy when he returns to the White House for a second term.
Trump's casting call as he builds out his administration: TV experience preferred
Read full article: Trump's casting call as he builds out his administration: TV experience preferredPresident-elect Donald Trump is clearly prizing experience on television as he chooses people to serve in his new administration.
California voters reject measure that would have raised minimum wage to nation-high $18 per hour
Read full article: California voters reject measure that would have raised minimum wage to nation-high $18 per hourCalifornia voters have rejected a measure on the November ballot that would have raised the minimum wage for most workers to $18 an hour.
Trump interviewing candidates for FBI chief, Vance says in later-deleted social media post
Read full article: Trump interviewing candidates for FBI chief, Vance says in later-deleted social media postPresident-elect Donald Trump is interviewing candidates for the role of FBI director in the clearest indication yet that the incoming administration is looking to replace Christopher Wray in the position.
Trump sets records with pace of appointments, but that doesn't mean the transition is going smoothly
Read full article: Trump sets records with pace of appointments, but that doesn't mean the transition is going smoothlyIn the two weeks since Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump has been setting records with the pace of appointments for his incoming administration.
A battle over mail ballots in Pennsylvania is latest example of messy disputes over election rules
Read full article: A battle over mail ballots in Pennsylvania is latest example of messy disputes over election rulesThe recount underway in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race marks the end of a chaotic post-election period that has become the latest example of how disputed election rules can expose weak points in a core function of American democracy.
Multiple election offices report receiving mailed ballots misdirected from other states
Read full article: Multiple election offices report receiving mailed ballots misdirected from other statesThe Associated Press has found numerous instances of completed mail ballots from around the country being sent to election offices in the wrong state.
Trump picks Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid, Linda McMahon for Education, Lutnick for Commerce
Read full article: Trump picks Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid, Linda McMahon for Education, Lutnick for CommercePresident-elect Donald Trump has tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Trump has promised to dismantle.
US recognizes Venezuela's opposition candidate as president-elect months after the disputed election
Read full article: US recognizes Venezuela's opposition candidate as president-elect months after the disputed electionThe U.S. government has recognized Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González as the “president-elect” of the South American country, months after President Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won the July election.
Italian Premier Meloni's coalition suffers setbacks in 2 regional elections
Read full article: Italian Premier Meloni's coalition suffers setbacks in 2 regional electionsItaly's Premier Giorgia Meloni suffered election setbacks in two regions as the opposition Democratic party won a tight race in the central Umbria region and deepened its control of the traditional left-leaning stronghold of Emilia-Romagna.
Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's sentencing of 45 activists. Beijing defends it
Read full article: Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's sentencing of 45 activists. Beijing defends itForty-five prominent activists in Hong Kong have been sentenced to up to 10 years in jail, sparking criticism from foreign governments and rights groups.
45 pro-democracy activists get 4 to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong's biggest national security case
Read full article: 45 pro-democracy activists get 4 to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong's biggest national security caseForty-five ex-lawmakers and activists have been sentenced to four to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.
'Kissing the ring?' MSNBC 'Morning Joe' hosts meet with Trump to reopen lines of communication
Read full article: 'Kissing the ring?' MSNBC 'Morning Joe' hosts meet with Trump to reopen lines of communicationIt was the last thing you might expect if you watched MSNBC's “Morning Joe” a month ago — hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski asking for a meeting and traveling to Mar-a-Lago to talk with President-elect Donald Trump.