Author: Rachel Schilke
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Chip Roy eyes Texas attorney general run as Paxton challenges Cornyn
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) is reportedly eyeing a campaign for Texas attorney general, the latest Lone Star State leader to consider a career change ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Sources told the Hill that…
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Socialist Democrats run on voter frustration in spate of local races
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Socialist candidates are surging in a series of 2025 races as the fight for local office becomes a bellwether for the direction of the Democratic Party. Progressive Democrats have outperformed expectations in the early 2025…
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Absent Texas Democrats slam FBI over redistricting manhunt: ‘No authority’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Texas Democrats who fled the state to postpone a GOP redistricting plan are blasting the recent involvement of the FBI to “hunt us down,” accusing Republicans of amping up rhetoric and putting a “dangerous target”…
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GOP mocks House Democrats’ request for a hearing on why Trump fired the BLS commissioner
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The House Education and the Workforce Committee is unlikely to fulfill a request from House Democrats to hold a congressional hearing on President Donald Trump‘s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner over…
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Trump’s Michigan Muslim MAGA streak continues in Hamtramck mayoral race
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The inroads President Donald Trump made with Arab American and Muslim voters in Michigan in the 2024 election will be put to the test later this year as residents prepare for two mayoral elections: one…
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Texas Democrat Jolanda Jones apologizes after comparing redistricting to Holocaust
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Texas Democratic state Rep. Jolanda Jones offered an apology for comments she made Tuesday comparing the party’s fight against Republicans‘ mid-decade redistricting plan to the Holocaust. Jones is one of more than 50 state Democrats…
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Cornyn and Paxton seek punishments for Texas Democrats skipping redistricting session
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Republican primary opponents in the Texas Senate race are flexing their muscles and seeking separate legal consequences for Democrats who fled the state to disrupt a legislative session on mid-decade redistricting. Attorney General Ken Paxton…
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Darin LaHood appears to pass on Illinois Senate run in blow to state GOP hopes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) seemed to sidestep a run for retiring Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-IL) seat on Monday, telling a panel he will soon be circulating petitions to run for reelection to his House district.…
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Texas House passes motion for arrest warrants for Democrats who fled state
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Texas House passed a motion Monday calling for the arrests of over 50 state Democrats who left the state and denied Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) a quorum for the day’s legislative session addressing mid-decade…
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Kathy Hochul welcomes to New York Texas Democrats who fled redistricting vote: ‘This is a war’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Texas lawmakers gathered in New York to blast Republicans’ redistricting proposal after more than 50 Texas House Democrats fled the state ahead of a scheduled legislative session on Monday. As the GOP seeks to redraw…




