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Anyone can go watch Donald Trump be sworn in as president on the National Mall, but a ticket is needed in order to get within about a half-mile of the action. The tickets are color-coded, and ticket holders are required to enter the Capitol grounds through the entry point designated for their color-coded section.
The American public remains deeply divided over Obamacare, but only 1 in 5 back a Republican plan first to repeal the law, then to come up with a replacement, according to a timely poll that says most people want Congress to have a firm alternative in hand before it pulls the plug on the existing system. The findings could boost President Obama and congressional Democrats, who have made defending the law their chief goal this year.
A group of people calling themselves "Hamilton Electors" got together after the election and started agitating for Trump's Presidential Electors not to vote for him, but to instead vote for Hillary Clinton. Simply writing that down explicitly illuminates how stupid that is - "Trump Electors" are chosen by the Republican Parties within the various states with the express purpose of voting for Trump - and asking them to support Hillary is madness.
The real story with Ellison is that, as with so many religious-nationalist Muslims in the West, his views dovetail much more logically with the extreme Right. In mid-November Minnesota congressman Keith Ellison announced he would run for chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee.
TRENTON -- Gov. Chris Christie is angling to be named chairman of the Republican National Committee, sources with knowledge of President-elect Donald Trump 's transition planning confirmed Thursday. If named, the governor would fill the seat to be left vacant by the group's current leader, Reince Priebus, who will become Trump's chief of staff.
Just a few short months ago, Housing and Urban Development Secretary JuliA n Castro appeared to stand a decent chance of becoming the next vice president. A few weeks ago, the San Antonio Democrat looked poised to assume another high-ranking executive role in a Hillary Clinton administration.
When Missourians went to the polls Nov. 8, they voted for Donald J. Trump and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to be their next president and vice president of the United States of America. After all, the Trump-Pence ticket won Missouri over Hillary Clinton and Sen. Tim Kaine, 56-37 percent, 1.585 million votes to 1.054 million.
Sen. Tim Kaine announced Thursday that he will not seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2020 and plans to run for re-election to his Senate seat in 2018. The 2016 Democratic vice presidential nominee and Virginia lawmaker made the revelation in an interview with the Associated Press on Thursday, which came out one day after he returned to the Senate.
Apparently, people are so frustrated and outraged by Trump's victory, they've begun contemplating some fairly radical strategies to thwart or stop him. In their most wildly optimistic moments, they even imagine forcing Trump from office, forcing him to resign the presidency and return to real estate or show business, or whatever the hell he was doing before he decided to enter politics.
NOVEMBER 09: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton concedes the presidential election at the New Yorker Hotel on November 9, 2016 in New York City. Republican candidate Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election in the early hours of the morning in a widely unforeseen upset.
There will not be a special election in 2017 for a Virginia seat in the U.S. Senate. Tim Kaine will continue to serve as Virginia's junior U.S. Senator.
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Va. Senator Tim Kaine returned to Richmond with his wife, Ann Holton, for one last campaign rally late Monday night, Nov. 8-Nov. 9, 2016.
Donald Trump, Jr. told CNN's New Day Tuesday that he thinks his father "will remain involved somewhat" if he loses the election. He said he hopes that the energy surrounding his father's campaign "goes back to the people we are trying to fight for, the people who haven't had a voice in a long time."
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine displayed a time-honored trait for a vice president - preparedness - showing up at his Richmond, Virginia, polling place 15 minutes early on Tuesday. Kaine told CNN's "New Day" that he "got to my polling place about a quarter until 6," and that "there was already a line" when he arrived.
Voters throughout the country will hit the polls today to select the next president and elect members of the U.S. House of Representatives and local government. Five choices are at the top of the ticket today.
How to make sense of what's happening as polls close on election night In the race for president of the United States, everyone's vote counts. But some count more than others.
Virginia is getting attention from both major parties during the final days of the presidential campaign. Republican Donald Trump urged a crowd in Leesburg Sunday night to show up at the polls Tuesday and bring their friends.
Vice President Joe Biden will give his hopeful successor, Sen. Tim Kaine, a boost Monday evening, joining him at one of his final campaign rallies at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. "I've only known one vice president and it's Joe Biden, and I just think he is a great role model because I have talked to him about the role.
In this Nov. 4, 2016, photo, voters wait in line to cast ballots at an early polling site in San Antonio. Your parents were right: Math really does matter.