Rep. Liz Cheney gives a concession speech to supporters during a primary night event in Jackson, Wyo., on August 16, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images Liz Cheney said she would not support Wyoming GOP House nominee Harriet Hageman in the November general election. Hageman, who was backed by Trump and a plethora of national Republicans, defeated […]
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The Conners’ Live Episode Will React to Tuesday’s Primary Results Because Politics Hit the Working Class Hardest
RELATED STORIES This Tuesday night, as the results of the New Hampshire primary for this year’s presidential election trickle in, The Conners will react to the news in real-time, in live episodes taped and broadcast for each coast. In “Live from Lanford” (airing Tuesday at 8/7c on ABC), Mark for a school report will be […]
‘I wouldn’t trade it for the world’: Grandparents increasingly becoming primary caregivers
An apartment building in downtown Washington, D.C., is catering to a new kind of family unit that is becoming more common in the U.S. and Canada in part because of the devastating toll of the opioid crisis: families where the primary caregiver is a grandparent.
Rebel Democrat Tulsi Gabbard hints at 2020 run with a tour of first primary states
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) has indicated her desire to run for president in 2020. The outspoken anti-war advocate said that she is thinking of how she can “best be of service” to the US in a meet-up in New Hampshire. Speculation has been rife that Gabbard, who backed Bernie Sanders in 2016, is contemplating a […]
'Shameful smear': Anti-Semitism mailer targets New York Democrat in contentious primary
Ahead of New York’s Democratic primary, someone within the party has paid for a mailer accusing progressive gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon of anti-Semitism. Approved and paid for by the New York State Democratic Committee, the mailer accuses Nixon of remaining “silent on the rise of anti-Semitism,” and supporting BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions), a worldwide […]
12 fire engines, 80 firefighters called to primary school fire in London
Published time: 4 Sep, 2018 05:17 Edited time: 4 Sep, 2018 06:17 At least 12 engines and around 80 firefighters have been called to a blaze at a primary school in London, the fire brigade said. The incident took place at Hewett Road in the Dagenham area of East London, according to the statement. “Around […]
GOP congresswoman Martha McSally beats back challengers in Arizona primary, but her embrace of Trump’s agenda could be risky
Nicole Neri/Reuters Republican Rep. Martha McSally beat back conservative challengers for her party’s nomination in a crucial Senate race in Arizona. She will face Kyrsten Sinema, a well-funded moderate Democratic congresswoman. McSally embraced Trump and his agenda, despite his hard-line immigration policies that could alienate an evolving voter base in the state. Arizona voted for Trump […]
Liberal candidate pulls off upset in Democratic primary in Florida, bringing him closer to becoming the state’s first black governor
Chris Aluka Berry/Reuters Andrew Gillum, the mayor of Tallahassee, beat moderate Gwen Graham, the daughter of former governor and Senator Bob Graham, in the Democratic primary for Florida governor. Graham had led in opinion polls heading into primary day. Gillum, 39, who would be the state’s first black governor, surged in the final stages of […]
California primary candidate faced cyberattacks for a year
It’s not just sitting politicians that have faced cyberattacks ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. Former California congressional primary candidate Dr. Hans Keirstead has reported to Rolling Stone that his campaign faced hacking attempts for roughly a year, starting in August 2017. They began with phishing emails sent to Keirstead’s address at his biomedical company […]
Bernie Sanders won the Democratic nomination in Vermont’s Senate primary, but he turned it down, fueling speculation he may run for president in 2020
Scott Eisen/Getty Images Bernie Sanders won Vermont’s Democratic Senate primary but is expected to turn down the nomination, as he did in his previous campaigns. Sanders is thought to be considering a presidential run in 2020 and already is on Vermont’s November ballot as an independent. Under Vermont law he cannot appear on the November ballot […]