A House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing devolved into chaos Thursday as a North Carolina lawmaker demanded Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephen Descano “be quiet” while the prosecutor was reamed out over cases including the alleged rape of a 4-year-old girl by an illegal Guatemalan national. Descano and Sheriff Stacey Ann Kincaid, a fellow Democrat accused of … Read more
New map reshapes representative Steve Cohen’s majority-Black Memphis district and gives Republicans an advantage Democratic representative Steve Cohen of Tennessee on Friday announced that he is ending his bid for re-election, his career upended by the redistricting battles that are sweeping the country after last month’s supreme court decision. Republicans in Tennessee this month enacted … Read more
Prosecutors have described fatal shooting outside of DC’s Capital Jewish Museum last year as calculated and planned The US justice department will seek the death penalty for the man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum, prosecutors said in a court filing on Friday. Elias … Read more
Canada’s Intact Financial Corp is said to be exploring offer, as London-listed Tate & Lyle attracts US suitor Shares in Hiscox surged to record highs on Friday as it became the latest UK takeover target after a flurry of overseas bids for British businesses this week. Canada’s Intact Financial Corp, which provides property and casualty … Read more
Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee announced on Friday that he signed a document requesting not to be included on the ballot in Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District. The congressman described the district determined by “new lines” as “nothing like the 9th district that I’ve represented.” The Democratic primary in the district is scheduled to take … Read more
Progressive journalist Austin Ahlman announced he is running for Congress in Nebraska’s first congressional district as a nonpartisan independent on Thursday, challenging incumbent Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., and Democratic nominee Chris Backemeyer. Ahlman, a journalist for the progressive left-wing outlet The Intercept, entered the fray Thursday, two days after his opponents advanced in their respective … Read more
Mississippi politicians are threatening to redraw the district of Bennie Thompson, the state’s lone Democrat in Congress The supreme court decision that effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act (VRA) “was red meat to the Republican legislators of the south” the US House representative Bennie Thompson said. Conservative lawmakers in Mississippi, where Thompson is both the … Read more
President Barack Obama has been at the center of Democrats’ biggest political fights, from redistricting fights to last year’s gubernatorial races, while former President Joe Biden — despite winning more votes than any presidential candidate in history — has remained largely absent from many of the party’s biggest political battles since leaving office. “We went … Read more
With the primary election less than three weeks away, the gubernatorial and mayoral races have taken a fiery turn Sparring on the debate stage, well-timed statements addressing the slightest misstep by an opponent and countless social media jabs: election season is heating up in California’s major primaries. With the primary election less than three weeks … Read more
Pennsylvania’s third district, a Democratic bastion, will see a face-off between party’s traditional wing and insurgents Democrats have been consumed for the better part of two years by the same question: what went wrong in 2024? Next week, voters in the country’s bluest district will render a verdict when they choose a candidate for the … Read more
