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President-elect Donald Trump has laid out an ambitious agenda that he has promised will go into effect on Jan. 20, the day he will be sworn into office for his second term.
President-elect Donald Trump’s recipe for victory in Tuesday’s election was built on his ability to improve his support from 2020 with several different demographic groups, exit polls show.
Now that former President Trump has been reelected for a second, nonconsecutive term, many may have wondered if he can run again in 2028.
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Did President Trump really post a meme saying "I have all the cards" in which he is holding a hand of Uno cards, a game in which the goal is to get rid of your cards as quickly as possible?...
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Did Donald Trump post an image of himself helping Lady Liberty give birth to a mini-Trump wrapped in an American flag? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Trump posted the image on his Truth Social account. The...
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Did President Donald Trump warn Jimmy Kimmel and others in a social media post that "I had James Comey arrested"? No, that's not true: The supposed post does not appear on the president's official Truth Social account, and there are...
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The leading GOP candidate in the primary race to replace retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has now received the presidential stamp of approval. Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) entered the race to fill the outgoing senator’s seat last April. President Trump lauded Barr as an “100% solid American Patriot” in a lengthy Truth Social post on…
Nevada's working class Latino voters were among the most coveted prizes of 2024. Two years later, they're souring on Trump and skeptical of Democrats — and strategists on both sides fear they'll stay home.
Politico
The legislature will redistrict Memphis, carving the city into multiple safe-Republican seats, at the behest of President Donald Trump.
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Republican governors in Alabama and Tennessee announced special legislative sessions next week to draw new congressional maps – becoming the latest states to act following the Supreme Court’s further weakening of the Voting Rights Act.
Thousands of Trump-loving seniors packed a school gymnasium to see the president in Florida, while hundreds protested nearby.
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President Donald Trump sought to reshape the Kentucky Senate race on Friday to fill the seat of Sen. Mitch McConnell, delivering an endorsement of Rep. Andy Barr moments after offering a rival candidate an ambassadorship as an enticement to leave the race.
President Donald Trump moved Friday to thin the Republican field running for Senate in Kentucky, endorsing Rep.
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President Donald Trump entered the fray of another Republican primary Friday by endorsing Kentucky congressman Andy Barr for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell, the former longtime Senate GOP leader. “I know Andy well, and he is always a Vote we can count on because he knows what it takes to GET THINGS DONE,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform. Barr is facing former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron in the May 19 Republican primary, and would have faced entrepreneur Nate Morris.
Trump turned a microphone malfunction into a comic riff at The Villages in Florida, joking that he was screaming his "a-- off" over the bad mic.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker may be a billionaire, but should the Democrat run for president in 2028, he may for the first time accept fundraising dollars, NBC News has learned
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The Republican governors of Alabama and Tennessee on Friday called for their state legislators to convene for special sessions to consider new congressional maps after a major Supreme Court decision on race and redistricting this week
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A liberal USA Today columnist penned a scathing piece urging Democrats not to support former Vice President Kamala Harris as she mulls a 2028 run for the White House.
Democrat Tina Shah, running to unseat Rep. Tom Kean Jr. in a key New Jersey swing district, said transgender healthcare for children is a "no-brainer."
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is pulling out of upcoming Democratic primary debates after Gov. Janet Mills (D), his main party rival for the seat held by Republican Sen. Susan Collins, suspended her bid this week. Platner, a progressive political outsider and oyster farmer, had been expected to face off in several upcoming debates with…
Ron DeSantis has two plausible paths ahead: a job in Trump’s Washington or positioning himself for a Republican Party after Trump.
Former President Biden dropped his first endorsement of the 2026 midterm cycle Friday morning, backing former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms in the Georgia governor’s race. Bottoms made a surprise decision not to run for reelection as mayor in 2021 and then joined the Biden administration as a special adviser. “As mayor of Atlanta, Keisha…
Former President Joe Biden has endorsed Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms in the Georgia gubernatorial race. Bottoms worked in his administration.
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Minnesota Republican Kristin Robbins drops out of the governor's race, saying the math changed after Sen. Amy Klobuchar became the Democratic pick.
Former President Joe Biden on Friday backed former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms' campaign for governor in Georgia, his first endorsement since leaving office last year."I've known her for a long time, and she's something special," Biden said in a video backing the former mayor, who served as a senior adviser in the Biden administration
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Democrat Bobby Pulido faces backlash for claiming immigration enforcement is racially motivated, with critics saying he smeared Border Patrol agents.
President Donald Trump has had a net-negative approval rating for about a year. As midterms draw closer, Republicans hope to keep control of Congress.
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[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Join us today at 9 a.m. ET at TheHill.com as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] President Trump has never been this unpopular. And it’s not even close. His two lowest points from his first term…
California's 48th District flipped from Republican stronghold to Democratic-leaning territory after redistricting, setting up a race that could determine control of Congress and challenge President Trump.
Los Angeles Times
Incumbent Rob Bonta faces challengers, including Republican Michael Gates, after Democrats cleared the path in the California Attorney General race.
Los Angeles Times
Democrat Shirley Weber, the incumbent, faces Republican Don Wagner in the race for California secretary of state. Here is your election guide.
Los Angeles Times
California Congressional District 45 race: Democrat Derek Tran, who won by just over 600 votes in 2024, faces five Republican challengers to represent this Orange County district.
Los Angeles Times
Vice President JD Vance and Sen. Ted Cruz make stops in Iowa this week, fueling 2028 presidential speculation ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
CHICAGO — Independent would-be candidates for a Southwest Side congressional seat are uniting against two targets as they look ahead to November, one a familiar enemy, the other much less so. President Donald Trump must be beaten, each independent in Illinois’ 4th Congressional District said Wednesday during the campaign’s first town hall. And the five hopefuls, many Democrats themselves, ...
Republican-led states are eying changes to boost the GOP’s gerrymandering effort at the expense of voters of color
Democrats are coalescing around progressive political outsider Graham Platner and his bid to oust incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine after primary rival Gov. Janet Mills ended her struggling bid Thursday. Mills, who is term limited as governor, jumped into the race late last year as one of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.)…
