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CNN commentator Van Jones criticized politicians on Trump's former VP shortlist on Monday for dodging questions about whether they would accept the results of the 2024 election. Multiple candidates thought to be finalists for Trump’s presidential ticket, like Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), and Rep. Elise Stefanik…
Van Jones from CNN expressed concern about new polls showing that former President Trump is ahead of President Biden in five out of six important states, and he believes it should make the Democrats pay attention. The New York Times poll published Monday found Trump with a slight lead in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and with significant leads in…
Only 5 percent of registered voters say the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 or former President Trump's alleged election subversion efforts are their most prominent memory from his time in the White House, according to an analysis of a survey released Monday. Pollsters for The New York Times and Siena College asked…
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) gave his support to a Democratic mayor to take over his Senate seat, which Republicans view as the top opportunity to gain a seat this year. Manchin backed Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott (D) on Monday, expressing in a video that Elliott posted on his account on social platform X that he is…
An abortion-rights group is attacking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as extreme and unfit to serve over abortion rights, as the health issue takes focus in the presidential election. Reproductive Freedom for All Freedom Fund put out an ad Monday in Michigan and Wisconsin — two battleground states — looking to portray the independent candidate as…
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Americans regardless of their politics should fear the “kind of threats” made by former President Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee this fall. In a podcast episode of Democracy Docket’s “Defending Democracy” that aired last Friday, Clinton drew a stark contrast between Trump and President Biden, saying the…
President Biden is narrowly leading former President Trump in a new national poll of voters, with his lead growing slightly when narrowing in on those who said they definitely plan to vote in November. A Marist/PBS NewsHour poll published Monday found Biden leading Trump 51 percent to 48 percent among registered voters, a slight uptick…
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressed his desire to move the U.S. budget onto blockchain, a record of transactions commonly linked with bitcoin and other digital currencies. “I'm going to transfer the complete U.S. budget onto blockchain so that any American – every American – can view every budget item at any time.
The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a case brought by Republicans Kari Lake and Mark Finchem over the use of voting machines in Arizona elections, the latest blow to the two GOP candidates, who have seen their lawsuit rejected several times. Lake and Finchem asked the Supreme Court to review a…
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