Democrats hold an 11-point lead over Republicans on a generic House ballot, according to a new The Washington Post/ABC News poll. Fifty-one percent of registered “Poll: Dems lead by 11 points on generic House ballot”
Month: September 2020
Election officials race to combat cyberattacks
A year before the midterm elections, state election administrators are racing to plug vulnerabilities and update software ahead of an expected wave of cyberattacks from “Election officials race to combat cyberattacks”
Dem opponent: Moore needs to answer 'serious' charges
The Democrat set to face Roy Moore in December’s special election to be Alabama’s next senator said Thursday that Moore needs to answer allegations that he “Dem opponent: Moore needs to answer 'serious' charges”
Moore denies knowing new accuser
GOP Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is denying that he ever met the woman who on Monday accused him of sexually assaulting her in a diner parking lot in 1977 “Moore denies knowing new accuser”
Kerry Slams Israeli Settlements But Strong Words Are 'No Plan At All'
In a lengthy speech delivered with less than a month until he leaves office, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday warned that Israeli “Kerry Slams Israeli Settlements But Strong Words Are 'No Plan At All'”
GOP "Witch Hunt" Panel Concludes With Anti-Choice Plan of Attack
Updated 3:35pm EDT: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) confirmed Thursday that defunding Planned Parenthood will be included in the Republicans’ “reconciliation” bill that also repeals “GOP "Witch Hunt" Panel Concludes With Anti-Choice Plan of Attack”
Buyer's Remorse? Nation's Impressions of Trump Have Plummeted Since Election
President-elect Donald Trump rose to power with historically low approval ratings, and a new poll finds that even those numbers have fallen as Americans lose “Buyer's Remorse? Nation's Impressions of Trump Have Plummeted Since Election”
In Obama's Final Days in Office, Rights Advocates Push for Last-Minute Pardons
President Barack Obama has only days remaining in the White House and he must use that time to pardon whistleblowers and political prisoners, argue human “In Obama's Final Days in Office, Rights Advocates Push for Last-Minute Pardons”
'Hostile Takeover': Oil & Gas Industry Now In Charge of US Foreign Policy
In a vote strictly along party lines, Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to confirm former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary “'Hostile Takeover': Oil & Gas Industry Now In Charge of US Foreign Policy”
'Hope Trump Enjoys Losing': ACLU Celebrates as Court Blocks Deportations
A federal judge on Saturday issued an emergency ruling halting deportations under President Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry to the U.S. from seven Muslim “'Hope Trump Enjoys Losing': ACLU Celebrates as Court Blocks Deportations”