news2shortsLawmakers, activists and union leaders across the US remember the co-founder of United Farm Workers union Following the news that Dolores Huerta – the civil rights icon who popularized the rallying cry “Sí, se puede! – had died at the age of 96 on Wednesday, activists, lawmakers and civil rights leaders paid tribute to Hureta’s … Read more
Pete Hoekstra, controversial US ambassador to Canada, has also accused Canadian officials of interfering in US elections The US ambassador Pete Hoekstra has suggested Canada could be blamed if Republicans perform poorly in next week’s midterm elections, the latest intervention from a controversial figure who has been accused of inflaming a bitter dispute that has … Read more
NBC News chief data analyst Steve Kornacki breaks down which Ohio counties Sherrod Brown (D) or Sen. Jon Husted (R) would need to win to secure the Senate seat. NBC News correspondents Garrett Haake and Aaron Gilchrist report from battleground states ahead of Election Day, and NBC News national politics reporter Allan Smith discusses inflammatory … Read more
Arizona’s Senate president took aim at viral comments about the future of golf from the state’s Democratic attorney general as their battle to be the state’s top law enforcement officer entered its final stretch before next week’s midterm elections. A remark about potentially restricting golf courses and the Grand Canyon State having “too much grass” … Read more
Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the latest moves from the Department of Justice ahead of the midterms, including an attempt to potentially block Alaska’s Senate election results and efforts to segregate thousands of mail-in ballots in California.
US central bank last month raised rates for first time since 2023, in move that infuriated Donald Trump The US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday during its last board meeting before the midterm elections, keeping rates at one of the highest pre-election levels seen in over 20 years. Two out of 12 … Read more
James O’Keefe and Cam Higby were trying to show vulnerabilities in allowing a voter to vouch for another Two rightwing influencers have been charged with felonies in Minneapolis over attempts in the state’s election primary to disguise themselves in what they called “Muslim garb” and claim they were local voters. James O’Keefe and Cam Higby … Read more
The Department of Justice faces an uphill legal battle in Alaska, where it is trying to convince a federal court that confusion between two Senate candidates with nearly identical names could be enough to delay certification of the election results. Roughly two weeks before Election Day on Oct. 22, the DOJ filed a federal lawsuit … Read more
Effort to loosen rules on unproven peptide drugs, favored by RFK Jr, faced fierce pushback from agency scientists A plan to give people in the United States easier access to unproven peptide drugs favored by the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, was opposed by most Food and Drug Administration scientific staff members, who … Read more
Circumstances are ripe for change in this onetime Republican stronghold given the current dissatisfaction with Trump agenda, experts say Donald Trump has repeatedly asked voters to pretend that he is on the ballot in November’s crucial midterm elections. And in the comfortable confines of Arizona’s most affluent and fiercely contested congressional district, Trump is definitely … Read more
