Arizona Democrat Ruben Gallego Announces Senate Bid in Challenge to Kyrsten Sinema
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Can Ruben Gallego Win Over Arizona Swing Voters and Earn a Senate Seat?
Ruben Gallego has long embraced his progressive background. Now, with his state newly in the spotlight over abortion politics, he’s getting tough on the border and targeting swing voters.The New York Times - Top stories -
Ruben Gallego says repealing Arizona's near-total abortion ban now would be too little, too late
PHOENIX — Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego argued this week that a potential repeal of Arizona’s 1864 abortion law is not a viable long-term solution to secure abortion rights for the women of Arizona.NBC News - Politics - Abortion -
Gallego targets Lake on abortion in new Arizona Senate ad
A new ad from Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego's (D) Senate campaign targets Republican rival Kari Lake on abortion after the state Supreme Court last week upheld a Civil War-era law that makes performing the procedure a felony. The ad from Gallego’s ...The Hill - Politics - Abortion -
Lake, Gallego say they oppose Arizona abortion decision
Both Arizona Senate candidates came out against the state Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday that upholds one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. The court’s decision put into place an 1864 law barring abortion access in all cases except ...The Hill - Politics - Abortion -
Election handicapper moves Arizona Senate race to 'leans Democratic'
An elections handicapper moved its rating of the Arizona Senate race from “toss-up” to “leans Democratic” in response to a state Supreme Court ruling reinstating a 19th-century abortion ban. Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia’s ...The Hill - Politics -
GOP senators, Manchin challenge SEC climate disclosure rule
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) joined a resolution from Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) that aims to overturn a new rule on climate disclosures approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last month. Manchin, the chair of the Senate Energy and ...The Hill - Politics - Climate -
Coyotes bid Arizona farewell with bittersweet win
With the Coyotes moving to Salt Lake City, fans got one last chance to watch the team they came to love Wednesday night in a 5-2 win over Edmonton at Mullett Arena.ESPN - Sports - Arizona -
Arizona ruling on abortion roils Senate race
The Arizona Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a Civil War-era ban that blocks nearly all abortions in the state is roiling the Senate race to replace Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.). The Tuesday ruling upholding an 1864 abortion law that bars ...The Hill - Politics - Abortion -
Arizona Democrats tried to repeal abortion ban, but Republicans blocked them
Democrats in Arizona attempted Wednesday to repeal a law banning nearly all abortions in the state that is set to take effect because of a state Supreme Court decision a day earlier, but they were blocked in both chambers by Republicans. The ...The Hill - Politics - Abortion -
Democrats bank on abortion in 2024 as Arizona and Florida push stakes higher
Focus on reproductive rights has yielded big wins and Democrats hope threat of more Republican bans will mobilize voters. Kamala Harris’s Friday visit to Arizona was planned before the state’s top court upheld a 160-year-old law that bans almost ...The Guardian - World - Abortion -
Arizona Republicans block another Democratic effort to repeal 1864 abortion ban
Arizona Republicans on Wednesday again blocked a Democratic-led effort to repeal an 1864 abortion banABC News - Top stories - Abortion -
Vulnerable Senate Democrats in vice on Mayorkas impeachment vote
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and other vulnerable Senate Democrats are facing strong political blowback on a vote that will now happen next week to dismiss impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Republicans have ...The Hill - Politics -
Senate Democrats ‘baffled’ by calls for Sotomayor to step aside
Senate Democrats are pushing back against calls for Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step aside from the Supreme Court after left-wing activists and commentators raised the idea in the hopes of avoiding a repeat of what happened after the late Justice ...The Hill - Politics -
Murphy backs Alsobrooks in Maryland Democratic Senate primary
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) endorsed Angela Alsobrooks in Maryland’s Democratic Senate primary Thursday, becoming the latest Democratic lawmaker to get involved in the party’s primary for the seat. “I'm proud to endorse Angela Alsobrooks for U.S. ...The Hill - Politics -
RFK Jr. anxiety rises among Senate Democrats
Senators in both parties are warning that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may end up tipping the presidential election to either former President Trump or President Biden, but Democrats are expressing more worries he could be a spoiler candidate than ...The Hill - Politics -
Cornel West announces running mate for independent US presidential bid
Melina Abdullah joins former Harvard professor’s long-shot bid in US presidential race. The independent presidential candidate Cornel West announced on Wednesday that Melina Abdullah would serve as his running mate, joining the former Harvard ...The Guardian - World -
New York county loses bid to prevent state legal challenge of its ban on female transgender athletes
A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit brought by a county outside New York City that has banned transgender players from women's and girls' teamsABC News - Sports - New York -
New York county loses bid to prevent state legal challenge of its ban on female transgender athletes
A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit brought by a county outside New York City that has banned transgender players from women's and girls' teamsABC News - Health - New York -
NAACP joins legal challenge against Arkansas in bid to fight anti-DEI efforts
The NAACP has joined the Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights in filing a complaint against the state of Arkansas for underfunding an advanced placement African American studies high school course. The complaint alleges that under the state’s ...The Hill - Politics -
Advertising heats up in Arizona Senate race, previewing a tough campaign
The ad war is heating up in the Arizona Senate race, with both sides launching digital attacks this week foreshadowing the battleground campaign to come.NBC News - Politics -
Biden ‘will do everything in his power’ to codify Roe despite challenges in the Senate, says Whitmer
