Liberal Wins Wisconsin Court Race, Despite Musk’s Millions
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Liberal Wins Wisconsin Court Race, Despite Musk’s Millions

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Susan Crawford, the liberal candidate for a pivotal seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, overcame $25 million in spending from Elon Musk to defeat her conservative opponent, The Associated Press reported, in a totemic contest that became a critical test of the nation’s…

Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents
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Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday tried and failed to kill a bipartisan effort to change House rules so that lawmakers would temporarily be allowed to vote remotely after the birth of a child, suffering an embarrassing defeat that paralyzed the chamber and signaled…

Florida Special Elections 2025: Tracking Turnout by Party for FL-1 and FL-6
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Florida Special Elections 2025: Tracking Turnout by Party for FL-1 and FL-6

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Democrats are hoping for a long-shot victory in special elections being held on Tuesday in Florida’s First and Sixth Congressional Districts as they look to erode the G.O.P.’s narrow majority in the House. The districts are heavily Republican: In November, President Trump won…

Crucial Week for Trump: New Tariffs and Elections Will Test His Momentum
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Crucial Week for Trump: New Tariffs and Elections Will Test His Momentum

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s political momentum will face a major test this week as Democrats try to turn various down-ballot races into a referendum on the White House, and Mr. Trump’s long-promised tariffs risk rattling allies and consumers alike. A State Supreme Court election in…

Opinion | Nothing Ever Goes Wrong in Trump’s White House
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Opinion | Nothing Ever Goes Wrong in Trump’s White House

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Bret Stephens: Gail, before we start, is there a journalist from another publication you’d like to invite into this conversation? Gail Collins: Gee Bret, could you be referring to Jeff Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic, who wound up being accidentally included in…

Fire at New Mexico Republican Party Headquarters Being Investigated as Arson
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Fire at New Mexico Republican Party Headquarters Being Investigated as Arson

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The headquarters of the Republican Party of New Mexico in Albuquerque was damaged early Sunday morning in what the party described as a “deliberate act of arson.” Albuquerque Fire Rescue confirmed that it had been dispatched to the party’s headquarters just before 6…

Opinion | Elise Stefanik Is the First Casualty of the Great Trump Disillusionment
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Opinion | Elise Stefanik Is the First Casualty of the Great Trump Disillusionment

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump and his crew may appear oblivious to the growing sense of discomfort and fear among voters about the administration’s excesses, but there was a clear sign on Thursday that his team is well aware the first two months of his term…

In Oklahoma, Counting Migrant Students May Have Gone Too Far
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In Oklahoma, Counting Migrant Students May Have Gone Too Far

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Oklahoma’s conservative Republican governor, Kevin Stitt, and its conservative Republican schools superintendent have appeared to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the years of Donald J. Trump, with the former sending Oklahoma guardsmen to the southern border and the latter stocking the state’s schools with Trump-branded…

Forgoing Oversight, Republicans Resort to Personal Appeals to Head Off DOGE Cuts
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Forgoing Oversight, Republicans Resort to Personal Appeals to Head Off DOGE Cuts

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Representative Tom Cole, Republican of Oklahoma, learned that his district might lose a Social Security Administration field office and the National Weather Center’s primary storm prediction hub the same way many other Americans did: through a public webpage the Department of Government Efficiency…