Democratic hopes are rising that they could spring an upset in Florida this November, despite the Sunshine State having turned a deeper shade of red in recent years.
Those hopes were given a major boost Monday by two seemingly contrasting court decisions on abortion.
On one hand, the Florida Supreme Court upheld an existing 15-week ban on terminating a pregnancy. On the other, the court allowed — by a much narrower majority — a ballot measure to go ahead in November ...
Month: April 2024
Trump endorses Eric Hovde in Wisconsin Senate race
Former President Trump endorsed Republican Eric Hovde on Tuesday in the Wisconsin Senate race to unseat Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.).
"I met Eric, and I've studied Eric and I — because we have to get it right and running against some very fine people, really. But I've looked it out, and they're going to have other opportunities. Eric, I am giving you my complete and total endorsement," Trump said during a rally in Green Bay, Wis.
“So go out and win. Go out ...
Biden faces lawsuit over menthol ban delay
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It’s too easy to get the wrong idea about rural rage
“White Rural Rage” is a book version of a clickbait article written by two people who don’t seem to engage with rural Americans regularly and who used other people’s data to come up with their conclusions about why rural Americans lean right. I am not an academic or journalist, like the two authors, but I am the only Democrat at the state level or higher among 32 counties in Northwest Iowa and someone who ran for Congress in 2018 in a district Trump won by 27 points in 2016 and...
Morning Report — Biden, Netanyahu at new crossroads
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Trump’s Truth Social posts give him a megaphone and Dems an opening
Truth Social has become an integral part of former President Trump’s ability to communicate with his supporters, giving him an advantage because of the media’s coverage of his steady drumbeat of political missives.
Trump’s posts put his rivals on their heels, as was the case during the Republican primaries, when he trounced all of his opponents.
But there are questions about whether posts on the platform he launched command the same kind of megaphone h...