For some workers, the decision to stay home when sneezing and coughing will no longer mean forgoing a day’s pay. In Tuesday’s election, ballot measures passed in three red states — Alaska, Missouri and Nebraska — that would require employers to provide earned paid sick leave for employees, with certain exceptions. This follows a similar […]
The people have spoken and delivered a thumping victory to Donald Trump, repudiating all the lawfare, sabotage and demonization he’s endured over the past eight years.
Catholic voters across the country swung massively towards Donald Trump in the 2024 election, contributing to his surprise blowout victory on election night. Catholics were evenly split between President Joe Biden and Trump in 2020, with 50 percent favoring Trump to 49 percent favoring Biden. According to exit polling collected by Fox News on election […]
One of the classic blunders of punditry is to write about politics right before the election. So, let’s look at what politics might be like after the election. One prediction is easy: Expect a lot more political inconsistency and hypocrisy. The term “realignment” gets used and abused a lot, because people have agreed to use […]
Elon Musk’s political group can keep awarding $1m (£722,000) to voters in swing states, a judge has ruled. The giveaway by Mr Musk’s America PAC is set to end on Tuesday, and the final recipient has already been determined, a lawyer for the billionaire said in a court hearing on Monday. In a surprising turn, […]
Rachel Weinberg calls herself a religious Jew first, then a proud American. She said she has only one choice for president: Donald Trump. Weinberg’s home in West Bloomfield, in vote-rich Oakland County, was among more than 20 that the Republican Jewish Coalition was visiting that morning. She has voted for Trump in previous elections as […]
Bill Maher spoke directly to undecided voters, or as he calls them, “the Christmas Eve shoppers of politics,” on the latest episode of Real Time. With just days left until Election Day, the host said, “I can’t say I’m not nervous that the election is in the hands of a small cohort of undecided voters. […]
A Philadelphia judge on Thursday paused a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s massive cash giveaways to voters in battleground states after the billionaire argued that questions about his political efforts should be resolved in federal court. Philadelphia’s district attorney claimed a $1 million-a-day sweepstakes sponsored by Musk and America PAC, his pro-Trump group, violated state lottery […]
Trump’s language was the language of an abuser, which is fitting. A 2023 court decision found Trump liable for sexually abusing columnist E. Jean Carroll. Dozens of women have accused Trump of sexual abuse, with the latest being former model Stacey Williams who said Trump groped her after he introduced her to Jeffrey Epstein. Trump […]
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