Election News and Coverage

Viktor Orbán tells CPAC the path to power is to ‘have your own media’ Hungarian leader also tells Republicans at Budapest conference that shows like Tucker Carlson’s should be broadcast ‘24/7’ The Hungarian leader, Viktor Orbán, has told a conference of US conservatives that the path to power required having their own media outlets, calling…

Tucker Carlson tried to use Hunter Biden to get his son into Georgetown Emails reveal the ‘extent’ which Carlson was willing to turn on Biden’s son since the 2020 election, Washington Post says As Tucker Carlson asked Hunter Biden for help getting his son into an elite Washington university in 2014, the Fox News host’s…

In a week when a teenager shot dead 10 Black people in Buffalo New York, apparently motivated by the ‘great replacement’ theory, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Michael Harriot and Anne Applebaum about why this racist ideology has become mainstream in rightwing circles in the US, and why we shouldn’t be surprised How to listen to…

Senate bill will help food aid recipients find baby formula amid shortage Wic voucher requirements are being waived to allow holders to purchase any brand of infant formula as it becomes available The Senate approved a bill Thursday aimed at easing the baby formula shortage for families participating in a government assistance program that accounts…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets engaged to longtime partner Riley Roberts Democratic congresswoman confirms engagement to Roberts, whom she met as a student at Boston University Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a break between visiting Amazon union workers and endorsing progressive candidates to get engaged to her longtime partner Riley Roberts. Ocasio-Cortez to unionized Amazon workers: victory is…

Oklahoma Republican-led legislature passes nation’s strictest abortion ban Bill bans abortion at conception and if signed into law it would allow citizens to sue anyone who ‘aids or abets’ a patient Oklahoma’s Republican-led legislature passed the nation’s strictest abortion ban on Thursday. The bill, if signed into law, would allows citizens to sue anyone, anywhere…

Trump claims immigrants are voting illegally. The real problem is foreign fat cats funding US campaigns Robert Reich Non-Americans – whose interests don’t necessarily align with the interests of the US – assert growing influence over American politics In 2017, Donald Trump repeatedly claimed without evidence that between 3 million and 5 million unauthorized immigrants…

Republicans just nominated one of the most radical governor candidates in history Judd Legum Doug Mastriano may be one of the most radical candidates ever to receive a Republican nod and he has been clear that he will use that power Pennsylvania Republicans have nominated state senator Doug Mastriano to be the next governor. Mastriano…

Ending Roe v Wade is just the beginning Thomas Zimmer Conservatives are animated by a vision of 1950s-style white Christian patriarchal dominance – it is the only order they will accept for America The supreme court is set to overturn Roe v Wade, this much has been clear since a draft opinion authored by Justice…

The Republican primary for Senate in Pennsylvania between heart surgeon-turned-TV celebrity Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick remains neck-and-neck, with thousands of absentee ballots still left to be tallied. Jake Sullivan, the US national security adviser, took to the podium today for the White House press briefing to preview the meeting tomorrow…