Nancy Pelosi Just Quashed a Rebellion. But the Plotters Aren’t Done Yet.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks to media on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018.Carolyn Kaster)/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. There were few surprises when House Democrats chose their next slate of leaders in a closed-door session on Wednesday afternoon. Both Steny Hoyer (Md.), who has long held the number…
House Democrats Just Snubbed the First Black Woman Who Would Have Held Key Leadership Post
Rep. Barbara Lee heads to a forum for freshmen Democrats at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Congressional Progressive Caucus lobbied hard for Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.) to serve as Democratic Caucus Chair and become the first black woman to serve…
Stacey Abrams’ Allies Sue Georgia, Alleging an Unconstitutional Election System
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks to her supporters during her election night watch party in Atlanta, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Allies of Stacey Abrams, the Democrat who came up just short in Georgia’s gubernatorial election this month, sued the…
Mississippi’s Absentee Ballot Deadline Is Nearly Impossible for Many Voters to Meet
Democrat Mike Espy and Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith debate last week ahead of Tuesday’s runoff.Rogelio V. Solis/ AP Pool, File Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A day before Mississippi’s runoff election for US Senate on Tuesday, a national civil rights group sued the state’s governor and top election officials over stringent…
Major League Baseball Wants Cindy Hyde-Smith to Return its $5,000 Donation
Cindy Hyde-Smith campaigns in Mississippi before the runoff election.Zach Roberts/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Almost two weeks after Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said that if she were invited to a public hanging she would be “in the front row,” Major League Baseball PAC donated $5,000, the legal maximum, to her campaign. Now…
Cindy Hyde-Smith Attended an All-White “Segregation Academy”
Sarah Warnock/The Clarion-Ledger/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Republican candidate in the Mississippi Senate race attended an all-white “segregation academy” in the 1970s. On Friday, the Jackson Free Press reported that Cindy Hyde-Smith, who recently came under fire for making a joke about lynching and another one about voter…