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2024 Election
North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate Tries to Overturn His Election Loss
Jefferson Griffin wants to toss 5,500 military and overseas absentee ballots to retroactively win an election he lost.
US Politics Didn’t Shift as Rightward in 2024 Elections as You May Think
Progressive wins at the local and state levels complicate the notion of a sweeping rightward political turn in the US.
Lawmakers in States With Restrictions Are Pushing More Anti-Abortion Bills
Many bills focus on abortion pills, abortion access for minors and undoing protections for the procedure.
A Democrat Won a NC Supreme Court Race. GOP Justices Blocked Her Certification.
Democratic Justice Allison Riggs won her race against GOP candidate Jefferson Griffin by 734 votes.
Trump Sues Iowa Newspaper Over Poll Published Days Before 2024 Election
The lawsuit could indicate that Trump will similarly seek to stifle press freedoms while in the White House.
With the Campaign Over, Donald Trump Now Says He Likes Parts of Project 2025
Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had “nothing to do” with the unpopular far right manifesto.
Trump Now Says He Can’t Promise He’ll Be Able to Lower Grocery Prices
“Groceries, cars, everything. We’re going to get the prices down,” Trump promised in the fall.
Trump Bizarrely Claims Dems Are Trying to End the Popular Vote for President
Recent polling shows that nearly two-thirds of voters want the Electoral College to be abolished.
Trump Reneges on Promise That His Tariffs Won’t Raise Costs for Consumers
In his first term in office, Trump's tariffs cost consumers around $1.4 billion per month, one study found.
Elon Musk Spent Over a Quarter of a Billion Dollars to Help Elect Trump
A total of 14 billionaires will be in the Trump White House, a number that could go up depending on future appointments.