DeSantis is ‘scarier’ opponent than Trump, say Democrats
President Biden has repeatedly talked about taking on former President Trump. He still tells anyone who will listen that he’s the only Democrat who can defeat the former president, and he said last month that he wouldn’t be disappointed if Trump ran against him in 2024. But some Democrats say that if Biden does run for reelection, he also needs to actively target Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and stop boxing himself into a Trump race. Trump is all but certain to enter the race, but with the Jan. 6 hearings hammering him and potential lawsui
Read MoreDemocrats see new signs of hope ahead of midterms
Democrats are seeing new glimmers of hope for the 2022 midterm elections amid a series of high-profile legislative and political victories that they say could reverse the longtime expectation of a so-called red wave in November. Senate Democrats struck a deal on a sweeping tax and climate package that had long been a point of bitter contention within their own ranks. Recent polling shows Democrats making gains on the generic ballot, a key measure of voter preference in the midterms. And voters in deep-red Kansas broadly rejected a ballot question stripping abortion rights from the
Read MoreSenate Democrats send their big tax, climate package to House: Five takeaways
Senate Democrats after a very long series of votes have approved a massive $740 billion bill that will make significant investments in climate change while lowering the price of prescription drugs and taking steps toward a more equitable tax code. That the Senate was able to get the bill done is somewhat of a surprise if you look back to December 2021, when Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) appeared to torpedo the efforts with an announcement on Fox News that he could not support the measure because of inflation. It was just the first time Manchin appeared to kill the bill, onl
Read MoreBiden welcomes Gaza ceasefire, calls for probe into hostilities on both sides
President Biden called for an investigation Sunday into recent hostilities between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip as he offered his support for a ceasefire announced earlier in the day. The truce between the Israelis and the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad group was negotiated by Egyptian officials, who said both sides agreed to the ceasefire following roughly three days of fighting. “The reports of civilian casualties in Gaza are a trage
Read MoreMichigan AG requests special prosecutor investigate opponent for voting machine access
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) on Friday requested a special prosecutor investigate her opponent’s alleged involvement in a group that gained unauthorized access to voting machines. Politico published a petition from Nessel’s office calling for the special prosecutor after her investigation into the alleged scheme found ties to Matthew DePerno, the presumptive Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general, who is endorsed by former President Trump.
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