Election
RNC chair promises to defend McCormick’s Senate win in Pennsylvania
The head of the Republican National Committee on Monday vowed to fight "as long as it takes" to certify Dave McCormick's victory over Sen. Bob Casey in Pennsylvania and stop Democrats from counting votes that the courts deemed illegal.
DeSantis vetting Senate candidates to fill Rubio seat, says decision by early January
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said he's evaluating whom to replace Sen. Marco Rubio if he's confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of state and expects to choose by early January.
Pennsylvania Senate race heads to mandatory recount amid mail-in ballot controversy
The Pennsylvania Senate race is headed for a recount amid controversy after Republican Dave McCormick's apparent victory over Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey.
Big voter turnout this year benefited Republicans, contradicting conventional political wisdom
The 2024 presidential election featured sky-high turnout, approaching the historic levels of the 2020 contest and contradicting long-held conventional political wisdom that Republicans struggle to win races in which many people vote.
North Carolina Democrats find electoral success further down the ballot and hope to build on it
Democrats fell short again in wresting away swing-state prize North Carolina from Republicans in the presidential election, but scored significant downballot victories, giving them hope as they look to the future.
The ‘super year’ of elections has been super bad for incumbents as voters punish them in droves
Whether on the left or the right, regardless of how long they've been in power, sitting governments around the world have been drubbed this year by disgruntled voters in what has been called the "super year" for elections.
FEMA, employee face legal trouble from skipping homes with Trump signs
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody sued an official leading the Federal Emergency Management Agency and a staff member this week for skipping homes in disaster relief areas if the residence had a Trump sign.
Trump fills White House positions with Steven Cheung, Sergio Gor
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced that Steven Cheung, who served as his spokesperson on all three presidential campaigns, will serve as White House communications director.
Eva Longoria flees ‘dystopian’ U.S. after Trump win: ‘This chapter in my life is done now’
Actress Eva Longoria says she is through with the "dystopian" U.S. and plans to split her time between Spain and Mexico.
Hate-crime hoax: Suspects charged with staging cross-burning to boost Black candidate
Three people were indicted on federal charges that accuse them of staging a cross-burning to generate support for a Black mayoral candidate in Colorado Springs in what prosecutors described as a hate-crime hoax.
Police: Blue Origin employee hacked dad to death with ax on election night in ‘act of liberation’
Seattle police arrested a lesbian who works for Jeff Bezos' spacecraft company after she was accused of killing her elderly father in an election night rampage.
Republicans win 218 U.S. House seats, giving Trump and Republicans control of government
Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party's sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump.
FBI offers $25,000 reward for information on suspect in ballot box fires
The FBI said Wednesday it is offering up to $25,000 as a reward for information about the suspect behind recent ballot box fires in Oregon and Washington state.
Philly D.A. failed to show Musk’s $1 million-a-day sweepstakes was an illegal lottery, judge says
The $1 million voter sweepstakes linked to billionaire Elon Musk was allowed to continue through Election Day because Philadelphia's top prosecutor failed to show that it was an illegal lottery, a judge said in a new opinion.
Republican Rep. David Valadao wins reelection in heavily Democratic California district
Republican Rep. David Valadao has won reelection in California's 22nd Congressional District, defeating Democrat Rudy Salas for the second time.
