Evan McMullin is a conservative running for the US Senate in Utah… with the support of the state’s Democratic Party. Democrats have thrown their support behind the former Republican to try to oust Senator Mike Lee, an ally of former President Donald Trump who was trying to help Trump overturn the 2020 election results. In … Read more
In this late-night edition of the podcast, the crew covers both the results of the Ohio Senate primary and the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion ruling Roe v. Wade would fall.
Republican David McCormick’s run for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania is one of many notable GOP primaries to watch this year. Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc / Getty Images We’re almost six months from the 2022 midterm election, and Republicans have big dreams for their potential gains. President Biden’s approval rating is mired in the … Read more
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson are now over. And they were incredibly ugly. In advance of the hearings, my colleague Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux wrote that Jackson’s identity as a Black woman as well as her professional background as a former public defender meant that … Read more
Republican Herschel Walker leads Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in early polls of the 2022 US Senate race in Georgia. Sean Rayford/Getty Images According to a recent survey from Blueprint Polling, Republican Herschel Walker is leading Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock 49 percent to 45 percent in Georgia’s 2022 Senate race. According to another from Emerson College/The … Read more
It now heads to the house and looks poised to become law.
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
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee said his party’s members will boycott a vote by the panel scheduled for Tuesday afternoon on President Joe Biden’s nominees to the Federal Reserve, potentially delaying confirmation for a second term for Chair Jerome Powell, who is serving in an acting capacity. Democrats control … Read more
One bipartisan bill hit a hurdle. One nomination advanced with weird coalitions. Another bipartisan bill passed.
Now, even as Biden’s approval ratings crater and incumbent Democrats publicly sweat over inflation, Peters is setting a high bar for success in this fall. He doesn’t want to just hold the Senate majority — a task that probably means protecting every single incumbent in states like Arizona and Georgia — he wants to make … Read more
