Eric Holder Sure Sounds Like He’s Running for President
Former Attorney General Eric Holder became the latest in a long line of Democrats to visit Iowa on Tuesday, giving a speech in Des Moines that increased speculation about a presidential bid. Since stepping down as the country’s first African American attorney general, Holder has chaired the National Democratic Redistricting Trust, which focuses on combatting…
Watch Stacey Abrams Star in a Super Bowl Ad
Abrams in 2018.John Amis/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Stacey Abrams, the former Democratic legislative leader who ran a spirited campaign to be Georgia’s governor in 2018, features in a television ad set to run in the state on Super Bowl Sunday. The ad boosts Fair Fight, Abrams’s initiative to…
Republicans Could Block a New Election in Contested North Carolina House Race
Republican candidate Mark Harris speaks to the media during a news conference in Matthews, North Carolina. Chuck Burton/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. There’s still one empty seat in the House of Representatives because of serious accusations of election fraud. And now Republicans might block the process to call for…
Mitch McConnell Admits That Republicans Lose When More People Vote
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democrats have long accused Republicans of restricting access to the ballot because Republicans are likelier to win when fewer people vote. On Wednesday, the GOP leader in the Senate appeared…
To Fight Democrats’ First Bill, GOP Calls in Discredited Advocates of Voter Suppression
Demonstrators protest the second meeting of President Donald Trump’s election integrity commission on September 12, 2017, in Manchester, New Hampshire.Holly Ramer/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. With the House of Representatives set to debate its first legislation of the new session on Tuesday, Republicans are calling in two “expert witnesses” to…
A Federal Court Just Blocked Wisconsin Republicans’ Attacks on Early Voting
Opponents of an extraordinary session bill submitted by Wisconsin Republicans gather for a rally outside the state capitol in Madison, Wisconsin on December 3, 2018. John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. During a lame-duck session in December, Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled state Legislature sparked protests and outrage when it passed…