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McConnell reelected GOP Senate leader as Trump makes 2024 announcement
The balance of power in the House has yet to be decided and there’s a Senate runoff Dec. 6 in Georgia. But Republicans in the House, Senate and Mar-a-Lago have their eyes fixed on a whole different set of elections. First, former President Donald Trump is starting his 2024 presidential run, bringing back his Make… -
FTX catastrophe could be turning point for cryptocurrency regulation
The collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is unprecedented, and in some ways, unbelievable. As the firm seeks bankruptcy protection, at least $1 billion in customer funds is missing, according to a Reuters report. A bankruptcy court filing revealed debtors have been in contact with the U.S. attorney’s office, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures… -
Cotton demands answers on TikTok’s H-1B visas
TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance is using H-1B guest worker visas to get some of its employees into the United States. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has expressed concerns about who those employees are and whether they could help the Chinese Communist Party access sensitive user information. “This threatens the safety and security of American citizens,… -
Border Patrol Union not confident in future CBP commissioner
The National Border Patrol Council, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection union, is expressing little confidence that the replacement for former Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus will be an improvement. President Biden accepted Magnus’ resignation Saturday effective immediately. Deputy Commissioner Troy Miller will be acting commissioner until a permanent replacement is nominated and… -
Trump urged not to announce presidential run until after Georgia runoff
Republicans are not on track to flip as many House seats in the midterm elections as they had hoped. In fact if they win the majority, it could be very similar to the 220-212 balance of power that Democrats currently hold. Between that and the Georgia Senate race going to a runoff, former President Donald… -
Meta executes major layoffs as worries grow over another dot-com crash
Tech stocks have had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. Take Meta, which announced Wednesday it is laying off 13% of its staff, or more than 11,000 employees. The company’s stock is down about 70% in 2022 amid declining sales and profit and rising expenses. And while Meta’s year may be exceptionally bad… -
Navarrette: Democratic Party has ‘forgotten’ how to talk to Latino voters
Experts have said over and over again that Latinos are not a monolith. That’s particularly clear in states like Florida, Nevada and Arizona. We’re currently waiting for results in those last two states, where Latinos have been seriously courted in recent weeks. “Latino voters are nothing if not assimilate into the mainstream. They care about… -
Barr: Republicans should focus on ‘substance, not politics’ if they win power
While neither the House nor the Senate had been called for either party as of midnight EST Wednesday, Republicans went into election night projected by many to take at least one from Democratic control. Republicans have already previewed a potential mass probe into the FBI and Justice Department should they win power of Congress. However,… -
Shrum: 2022 Midterms ‘better than expected’ for Democrats
As results come in, the House is still projected to likely go to Republicans and the Senate remains a toss-up. But one political insider said the Democrats have done better than expected. “This is the best performance for an incumbent president’s party in a midterm election since 2002. This is not a red wave, it’s… -
Taylor: ‘Huge’ turnout key in Johnson-Barnes, Evers-Michels races
As seen in other states on election night, Wisconsin had many tight races for Senate and governor. As of 11:00 p.m. EST, the race between Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Democratic challenger Mandela Barnes was nearly a tossup, and Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) held a slight lead over Republican challenger Tim Michels. According to State… -
Davidson: Democrat Ryan campaigned ‘like a Republican’ against Vance
Ohio’s status as a swing state was in question before the midterms after safely voting Republican the last two general cycles. Democrat Tim Ryan is trying to change that against Republican J.D. Vance in the race for retiring Republican Sen. Rob Portman’s seat. Ohio’s District 8 House race isn’t as close. “It shouldn’t be a… -
Johnson: ‘Too early to write’ Walker off, Kemp ‘looking great’ in GA
While many have eyes on Senate and gubernatorial races in Arizona and Pennsylvania, Georgia has yielded two of the tighter races on election night. As of 9:30 p.m. EST, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) held a slight lead against Republican challenger Herschel Walker, and Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) held a slight lead against Democratic challenger Stacey… -
Georgia Rep. Carter confident Republicans will win House, Senate
Georgia is a battleground state in the 2022 midterm elections. Results are coming in for the Senate race between Republican candidate Herschel Walker and Sen. Raphael Warnock, as well as the gubernatorial race between Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams and Gov. Brian Kemp. Georgia’s First District Congressional candidate and incumbent Rep. Buddy Carter is in the lead against…
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