The Trump agenda: Here’s what to expect from his second term
Donald Trump has promised the most important deportation of immigrants in American historical past, sweeping new tariffs on imports, a freeze on climate-related laws, a remaking of federal well being businesses and ideological adjustments within the training system. Now he will get his probability. And Trump insiders say they consider he’ll be capable of transfer sooner than he did in his first time period to perform these objectives. In his…
Eric Adams: The Democratic standard bearer who wasn’t
NEW YORK — New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams as soon as appeared destined for political stardom — simply the kind of surrogate Democrats would wish to shore up coalitional weak spots in a pivotal election yr. But he was nowhere to be discovered Tuesday evening among the many bustle of Empire State watch events and last-minute get-out-the-vote operations, his luster tarnished by a battle with the White Home and…
He’s an Arab mayor in Michigan. Here’s why he’s unapologetically pro-Trump.
A model of this primary appeared in The Recast, POLITICO's race and politics e-newsletter. Subscribe right here to get it in your inbox. DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Michigan — Invoice Bazzi, the mayor of Dearborn Heights, was all smiles after we met in his workplace yesterday, on Election Day eve. He’d simply wrapped his ending touches on a speech he would give in Grand Rapids later within the night at Trump’s closing…
Why Californians should expect ballot measure surprises on election night
It has been an uncommon 12 months for poll measures in California — and that might result in election night time surprises throughout the Golden State. Paid promoting has plummeted in comparison with current years, and a few of the greatest gamers who sometimes talk with voters have remained largely silent, due partly to an particularly busy negotiating season that resulted in a record number of measures being faraway from…
What do America’s other Kamalas think of Harris?
Rising up in rural Ohio, Kamala Mohammed typically glided by the identify, Kami. Her dad and mom selected her identify to honor the heritage of her father, an immigrant from Trinidad of Indian descent, but in addition as a result of it was simply anglicized. Now, with the emergence of Kamala Harris, the vp and now Democratic presidential nominee, Mohammed makes use of Kami or different shortened variations much less…
Harris in ‘more competitive crouch’ in Georgia as election nears
ATLANTA — Kamala Harris put the younger, various battleground states within the South and West in play. If she wins them, she could have white suburbanites to thank. As Harris touched down in Atlanta on Saturday, the race in these 4 swing states — Georgia and North Carolina within the South, and Arizona and Nevada within the West — stays basically tied. It’s a phenomenon that was unthinkable with the…
Meet the Trump loyalists prepping for aggressive policy action on Day 1
Donald Trump is getting the band again collectively — no less than the a part of the band that’s nonetheless in his good graces. The previous president is leaning on lots of the individuals who served in high positions in his first administration to assist put together an aggressive set of insurance policies he plans to pursue proper out of the gate, if elected. The consequence, insiders say, is an…
Land of the million-dollar starter home could decide the fate of Congress
LOS ANGELES — Two years in the past, Democrat Will Rollins ran on abortion rights and the Jan. 6 riot as he tried to unseat veteran California GOP Rep. Ken Calvert. The previous federal prosecutor didn’t discuss in regards to the dizzying housing prices within the Inland Empire district — a transfer he has come to remorse. “I all the time get up, having misplaced that election, questioning, ‘What if…
House panel to refer ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo for criminal charges
NEW YORK — A Home subcommittee probing the governmental response to the pandemic will allege former Gov. Andrew Cuomo made false statements to Congress and refer legal prices to the U.S. Division of Justice. The referral facilities round Cuomo’s statements to the Home Choose Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic about his involvement within the enhancing or reviewing of a controversial July 2020 report on Covid deaths of nursing residence residents.…
Yes, this is the future of politics
The fallout from former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Sq. Backyard final night time has blotted out the news-media solar simply over every week earlier than the election. Or, wait — perhaps it was the Washington Put up canceling its endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris that blotted it out. Or all-in Trump supporter Elon Musk opening up a direct line to Vladimir Putin. For individuals who count on…
