Voting closes in Ireland’s election, with exit poll suggesting three biggest parties winning roughly equal shares
DUBLIN (AP) — Voting closes in Ireland’s election, with exit poll suggesting three biggest parties winning roughly equal shares.
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The Daily BeastLara Trump Ditches RNC as Bigger Political Future Beckons
Lara Trump, the wife of Donald Trump’s third child, Eric, announced her resignation as co-chair of the Republican National Committee Sunday night—prompting a new round of speculation over her political future. The 42-year-old posted on X Sunday night that “serving as the @GOP co-chair throughout the course of the most consequential election in American history has truly been the honor of my life.” The news was initially reported by the Associated Press, which noted the former television producer
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Fact check: Trump, repeating old lies on ‘Meet the Press,’ falsely claims US is the only country with birthright citizenship
President-elect Donald Trump repeated numerous false claims during an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” – including his old lie that the US is the world’s only country with birthright citizenship.
- The Canadian Press
Trump says he can't guarantee tariffs won't raise US prices and won't rule out revenge prosecutions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump said he can't guarantee that his promised tariffs on key U.S. foreign trade partners won't raise prices for American consumers and he suggested once more that some political rivals and federal officials who pursued legal cases against him should be imprisoned.
- USA TODAY Opinion
RBG's granddaughter wants to ask Musk why he needed lies to help Trump | Opinion
You can count on Elon Musk misleading you, and using proxies to hide his actions. Only a fool would trust anything he says now.
- The Daily Beast
Trump Makes Dumbfounding Claim That Democrats are Fighting to ‘Get Rid of the Popular Vote’
President-elect Donald Trump launched a baffling claim Monday that "Democrats are fighting hard to get rid of the Popular Vote in future Elections." In a post on his Truth Social network, he added: “They want all future Presidential Elections to be based exclusively on the Electoral College!” In fact, the popular vote has in recent decades heavily favored Democrats and, this year, Trump became the first Republican to win the popular vote in 20 years. Democratic candidates have won the popular vo
- LA Times
Column: Trump hoped his Cabinet picks could escape serious vetting. He was so wrong
Donald Trump may have thought he could skip the vetting with his early Cabinet picks. He gave the news media time to subject them to the scrutiny they deserve.
- The Daily Beast
‘Lamest of the Lame Ducks’: Democrats Slam Disappearing Biden
Disaffected Democrats, including some from within his own administration, are furious with President Joe Biden for shrinking into a political non-entity since his party was walloped in last month’s election, according to multiple reports. “He’s been so cavalier and selfish about how he approaches the final weeks of the job,” a former White House official told Politico. The outlet—which spoke to nearly two dozen officials, including current and former White House staffers—reported that, since the
- The Daily Beast
Lara Trump: My Last Name Is Not the Reason Why I’d Get Senate Job
Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump has insisted it’s her resume that qualifies her for the Florida Senate seat that will be vacated by Secretary of State pick Marco Rubio – not her last name. In an interview with Howard Kurtz on Fox News, the Republican National Committee co-chair said she would be honored to take a seat in the US Capitol’s Senate chamber. “Certainly, we’ve all had the opportunity over the past nine years to fully involve ourselves in politics, to understand the American
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Campaign finance records show Harris' $1 million payment to Oprah's production company
Oprah has denied that she received a personal payment for her support of the former Democratic presidential nominee.
- Associated Press
Election Day has long passed. In some states, legislatures are working to undermine the results
While the election was over a month ago, voters in some parts of the country are discovering that having their say at the ballot box is not necessarily the final word. Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are moving to undercut the authority of the incoming Democratic governor, Republicans in Missouri are taking initial steps to reverse voter-approved abortion protections, and Democrats in Massachusetts are watering down an attempt by voters to hold the Legislature more accountable. The actions following the Nov. 5 election continue a pattern that has accelerated in recent years and has been characterized by critics as undemocratic.
- The Canadian Press
Lara Trump steps down as RNC co-chair and addresses speculation about Florida Senate seat
Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee as she considers a number of potential options with her father-in-law, President-elect Donald Trump, set to return to the White House.
- USA TODAY
In Miami, grocery and housing prices are soaring. It made Trump more popular.
In purpley Miami-Dade County, where Democrats had won every presidential election in 36 years, Latino voters flipped the county red.
- LA Times
A California labor union helped oust a Democrat from the state Capitol. His replacement wants to curb union power.
Democratic state Sen. Josh Newman lost reelection to the state Senate as a labor union spent big to oppose him and helped Republican Steven Choi win.
- The Canadian Press
Lara Trump stepping down as RNC co-chair and addressing speculation about Florida Senate seat
Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee as she considers a number of potential options with her father-in-law, President-elect Donald Trump, set to return to the White House.
- USA TODAY Opinion
Gen Z doesn't believe in government. The solution is closer to home than you think. | Opinion
Gen Zers don't like politics and have doubts about democracy. I know because I'm part of that age group. I also know we can change that by doing this.
- The Hill
Murphy draws attention with calls for Democratic shift in strategy
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is on the rise as a Democratic Party voice calling for a new direction as the party seeks to regroup following stinging election losses. Murphy has been among the most prominent figures arguing for a new strategy to expand the party’s tent and for leaders to embrace economic populism to reconnect…
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Kamala Harris' campaign has $1.8 million left in the bank after spending over $1 billion to defeat Donald Trump
From October 17 through November 25, which included a key stretch of the race, Vice President Harris raised $160 million and spent over $270 million.
- The Canadian Press
Romania's far-right presidential candidate denounces canceled vote at closed polling station
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s defiant far-right presidential candidate, Calin Georgescu, on Sunday stood outside a closed polling station to denounce a top court’s unprecedented decision to annul the first round of the vote in which he emerged as the frontrunner.
- The Hill
Opinion - Biden must act now to block Trump’s retribution threats
By shielding public servants from politically motivated prosecutions, Biden can reinforce the independence of the DOJ and demonstrate that justice cannot be wielded as a weapon of retribution.
- CBC
Voters head to polls in 10 municipal byelections
People in 10 municipalities across the province are heading to the polls to vote in byelections today.Kim Poffenroth, the province's chief electoral officers, said as of Thursday about 2,000 people had cast their ballots in advanced voting, in elections where about 36,000 people are eligible to vote in total.While this is nowhere near as much advance voting as the province saw during the last provincial election, Poffenroth said it's in line with previous municipal byelections.She also expects t