Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Mitch McConnell thinks Republicans are going to lose the Senate in November if Trump’s candidates and issues dominate the election. Is McConnell right? Our national affairs correspondent John Nichols weighs in So this week Peter Richardson discusses Hunter S. Thompson, the writer credited for inventing “Gonzo … Read more
Michele Tafoyawho worked her final game for NBC on the sidelines of Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI, is leaving sports journalism altogether to join the campaign of Minnesota GOP gubernatorial candidate Kendall Qualls. Qualls said Monday that Tafoya has come aboard as co-chairman. Qualls is one of seven GOP candidates running against incumbent Minnesota Gov. Tim … Read more
President Joe Biden has voted to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court Patrick Semansky/AP Photo President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he had thoroughly reviewed about four “well qualified and documented” candidates to fill Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s seat on the bench. Biden, who has vowed to nominate the first … Read more
Broadly, there are more Republican women and Hispanics running for Congress than ever before, according to figures tracked by the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee. So far, more than 253 women and 228 people of color have filed to run as Republicans across the House map, the committee says. In the most important seats, roughly … Read more