Minnesota GOP governor candidate knew his running mate's Jan. 6 history before picking him. Qualls says it wasn't an issue then and isn't now — and Nicholson says he has "no regrets."
Melissa Bean, a former three-term U.S. representative, is projected to win the Illinois 9th Congressional District Democratic primary, which makes her likely to win back the seat she held 15 years ago.
Daniel Biss, the 48-year-old mayor of Evanston, Ill., is projected to win Illinois’ 9th Congressional District Democratic primary in a race some saw as a sign for what Democrats want in their new leaders.
Federal authorities arrested Jamael Lundy, a Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) state Senate candidate in Minnesota, along with other protesters and independent journalists for their roles in a protest at a St. Paul church earlier this month.
During a radio interview last week, Michigan Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Mike Rogers repeated the widely debunked lie that President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) tax law will not kick citizens off Medicaid.
Last Saturday’s “No Kings” rallies garnered an estimated 7 million people to rally against President Donald Trump and his administration’s monarch-like control of power. Much of the attention has been on the largest rallies in cities like New York City, Chicago, Washington D.C. and San Francisco.
On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) spoke with WCPT’s Joan Esposito and guest contributor Chris Bury to give first-hand updates on how many National Guard troops President Donald Trump might send into Chicago and where they would stay.
Earlier this month, Missouri House Minority Leader Ashley Aune (D-Kansas City) spoke with WCPT’s Patti Vasquez about the state GOP’s likely attempt to further gerrymander the state to benefit President Donald Trump next year.
Last week, Texas state Rep. Trey Martinez-Fischer (D-San Antonio) spoke with WCPT’s Richard Chew about his state GOP’s redistricting scheme and how he and his Democratic colleagues are urging blue-state governors to fight back.
Last week, Texas state Rep. Chris Turner (D-Grand Prairie) spoke with WCPT’s Patti Vasquez about the ongoing chaos in his state as Republicans try to gerrymander the state in favor of them.
