Browsing: 2024 Presidential Election

The Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a lawsuit against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on Wednesday to get the state to review its voter registration rolls. The committee alleges the state has “failed to live up” to the National Voter Registration Act’s (NVRA) requirement that voter registration rolls must be clean. The lawsuit, filed in…

First lady Jill Biden is teaming up with singer Christina Aguilera in a social media message urging voters to support abortion rights in elections this fall. “It was shocking and devastating. From state to state, abortion bans went into effect, threatening the health and lives of women across the country,” Biden said, referencing the 2022…

President Biden didn’t see a bump in polling after his State of the Union address last week, with new polls showing no improvement for the incumbent. Ahead of the State of the Union, Biden’s approval rating was 40 percent in a Yahoo News/YouGov poll. In a new survey, released Tuesday by the same duo, the…

Former President Trump celebrated a “great day of victory” Tuesday after winning enough delegates in the day’s primaries to clinch the GOP nomination for president. “It’s your favorite president speaking to you on a really great day of victory,” Trump said in a video posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, by his campaign. “One…

President Biden reiterated his commitment to support Black Americans in a weekend interview and emphasized his track record of backing Black-owned small businesses and strong job growth. "You promised Black America that you’d have, you’d have our back. Do you feel you have our backs?" Jonathan Capehart asked…

New York Times columnist Ezra Klein retracted his previous insistence that President Biden should not run for reelection, describing his State of the Union speech as a “comeback” for his electoral hopes on Sunday.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Sunday argued with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos about her recent support of former President Trump, accusing the anchor of “shaming” her for being a rape victim in his line of questioning. Stephanopoulos showed a video clip on “This Week” of Mace giving testimony about being a victim of rape shortly before…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said he was not concerned about polling numbers showing President Biden performing worse among Black voters than in 2020. In a CBS News poll this week, Biden led Trump among Black voters 76-23, while he carried about 90 percent of the group four years earlier. “The polling has been…

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) encouraged his progressive supporters to vote for President Biden in November, despite the difference in opinion over his response to the Israel-Hamas war and the increasing popularity of protest vote movements in Democratic primaries. Sanders, who has urged Biden to support a temporary cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war and cut off…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) denied on Sunday that former President Trump is in control of the Senate after a bipartisan agreement on the border collapsed as the former president didn’t back it. NBC’s Kristen Welker questioned Graham on “Meet the Press” about remarks from Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) who suggested that lawmakers shouldn't have to seek…