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) joins Meet the Press to talk about President Biden’s promise to codify abortion rights despite potential challenges in the Senate.NBC News - Politics - Joe Biden -
Lake trails Gallego in first-quarter fundraising
Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake’s campaign significantly stepped up her fundraising during the first quarter of 2024, but she trailed her likely Democratic opponent by a notable amount. Lake’s campaign said in a release on Monday ...The Hill - Politics -
Democrats clear path to bring proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total abortion ban to a vote
Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path to bring a proposed repeal of the state’s near-total ban on abortions to a vote after the state’s highest court concluded the law can be enforced and the state House blocked efforts to undo the ...ABC News - Health - Abortion -
Senate Democrats issue subpoena in Supreme Court ethics probe
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued a subpoena to a conservative legal advocate as a part of an ethics probe driven by reports of undisclosed gifts to some conservative Supreme Court justices, multiple ...The Hill - Politics -
Three takeaways as Democratic donors pour cash into fight for Senate
Democrats face an uphill battle to keep control of the Senate, but new fundraising reports show they are building up an early cash advantage for the fight.NBC News - Politics -
Senate Democrats open to Speaker Johnson's foreign aid plan, but landmines loom
Senate Democrats say they’re open to the possibility of backing the foreign aid proposal emerging from the House, even as they raise concerns about potential landmines in Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) plan. Democrats — and a number of Senate ...The Hill - Politics -
Senate Democrats expected to table or dismiss impeachment articles against Mayorkas
The impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas is expected to be a short proceeding, with Senate Democrats moving quickly to dismiss or table the articles. NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin explains how the trial will most likely play out and ...NBC News - Politics -
Democratic senators demand answers on Novo Nordisk's discontinued insulin
A trio of Democratic senators want Novo Nordisk to explain why it discontinued one of its long-acting insulin products after it announced a steep price cut on the medication. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), Raphael Warnock (Ga.) and Elizabeth Warren ...The Hill - Politics -
Senate rejects Mayorkas impeachment charges at trial, ending GOP bid to oust him
The Senate's 51-member Democratic majority voted to dismiss both charges as unconstitutional over the objections of Republican members.CBS News - Politics -
GOP senator praises Roe reversal after Arizona ruling: 'We worked very hard to get this result'
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on Wednesday credited the Republican push to overturn Roe v. Wade with the Arizona Supreme Court ruling that upheld a near-total abortion ban from the Civil War era. In an interview on Fox Business, host Larry Kudlow asked ...The Hill - Politics -
Arizona abortion ruling is a win Kari Lake didn’t need in key Senate race
The Republican former TV anchor is trying to soften her election-denying image against the Democratic congressman Ruben Gallego in one of the year’s most closely watched races. On a recent Tuesday morning, at a retirement community on the western ...The Guardian - World - Abortion -
House speaker faces removal bid as articles of impeachment for Mayorkas delivered to Senate
House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing pressure from far-right members of his own party, who are threatening to remove him. Meanwhile, articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were delivered to the Senate, where ...CBS News - Politics - House -
House Republicans’ bid to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas fails in US Senate
Senate Democrats dismissed the articles of impeachment, as the charges failed to meet bar of ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’. Senate Democrats on Wednesday dismissed the impeachment case brought by House Republicans against Alejandro Mayorkas, the ...The Guardian - World -
Democratic lawmaker won’t support Senate foreign aid bill without conditions on Israel aid
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) is calling on the Biden administration to withhold offensive weapons to Israel. He joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the latest on U.S. aid to Israel and Ukraine.NBC News - Politics - Israel -
Senate votes to overturn Biden highway emissions rule, with support from red-state Democrats
The Senate voted to overturn a Biden administration rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions on the federal highway system Wednesday, with three red state Democrats joining every Republican. The rule would require local and state transit officials ...The Hill - Politics - Joe Biden -
Trone tops Alsobrooks by double digits in Maryland Democratic Senate primary race: Survey
Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) leads Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks by double digits in the Democratic primary for the Maryland Senate race, according to a new poll. The survey, released by FOX45 News, the Baltimore Sun and the ...The Hill - Politics -
Senators kill first article of impeachment against Alejandro Mayorkas – live
Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski voted ‘present’ but all other senators appear to have voted along party lines. Chuck Schumer has released a lengthy statement about the commencement (and presumably very swift termination) of the impeachment trial ...The Guardian - World -
Liverpool manager hunt: Ruben Amorim of Sporting CP reportedly close to becoming Jurgen Klopp's successor
Liverpool deny that the deal is done and insist they are focusing on a variety of candidatesCBS Sports - Sports -
Triangle of Sadness director Ruben Östlund: ‘You should need a licence to use a camera – you need one for a gun’
As his new film looks at society’s relationship with the camera, the double Palme d’Or winner talks about the power of the screen – big and small – and why the next generation will be Marxist. ‘I have an idea,” says Ruben Östlund. “What if you ...The Guardian - World -
The Joys and Challenges of Caring for Terrance the Octopus
The Clifford family of Edmond, Okla., tracked down an octopus for their son Cal, 9, who has been infatuated with the sea animals for years. What they didn’t expect were the 50 hatchlings.The New York Times - Science