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Some Republicans are bemoaning a lack of geographic diversity in the first four Cabinet picks announced by Gov.-elect Tony Evers. All four of his selections announced Wednesday are from Milwaukee.
Perhaps the most striking takeaway from a pair of new reports released by the Senate Intelligence Committee is the consistency and persistence with which Russian trolls sought to depress the black vote in the 2016 election. That workers for the Internet Research Agency-a "troll farm" with close ties to the Kremlin-targeted African Americans has been clear for more than a year, emerging in a series of reports in fall 2017, and then receiving new attention in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's February 2018 indictment of the IRA and several associated individuals.
A longtime Harvard University dean will return to the stand Wednesday in Boston federal court to defend the school's admission process against allegations that it discriminates against Asian Americans - in a case that could change affirmative action policies across the country. The Ivy League school was sued in 2014 by the group Students for Fair Admissions, which claims that Asian American applicants - who, despite top-notch academic records, had the lowest admission rate among any race.
North Carolina voters are once again dealing with changes to how the state runs its elections. At a time when early voting is becoming increasingly popular nationwide, a new law passed by the Republican-controlled legislature will result in nearly 20 percent fewer places to cast votes before Election Day.
When Professor Anita Hill courageously testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991, I was ten years old. Though I could not possibly comprehend all of the political implications of this moment, what I knew was that Professor Hill looked like my mother, and, like Professor Hill, my mother had all kinds of stories about being sexually harassed in the workplace.
Several polls out this week weren't good news for Sen. Bob Menendez. One even showed him neck and neck with Republican Bob Hugin -- a startling turn of events in the year of an expected blue wave across the country.
Sitting on the wooden pews of a small white brick church on a hot Wednesday afternoon in central Georgia, a group of residents gathered to chat about the upcoming governor's race and the issues concerning them in their community, from economic development to health care to infrastructure. A particular topic of interest was a strategy for voter turnout - and how to fight the barriers to it - in what could be a pivotal midterm election.
The U.S. Supreme Court begins its 2018-19 term in the aftermath of the pitched partisan battle over the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. Perhaps not in 80 years, since the 1937 fight over Franklin Roosevelt's so-called "court packing plan," has animosity among the three co-equal branches of government reached such heights.
Sixteen-hundred men took out a full-page ad in The New York Times on Wednesday to voice their support for Christine Blasey Ford in a powerful show of force that mirrors a 1991 ad supporting Anita Hill. "We are 1,600 men who now stand behind Professor Anita Hill, as well as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, because we believe them," the ad reads.
After two rousing hymns, an array of announcements, and special wishes for the sick and shut-ins, Pastor Sidney Williams Jr. on Sunday asked visitors to Bethel AME Church in Morristown to stand an introduce themselves to the congregation. The Democrat from Montclair, who is running against Republican state Assemblyman Jay Webber of Morris Plains for the seat held by retiring Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen , joined in the ritual greeting of the service, moving through the crowd, shaking hands and receiving hugs.
Republican Ron DeSantis and Democrat Andrew Gillum have different ideas on what they'd do as governor to improve education in Florida. One thing they agree on is that teachers should have higher pay.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Chris McDaniel was booed by a live MSNBC audience on Friday after he said African-American from his home state of Mississippi should stop "begging for federal government scraps." McDaniel and other Senate candidates were interviewed on the "Morning Joe" show during its live broadcast at the University of Mississippi.
Fueling speculation about his White House ambitions, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker will headline a Democratic fundraiser in South Carolina, which hosts the South's first presidential primary. The Orangeburg County Democratic Party told The Associated Press that Booker is scheduled to attend its annual fundraising gala Oct. 18. That will put him in front of more than 1,000 South Carolina Democrats, including many of the state's most prominent black leaders and activists.
A black former police chief backed by the Trump administration won the Republican nomination Tuesday in New Hampshire's toss-up congressional district, while Democrats picked experienced, establishment-backed nominees for both that seat and for governor. Eddie Edwards, who was endorsed by Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, defeated six Republican opponents in the 1st Congressional District, which covers the eastern half of the state.
Florida Republican governor candidate in ANOTHER race row over speeches at event whose organizer says black Americans owe their freedom to whites Horowitz has a list of racially charged comments in his past, including a tweet that read: 'the country's only serious race war against whites' DeSantis is in a tough fight with Andrew Gillum, who would become the state's first African American governor if he wins in November Republican candidate Ron DeSantis has resigned his seat in Congress as he faces yet another race row in his quest to be the next governor of Florida .
A black former police chief backed by the Trump administration won the Republican nomination Tuesday in New Hampshire's toss-up congressional district, while Democrats picked experienced, establishment-backed nominees for both that seat and for governor. Eddie Edwards, who was endorsed by Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, defeated six Republican opponents in the 1st Congressional District, which covers the eastern half of the state.
The late Senator John McCain would have been the first person to admit that his decades-long record was not perfect. But over the course of his long career, McCain earned a reputation as a tough politician with a strong moral compass.
Kiana Maria Sears, middle, a Democrat who is running for the Arizona Corporation Commission, poses for a photo with Aleatheia Mason, left, and Betty Smith, right, during an African-American candidates forum Wednesday, Aug. ... . Democrat candidate for Arizona Corporation Commission Kiana Maria Sears, right, speaks to a voter at a African-American candidates forum Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, in Phoenix.