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In the 2022 midterm elections, New York Democrats suffered what can generously be described as a disappointing night, as the Empire State delivered four seats in the House of Representatives to Republicans. In 2024, the control of the…

We have heard much about the puzzle that US economic performance under President Joe Biden has been much stronger than voters perceive it to be.  But the current episode is just one instance of a bigger historical puzzle:  the US economy…

Under President Joe Biden, the US economy has performed much better than virtually anyone predicted. And yet voters seem not to realize it – an apparent puzzle that has been much discussed lately.In fact, this disconnect between popular…

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain’s…

(JTA) — Donald Trump said that any Jew who votes for Democrats “hates their religion”, an escalation of his anger at a community that continues to vote overwhelmingly for his opponents, and shows little sign of changing…

By JILL COLVIN (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday charged that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel” and hate “their religion,” igniting a firestorm of criticism from the White House and Jewish…

Voters in eight wards are electing Democratic Town Committee co-chairs in an election pitting union-backed party organizers against challengers.…

AUGUSTA, Maine — Research on waiting period laws like the 72-hour mandate that Democratic lawmakers have proposed after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting on record has shown they can reduce gun suicides and homicides.But the…

Colorado Democrats are eying a large portion of the state’s $1.8 billion-plus surplus this year to provide child tax credits targeted to help lower-income families — along with another slice devoted to helping people working in health-…

Image credit: Claire Scully As Americans head to the polls this year, a growing number of voters are disgruntled by national politics and their elected officials. Survey after survey has found that Americans are increasingly…

Colorado Republicans repeatedly invoked Gov. Jared Polis’ support Monday in a legislative effort that was all but doomed from the start: a cut to the state income tax. Their bill, proposing to reduce the state income tax rate from 4.4%…

Washington, DC – The deal seemed all but dead on arrival. Less than a day after leaders in the United States Senate unveiled a bipartisan immigration deal, members of the Republican Party had organised against it, all but dooming its…

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Chad Clifford, a lobbyist and police officer, was selected by a Democratic vacancy committee Wednesday night to represent Greenwood Village and nearby Arapahoe County in the Colorado House this year, replacing a first-term legislator who…

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL, Dec. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (December 13, 2023) – A new poll by The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports found that nearly half of likely voters (47%) believe former President…

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz joins Mehdi Hasan to discuss the Covid relief plan pitched by 10 GOP Senators, and why it's too meager to actually help hurting Americans.