Election Results Invigorate Medicaid Expansion Hopes Election Results Invigorate Medicaid Expansion Hopes:- The election results in Maine and Virginia have energized supporters of expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act in several holdout states. After months of battling Republican efforts to repeal the law, they now see political consensus shifting […]
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Election night brings historic wins for minority and LGBT candidates Election night brings historic wins for minority and LGBT candidates:- In a night of many firsts, several minority and LGBT candidates won local elections that echoed the blue wave in which Democrats won races large and small. Two openly transgender […]
Phil Murphy Is Elected Governor of New Jersey, in a Lift for Democrats Phil Murphy Is Elected Governor of New Jersey, in a Lift for Democrats:- New Jersey became the seventh state in the country where Democrats now control the legislative and executive branches with the election on Tuesday of […]
Winners and losers from Election Day 2017 We now have new governors-elect of New Jersey and Virginia — along with a whole bunch of new data on where the Democratic and Republican parties currently stand in American politics. Election Day 2017 is just about in the books, with Democrats Phil […]
Elections worker in North Carolina charged with changing 2016 vote totals Elections worker in North Carolina charged with changing 2016 vote totals:- A former elections worker in North Carolina was indicted Monday by a Durham County grand jury for mishandling provisional ballot results during the March 2016 primary election. Richard […]
Although the Supreme Court has declared flag burning to be a constitutionally protected form of free speech, Donald Trump said Tuesday he still wants to make the practice illegal. “Flag burning is completely ridiculous and I think you know that and I think the vast majority of Americans would agree,” […]
Mitt Romney, the former GOP presidential nominee being considered for secretary of State, praised President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday night after a dinner in New York. “I happen to think that America’s best days are ahead of us,” Romney said after dinner, according to pool reports. “I think you’re going […]
Wisconsin Election recount starts this week President-elect Donald Trump went on a tweetstorm Sunday morning, quoting Hillary Clinton’s debate promise to accept the election results a day after her campaign agreed to support efforts to recount votes in Wisconsin, an effort his transition team labeled a “scam.” Razor-thin margins in […]
Hillary Clinton Officially Puts Her Support Behind Election Recount After an election like this, even the faintest of whisper of hope from the Hillary Clinton campaign is enough to send supports (and opponents) into a frenzy. And Clinton may have done just that, giving her official support to a recount […]
Trump sounds off on Twitter about Clinton joining in recount President-elect Donald Trump unleashed a tweetstorm Sunday about plans by Hillary Clinton’s campaign to join in the election recount in Wisconsin initiated by Green Party candidate Jill Stein. His sentiments were soon echoed by Kellyanne Conway, his senior adviser and […]
