Photos of the week ending November 22, 2024
-elect Laura Gillen, D-N.Y., reacts after drawing the No. 1 chip during the room lottery for office space at the Capitol on Thursday.
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Matt Gaetz says he won’t return to Congress next year
The Florida Department of State said Friday that the special election for the 1st District would take place April 1, with party primaries to select nominees on Jan. 28.Â
Hedge funder Bessent gets Trump blessing for Treasury
Bessent, who jumped on the Trump train back in 2016, donated at least $1 million in support of Trump during the 2024 campaign cycle, according to OpenSecrets.org.
Cheers, jeers and long-walk fears: Lottery decides freshman office spots
No. 1 means you’ve got first dibs on picking a vacant office. Up first was Rep.
Trump’s first week in office may set tone on abortion policy
"We fully anticipate, if not Day 1, certainly first week, the new Trump administration will issue a presidential memorandum reinstating some version of what we call the global gag rule," said Craig Lasher
Trump picks Linda McMahon to be Education secretary
However, it administers more than $18 billion in Title 1 grants, which help fund the nation’s neediest school districts, oversees the federal student loan program and enforces civil rights laws in schools
America may have a new third party: the Democrats
This advantage occurred despite Republicans slipping by 1 percentage point, going from 36 percent in 2020 to 35 percent in 2024, according to the unfinalized exit polls.
White House asks for nearly $100B disaster relief package
While the stopgap funding law enacted in September provided a $20.3 billion boost to FEMA’s disaster relief fund, the agency has now burned through $17.6 billion since the money became available Oct.1,
White House touts ‘norms’ and ‘institutions’ it long warned Trump would obliterate
Perhaps the most memorable came on Sept. 1, 2022 at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, when Biden said bluntly that "Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very
Trump’s tariffs seen delivering a repeat blow to US farm exports
Corn exports below a 7.2 million-ton quota could see a 1 percent tariff rise to 26 percent. Corn exports above that quota could see tariffs rise from 65 percent to 90 percent, the study said.
How RFK Jr.’s health proposals would stack up in practice
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally former President Donald Trump at Macomb Community College on Nov. 1 in Warren, Mich. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Trump can make immigration moves on his first day back in office
, press secretary for the Trump campaign, said in a Fox News interview that Trump’s win "gives him a mandate to govern as he campaigned, to deliver on the promises that he made, which include, on Day 1,
Trump surge in blue states added to Dem House headwinds
Bernie Sanders of Vermont, where Harris beat Trump by 2-to-1 in one of her largest margins of victory, lays the blame for Tuesday’s loss on the Democratic Party.
Photos of the week ending November 1, 2024
The crowd waves signs before Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at a rally in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Election could move fight over trans care from states to DC
The transgender community makes up less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, and voters, according to polling, indicate they’re not particularly interested or motivated by the topic.
GOP centers election concerns on noncitizen voting, but it’s rare
The Cato Institute says the percentage of noncitizens voting is closer to zero than 1 percent.
Ballot initiatives include cannabis, insurance measures
In New Mexico, Bond Question 1 would authorize the state to issue up to $30 million in bonds to fund senior citizen facilities.
Kennedy hints at vast health agency overhaul if Trump elected
If you work for the FDA and are part of this corrupt system, I have two messages for you: 1. Preserve your records, and 2. Pack your bags." Speaking at a roundtable last month hosted alongside Sen.
Bars in DC brace for election night
NW"$3 Tecate + $7 Margaritas + 1/2 price Chicken Tendies." Teddy & the Bully Bar1200 19th St.
Vulnerable candidates get creative as they vie for climate votes
Brown is facing Republican Bernie Moreno and, as of Monday, was up by only 1 percentage point, according to Real Clear Polling.