Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star President Barack Obama was in vintage form during a rally here on Saturday, as he urged a crowd of hundreds to cast their votes for Lt. Governor John Fetterman, the Democrat running for U.S. Senate. “This election requires every single one of us to do our …

Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune Members of Congress who contested the 2020 election results admitted behind closed doors that they know their cause is false, U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston, said on his podcast published Wednesday, offering his sternest rebuke yet of his party’s rejection of President Joe Biden’s win. …

President Joe Biden on Friday accused the Republican leadership of “rooting for a recession” after new Labor Department figures showed the U.S. economy added 261,000 jobs in October, more than analysts expected but down slightly from the previous month. “Today’s jobs report—adding 261,000 jobs with the unemployment rate still at …

Julia Conley, Common Dreams Former President Donald Trump on Thursday night signaled to his supporters in Sioux City, Iowa that he’s close to making an announcement about the 2024 election, as his advisers are reportedly preparing for a campaign launch days after the midterms. As Axios reported Friday, Trump’s aides …

James E. Garcia, Arizona Mirror Election Day is just around the corner. Let’s take stock. It’s been said, I know, but it has to be said again and again, until it sinks in: The future of our democracy is on the ballot on November 8. On Wednesday, President Biden repeated …

A New York judge on Thursday granted the state Attorney General Letitia James‘ request for an independent monitor to supervise the businesses of former President Donald Trump, who is a defendant in a fraud lawsuit recently filed by James. New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron issued an order approving James’ …

Shaun Griswold, Source New Mexico President Joe Biden’s appearance at Central New Mexico Community College focused on student debt relief and gave the state’s Democratic leaders a chance to boast about new educational opportunities offered to students from preschool up to college. “New Mexico is seen as one of the …

Casey Quinlan, Florida Phoenix The Federal Reserve has announced that in its continuing efforts to tamp down inflation, it would raise interest rates yet again by another three-quarters of a point to a target range of 3.75 to 4%. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said during a press conference following …

Email conversations published Wednesday by Politico reveal that former President Donald Trump’s legal team saw U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as their most promising chance to prevent congressional certification of President Joe Biden‘s 2020 victory. A federal judge recently ordered former Trump lawyer John Eastman, the architect of the …

Ariana Figueroa, Missouri Independent In Colorado, an error in early October involving voter registration postcards that were mailed to non-citizens in the state morphed into a conspiracy theory about voter fraud. In Iowa, voters in late September received phone calls spreading misinformation about how they could vote, with Iowans falsely told they could cast …

With less than a week to go until the midterm elections, supporters of former President Donald Trump‘s baseless “Big Lie” that he was the legitimate winner of the 2020 election have taken numerous approaches to questioning the integrity of the democratic process—including, in several cases, Republican candidates echoing Trump as …

Progressives responded to President Joe Biden‘s Wednesday night speech by agreeing with his warning that “democracy itself” is at stake in the November 8 midterm elections. “Biden is right,” declared a statement from the advocacy organization Stand Up America. “With less than a week until Election Day, President Biden sounded …

Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, Arizona Mirror A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against a group that has been monitoring drop boxes in Arizona, saying they can’t spread misinformation about voting, among other limitations. The judge, who is overseeing one of two cases brought against drop box monitoring groups, said …

Michael Lyle, Nevada Current Former President Barack Obama criticized Republicans for lacking plans to fight inflation despite campaigning on rising prices, and warned democracy was on the ballot in a final push to energize the Nevada Democratic ticket a week before the midterm election. Obama, who has made several recent …

The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily stopped the Internal Revenue Service from handing over former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee. Chief Justice John Roberts issued an interim stay of a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit following …