National Red Wave Fails to Materialize
National Republicans had their hopes of a ‘Red Wave’ in Congress dashed as various Trump-backed candidates lost to Democrats. Democrats…
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Republican Governors Remove Migrants by Controversial Means
Governor DeSantis became the latest Republican governor to remove migrants by controversial means. DeSantis is following the lead of Governors…
Biden Warns of Threat to Democracy
President Biden and former President Trump both made competing trips to Pennsylvania for different purposes. President Biden, in a passionate…
Pakistan’s Parliament Elects New Prime Minister
The Pakistani parliament recently elected Shehbaz Sharif as Prime Minister. What precipitated the election of a new leader was the…
Buoyed by Jobs Report, Biden Moves to Reduce Fuel Costs
The Labor Department announced that the U.S. economy added 431,000 jobs in March continuing a streak of consecutive months with…
A Historic Choice for the High Court
President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson from the influential D.C. Circuit to the…
States Spar Over Redistricting Maps
Several states still had unresolved redistricting maps as midterm elections loomed in November. Congressional districts are redrawn after every decennial…
2020 Elections & Participation: Voter Turnout
While more people have voted than at any other time in American history, percentage-wise, this number does not quite break…