Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the other members of the “Squad” were re-elected Tuesday, cruising to victory in their deep-blue congressional districts by wide margins. The Associated Press has called the races for Ocasio-Cortez, as well as Reps. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Cori Bush, D-Mo., and Rashida Tlaib,…
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams lost to Gov. Brian Kemp for the second time on Tuesday, but indicated that she does not plan on exiting the political arena. Abrams gave a concession speech on Election Night after results showed that she had lost to Kemp in a race that was not particularly close. “Tonight,…
People within President Biden’s inner circle have relayed he’s worried he will have a “brutal” next year if the GOP gains the House, CBS News reported Tuesday. According to insiders, Biden expects his family to be the subject of congressional investigations should Republicans gain House majority. Correspondent Robert Costa also noted that Biden told his…
Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won his re-election bid Tuesday night, despite urges from former President Donald Trump not to vote for him. Raffensperger played a key role in pushing back on Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia. Trump endorsed a primary opponent in an attempt to unseat…
A Kansas City, Missouri police officer is being lauded as a hero after saving a one-month-old baby girl who stopped breathing. “That’s my hero. He saved my daughter,” the baby’s mom, Tajanea Allen, told Fox4KC. “I will do anything for that man, he saved my daughter and I thank him for that.” Officers Richard DuChaine…
Sen.-elect JD Vance, R-Ohio, did not mention former President Donald Trump in his victory speech Tuesday night, despite receiving Trump’s endorsement. Vance is among a number of high-profile Senate candidates in tight races who Trump endorsed, but he is the only one to have secured a victory on Tuesday night. The others either lost or…
Cain Velasquez, the former UFC heavyweight champion who was arrested on an attempted murder charge after an incident earlier this year with a man he said molested his young son, was granted $1 million bail Tuesday. Velasquez was arrested in February on attempted murder and multiple gun charges after police said he fired at a…
The FBI announced on Tuesday that two illegal immigrants from Venezuela were arrested and charged for allegedly pushing, dragging and punching a Border Patrol agent while being apprehended in Texas. Kevin Escalona Gonzalez, 35, and 27-year-old Yuleixy Mata Fuentes – two Venezuelan nationals and “undocumented non-citizens” – were arrested for an assault on a federal…
The Associated Press projects that Rep. Mayra Flores, the first Mexico-born congresswoman, has been unseated by her Democratic opponent, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, concluding a short tenure in the House that follows a high-profile special election victory in June. “The RED WAVE did not happen. Republicans and Independents stayed home. DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE RESULTS…
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., expressed disappointment Tuesday night at the lack of Republican wins in the midterm elections. “Definitely not a Republican wave, that is for darn sure,” Graham said in an interview on NBC News. “I think that we are going to be at 51,52 when it is all is said and done in…