Former President Donald Trump’s political action committee has amassed a war chest of more than $85 million as he builds an operation meant to take on his enemies and possibly fuel another run for president in 2024. Save America, Trump’s leadership PAC, heads into the second quarter with that gargantuan sum of cash on hand, according […] Read more
Congress will take its first votes Tuesday on the path toward passing Democrats’ $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. The Senate voted in a 50-49 party line vote to advance a budget resolution, and the House will follow with a procedural vote on a budget measure later Tuesday. Once passed in both chambers, it will allow Democrats to […] Read more
Democrats are expected take control of the Senate on Wednesday when three new members of the party are sworn in. Democratic Senators-elect Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff of Georgia and appointee Alex Padilla of California are set to take office in the afternoon, bringing the Senate party split to 50-50. Newly inaugurated Vice President Kamala Harris, who will […] Read more
The House Oversight Committee will have an emergency hearing on Aug. 24 to address mail delivery delays and fears that the Trump administration is interfering with the U.S. Postal Service in order to impact voting in the November presidential election. House Democrats on Sunday called on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Postal Service board of governors Chairman […] Read more
Republicans and Democrats seldom agree on much in 21st century politics — but one issue that divides them more than ever may be voting and elections. The parties didn’t only battle about whether or how to enact new legislation following the Russian interference in the 2016 election. They differ in the basic ways they perceive […] Read more