Eight weeks out from the midterm elections, both Republicans and Democrats find themselves with a path to a Senate majority. For Democrats, it is a surprising development given this year’s difficult political map: The party is defending nearly two-dozen seats, including 10 seats in states won by President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in […]
More Americans oppose the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court than support it though opinions are still largely split and many remain undecided, according to a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released exclusively to The Hill on Monday. The survey found that 37 percent of registered voters want their senators to give Kavanaugh’s nomination the thumbs up, […]
After President Donald Trump on Friday reluctantly directed the FBI to launch a probe into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh—delaying a final confirmation vote by up to a week—progressive opponents of the right-wing judge moved to take advantage of the “new opportunity for pressure” by intensifying their campaign of calls, ads, […]
As President Donald Trump’s industry-friendly Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) takes steps to loosen restrictions on the commercial use of asbestos—which is known to cause cancer and lung disease—an analysis of federal data published Tuesday found that asbestos imports to the U.S. surged by nearly 2,000 percent between July and August of this year. “It is […]
A day after President Donald Trump “literally put a price tag” on the life of missing Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by saying halting weapons sales to Saudi Arabia over his alleged murder would be a “tough pill to swallow,” Turkish officials have now told U.S. officials they have video and audio recordings of Khashoggi’s […]
Amid all of the wins and losses, triumphs and disappointments, of Tuesday’s critical midterm elections, the long-awaited demise of Wisconsin’s Republican Gov. Scott Walker was a source of unmitigated joy for everyone who has either witnessed from afar or been directly harmed by his grotesque union-busting, cuts to education and other crucial services, and massive […]
A new report focuses on an under-the-radar trend—charitable giving increasingly dominated by the uber-wealthy—and reveals how this concentration of philanthropic power poses a threat to democracy. Co-authored by Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Helen Flannery of the Institute for Policy Studies (ISP), the latest edition of Gilded Giving (pdf) shows how there has been an […]
The office of Montana state auditor Matt Rosendale, who’s running for the Senate in November, dismissed fines and dropped sanctions against a donor to his political campaigns, according to a report from the Montana Free Press. Rosendale’s office dropped the fines and dismissed two of three allegations against Friedell LLC, a bail bond company, a day after the Senate […]
No Democrat in a competitive House race this year is running on an anti-abortion rights platform, in a significant shift from 2006 when the party reclaimed the House with a more ideologically diverse slate of candidates. The shift underscores the increasingly stark partisan divide on the issue and how Democrats have largely consolidated around support […]
More than 4.3 million Americans have already cast their ballots in the midterm elections, and early signs point to a huge increase in turnout from the last midterm elections in 2014, when overall voter participation hit a 70-year low. The robust turnout in the first days of early voting in some states dovetails with other […]