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A federal judge on Friday ruled that the US naval academy can continue considering race in its admissions process, finding that military cohesion and other national security factors mean the school should not be subjected to the same standards as civilian universities. During a two-week bench trial in September, attorneys for the academy argued that […]
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) on Thursday dropped his bid for reelection, conceding to GOP challenger Dave McCormick, putting an end to one of the most hotly contested and expensive Senate races of the cycle, and an end to the Scranton native’s 18-year career in the Senate. “I just called Dave McCormick to congratulate him […]
Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week, I had a chat with Lauren N Williams, the deputy editor for race and equity at the Guardian US, about the country’s election results and the role Black voters played. I wanted to discuss the reported swing among Black voters to Donald Trump, which seemed pretty […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court on Monday weighed in on a flashpoint amid ongoing vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick, ordering counties not to count mail-in ballots that lack a correct handwritten date on the return envelope. The order is a win […]
US shale boss Chris Wright leads race to be Donald Trump’s energy secretary Financial Times Source link
PHOENIX (AP) — Democrat Ruben Gallego has been elected Arizona’s first Latino U.S. senator, defeating Republican Kari Lake and preventing Republicans from further padding their Senate majority. Gallego’s victory continues a string of Democratic successes in a state that was reliably Republican until Donald Trump was elected president in 2016. Arizona voters had rejected Trump-endorsed […]
Janelle Bynum wins race for congress, flips U.S. House seat Fox 12 Oregon Source link
US election live: Trump begins transition as tight race for House continues Al Jazeera English Source link
As Donald J. Trump was closing in on the 270 electoral votes that sealed his astounding political victory in the early hours of Wednesday, one of the first groups to salute him was the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025, a policy playbook that Mr. Trump had feigned ignorance about during the […]
(The Center Square) – Arizona’s U.S. Senate race has not been called as of early Wednesday morning. At 81% of precincts reporting, Democratic candidate Ruben Gallego is leading by 88,686 votes over his Republican opponent Kari Lake. Whoever pulls through will be joining Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in the Upper Chamber. If Lake wins, it […]