Voters in Oklahoma are weighing in on primaries in the race to replace term-limited Gov. Kevin Stitt (R). President Trump has endorsed Mike Mazzei, a former state senator and state budget secretary, on the GOP side. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond (R) is also seeking the nod in the ruby red state. Polls close at…
The Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing for July 15 and 16, setting the stage for what is expected to be one of the most politically charged Cabinet confirmation fights of President Donald Trump’s second term. Judiciary Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) confirmed the timeline Tuesday after meeting with Blanche, […]
Voters have also been casting ballots in Alabama and Washington DC, where for the first time in over 10 years, the city will elect a new mayor in NovemberThe Trump administration is waging war on voting rights using justice department lawsuits, FBI investigations, and an executive order to limit voting by mail, moves mirroring the US president’s false claims he lost the 2020 election due to voting fraud, say election experts and ex-officials.Since Donald Trump began his second term, numerous 2020 election denialists have been installed in key agencies such as the DoJ, the FBI and elsewhere to pursue widely discredited claims of fraud, which can intimidate election workers and voters in swing states that Trump lost to Joe Biden in 2020. Continue reading...
The Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James are reportedly negotiating a new contract that could bring the NBA superstar back for a record 24th season. Here’s the latest on the talks and what it means for L.A.'s future.
President Trump’s endorsement power is once again being put to the test in multiple Republican primaries. NBC News Chief Data Analyst Steve Kornacki outlines Tuesday’s key runoffs in Alabama and Georgia and the primary race in Washington, DC. NBC News Correspondent Priscilla Thompson talks to voters in Georgia.
There are runoff elections in Georgia and Alabama and primaries in Oklahoma.
District of Columbia Del. Elizabeth Holmes Norton’s retirement from the House kicked off a race for the non-voting seat on Capitol Hill. Democrats Robert White, an at-large councilmember and former mayoral candidate, and Brooke Pinto, a city councilmember, have led the crowded Democratic primary field. Eighty-eight-year-old Holmes Norton, who has represented D.C. since 1991, had faced…
Voters in Washington, D.C., are at the polls Tuesday to weigh in on the race to replace retiring Mayor Muriel Bowser (D). City Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, a Democratic socialist, led in polling ahead of the Democratic primary. Former City Council member-at-large Kenyan McDuffie (D) has been trailing in second place. There are no Republicans…
Oklahomans are voting in a series of House primary elections Tueday, including the open race to succeed Rep. Kevin Hern (R). Hern is leaving his seat to run for Senate after former Sen. Markwayne Mullin (D) was picked to lead the Department of Homeland Security. There is a crowded field of Republicans looking to replace…