GOP sounds alarm over struggles with Gen Z voters
Republicans are urging the party to do a better job engaging with young voters after the GOP saw Generation Z voters cast ballots by large margins for Democrats in the November midterms, making the difference in key congressional and gubernatorial races. While the party has long struggled with attracting younger voters, the 2022 midterm election underscored the extent to which those struggles are a liability for it. Now, Republicans are calling on the party to step up its outreach, including by finding more Gen Z surrogates, engaging with young voters on social media platforms and
Read MoreWhat Biden's political evolution means for progressives in 2023
Earlier this month, a president who voted for the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 as a senator signed the bill to officially repeal it and enshrine marriage equality into law. President Biden has always fashioned himself as a centrist, even when seeking the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, which makes his evolution on particular issues a fascinating weather vane. After finally hearing progressives’ calls on everything from climate change and student debt to a filibuster carve-out this year, where might Biden advance next in 2023?
Read MorePope Benedict, conservative whose resignation shattered tradition, dies at 95
Former pope Benedict XVI, who roughly a decade ago became the first pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church to resign in nearly 600 years, died Saturday at his home in Vatican City. He was 95. The Holy See said Benedict's health had worsened because of old age. He was being closely monitored by doctors at his home, a former monastery in Vatican City. Benedict leaves behind a complicated legacy. His papacy was hounded by child abuse scandals in the church, and he himself faced accusations that he failed to address those allegations while he was an archbishop. Yet h
Read MoreThe political winners and losers of 2022
2022 had plenty of political drama: the midterm elections, the congressional investigation into Jan. 6, record numbers of migrants at the southern border, big pieces of legislation and former President Trump’s declaration of his 2024 White House candidacy. As the year draws to a close, here are some of the biggest winners and losers. WINNERS President Biden Biden’s biggest victory came in limiting a defeat. The midterm elections saw his party lose control of the House of Representatives, but only very narrow
Scrutiny turns to George Santos's campaign funding
As new revelations about the falsehoods Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) has told about his background continue to emerge, several peculiarities in the incoming congressman’s finances are facing heavy scrutiny — and could prove to be his greatest liability. Santos's finances and financial disclosures are the subject of a federal investigation, reports revealed this week. “Given that much of Santos’s biography has apparently been fabricated, it’s possible the most troubling components of that fabrication — from a campaign fina
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