Exit Poll Shows Conservatives and Brexit Winning By Large Margin
Rob Pinney/London News Pictures via ZUMA The exit poll for the British election has just been released. Here’s the projection: Conservatives: 368 Labour: 191 SNP: 55 Lib Dems: 13 Other: 26 If the exit poll is accurate, the Conservatives won 56 percent of the seats in Parliament, a considerable increase over their current position. This…
Polls Just Closed in Britain’s Election. It’s Looking Good for Boris and Brexit.
Alberto Pezzali/AP Balloting has closed in Britain’s parliamentary election, and results from the country’s exit poll consortium indicate that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has won a wide majority of seats in Parliament, enabling him to plow forward with a plan to officially exit the European Union by the end of January 2020. While…
Federal Judge Grants Citizenship to American Samoans
The flag of American Samoa.sezer ozger/iStock Getty Images A Utah federal judge on Thursday ruled that people born in the US territory of American Samoa are entitled to US citizenship. American Samoans were the only group of people excluded from birthright citizenship—the principle under which those born in the United States automatically become American citizens.…
It’s Still Joe Biden’s Race to Lose
My brain seems empty today, so here’s a look at the current Democratic primary race polling as aggregated by RealClear Politics: Biden and Sanders continue to be rock steady. The Warren boom is over, and she’s now tied with Sanders at around 15 percent. The Buttigieg boomlet also appears to have lost steam, though he’s…
Watch Veronica Escobar Make the Case for Impeaching Trump
Tom Williams/Zuma While the House Judiciary Committee debated the articles of impeachment drawn up against President Donald Trump, Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) used a simple analogy to make the case that the president had committed a crime. “If a community suffers a natural disaster, and the governor of the state has aid that will help…
Former Trump-Bashers and Mike Pence’s Nephew: Meet Trump’s Latino Outreach Team
Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Latinos for Trump kickoff rally on June 25 in Miami. Brynn Anderson/AP When the Trump reelection campaign kicked off its “Latinos for Trump” outreach effort in Miami this summer, it didn’t have the benefit of any Latino Cabinet members who might appeal to the large number of Spanish-speaking…