Duncan Hunter, Facing a Federal Indictment, Wins Reelection Bid
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) walks out of the San Diego Federal Courthouse after an arraignment hearing on Thursday, August 23, 2018. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Rep. Duncan Hunter, Jr. (R-Calif.), a five-term incumbent facing a 60-count federal indictment for a laundry list of campaign finance violations,…
Obamacare Just Won a Huge Election Victory
SMG/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While health care policy played a prominent role in the final month of House and Senate campaigns, voters in a number of states had the chance on Tuesday to vote on the issue directly. That’s because four states featured ballot initiatives to decide the…
Beto O’Rourke Just Took the High Road in a Moving Concession Speech in El Paso
YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After narrowly losing to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) Tuesday night in one of the country’s most closely watched Senate races, Democratic darling Beto O’Rourke gave a moving concession speech in El Paso, promising to work with “anyone, anytime, anywhere” to continue to be there…
House Dems Already Have Their List of Trump Scandals to Investigate. Here It Is.
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here comes the flood. With the Democrats having won control of the House of Representatives, President Donald Trump and his crew in the White House and assorted federal agencies can expect to be hit by a wave of investigations and subpoena requests from…
Here’s What It’s Like When You Can’t Vote in an Election
People gather around the Ben & Jerry’s “Yes on 4” truck to learn about Amendment 4 in Miami, Florida. Wilfredo Lee/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On election day, Susanne Manning plans to wake up early and head to the polls—but not to vote. Manning, 57, can’t cast a ballot because…
Is This “Intensely Political Judge” Holding Off on a Major Obamacare Case to Help Republicans in the Midterms?
Michael Lummus talks to the media about his reliance on the Affordable Care Act outside a courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas.Max Faulkner/Star-Telegram via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Six months ago, Republican state attorneys general and governors from 20 states filed a lawsuit in Texas arguing that the entirety…