Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., takes questions about President Joe Biden’s candidacy after Senate luncheons at the U.S. Capitol on July 9, 2024. Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A landmark bill aimed at making children safer online cleared a major hurdle Thursday when the Senate voted 86-1 to advance…
Jakub Porzycki | Photo only | Getty Images WASHINGTON — A super PAC funded by top cryptocurrency companies picked up multiple victories in congressional primaries on Tuesday night, the latest in a string of victories by the newest big player in American election finance. Fairshake PAC, which supports candidates across the political spectrum whose positions…
Aerial view of a fire during a protest rally in front of the National Congress in Buenos Aires on June 12, 2024. Thomas Cuesta | Afp | Getty Images Argentina’s Senate narrowly passed President Javier Milei’s sweeping economic reform law, handing the right-wing leader a temporary legislative victory even as clashes erupted between protesters and…
Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked an attempt by Democrats to quickly pass Supreme Court ethics and transparency laws, which they introduced following revelations about judges accepting unreported gifts and travel, as well as other ethical issues surrounding the Supreme Court had pushed forward. The unsuccessful outcome was preordained but represented an attempt by Senate Democrats…
As Mr. Biden worked this spring to shore up dwindling support among young progressives, canceling student debt against the inclinations of more moderate voters and portraying the election as a fight to save democracy, Democratic candidates in the Senate bolstered their centrist image -Left Party The center-right voters they will need in the swing states….
According to the Associated Press, Sam Brown, an Army veteran who was already the clear favorite in the Nevada Republican primary for Senate before former President Donald J. Trump’s last-minute endorsement, won the nomination on Tuesday. He will face Sen. Jacky Rosen, the state’s Democratic incumbent, in one of the most closely watched Senate contests…
Former President Donald J. Trump said Sunday he is supporting Sam Brown, the Army veteran who is leading the crowded Republican primary field in the race for U.S. Senate in Nevada. “Sam Brown is a fearless American patriot,” Trump wrote in a post on his social media page Truth Social, adding that Mr. Brown would…
According to the Associated Press, Tim Sheehy, a businessman and former Navy SEAL, won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Montana on Tuesday, setting up a November showdown against Sen. Jon Tester, the Democratic incumbent. With about half the votes counted, Mr. Sheehy had 73 percent, well ahead of his lesser-known opponents. Former Montana…
Dylan Heintz grew up in Bozeman, Montana, loving the scenic views of snow-capped mountains and small-town charm. Things were cheap: His father bought the family home for about $80,000. These days, Bozeman feels less quaint. A steady stream of out-of-state relocations into Big Sky Country became a flood during the pandemic, leading to rising prices,…
Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan border surveillance bill on Thursday for the second time this year. They rejected a law they initially insisted on to curb an influx of migrants across the U.S. border with Mexico President Donald J. Trump. The vote amounted to a political trap set for Republicans by Sen. Chuck Schumer, the…
