Florida’s Machine Recount Is Almost Over. Here Comes the Really Messy Part.
Republican and Democratic protesters demonstrate outside the Supervisor of Elections office in Broward County, Florida, on November 9.Emilee Mcgovern/SOPA Images via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The machine recount currently underway in Florida is a cakewalk compared to what will unfold here in Broward County when the hand recount…
Trump Campaign Paid Millions to Trump Businesses During Midterms
Oliver Contreras/SIPA USA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign raised and spent an unprecedented sum of money during the midterm elections. But much of that cash wasn’t used to help endangered Republicans in Congress—it was used to help Donald Trump. Presidential campaigns don’t typically raise much—or any—money…
“I Don’t Have to Stop Being an Activist”
Rashida Tlaib speaks at a Muslim Get Out the Vote rally in Dearborn, Michigan, on July 29, 2018.Jim West/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Rashida Tlaib was nearly breathless. It was 1:30 on Tuesday afternoon, and the newly elected congresswoman told me that she’d been racing from one meeting to the…
This Is What Florida’s Election Recount Actually Looks Like
Employees of the Broward County Supervisor of Election count ballots on November 8.Carline Jean/Sun Sentinel/TNS via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. With Florida’s Senate and governor’s races on the line, all eyes are on the recount underway in Broward County, which has sparked a fierce clash of lawsuits and…
After Upset Win, Kathy Hoffman Will Be Arizona’s First Democratic Superintendent in Decades
Kathy Hoffman, a public school speech therapist, defeated former California congressman Frank Riggs to become Arizona superintendent of public education.Ross D. Franklin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While eyes across the country were stuck on the battle between Reps. Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally to be Arizona’s next senator, which…
We’re Officially in the Lawsuit Phase of the Florida Recount
Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and his Republican challenger, Florida Gov. Rick Scott. Miami Herald/TNS via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The lawsuit phase of the Florida election recount has officially begun. While the national focus remains on the recount effort, particularly in Broward County, legal challenges from candidates and…