politics

Businessman Rick Caruso’s lead over Democrat Rep. Karen Bass has now shrunk to just around 2,000 votes in the Los Angeles mayoral race, as county officials there are sifting through hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots.  Caruso, a Republican-turned-Democrat, has so far captured 273,941 votes – about 50.25% – compared …

Nevada Democrat U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is inching closer to overtaking the lead that Republican Adam Laxalt has.  Following the latest updates from Clark County, Laxalt’s lead over Cortez Masto shrunk to 798 votes after the county tallied 27,229 votes, resulting in a pickup of 8,190 votes for the …

The commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is refusing to leave his position after being told to resign or be fired by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, according to a government source. Chris Magnus wrote in an email to senior Customs and Border Protection staff that he is determined …

The United States midterm elections may have been held on Tuesday, but Americans still do not know who will have control of either the House of Representatives or the Senate. Outstanding mail-in ballots are still being counted in several states, as anxious voters wait to see if their preferred candidates …

Democrat Rep. Susie Lee will win re-election in a battleground Nevada district, The Associated Press projects, defeating Republican nominee April Becker. The incumbent congresswoman and former education nonprofit executive has served two-terms representing Nevada’s 3rd Congressional district, comprising the Las Vegas suburbs on the state’s southwest border.  Lee sought to …

Colorado Republican and former President Trump ally Rep. Lauren Boebert has inched ahead of her Democratic challenger as votes continue to be tallied Friday.  In an unexpectedly tight race where the freshman lawmaker is vying to secure a second term, Boebert has jumped forward in the count for the first …

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., on Wednesday signaled that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy may hit a few speed bumps on his quest to become the next House speaker, arguing the Republican conference needs to have “a serious discussion” about leadership after Tuesday’s disappointing election results.   Republicans underperformed expectations in …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could parlay Democrats’ strong electoral performance during the midterm elections into another term atop the conference, party strategists and political experts say, possibly torpedoing months of Democratic preparation for a post-Pelosi world.  “Speaker Pelosi is in the driver’s seat when it comes to her future and …

EXCLUSIVE: Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake isn’t shy about how she feels the race between her and Democrat Katie Hobbs will turn out as ballots continue to be counted across the state two days after Election Day. “I am 100% going to win. I have absolute 100% confidence that …

New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin came up short in his attempt to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul in the 2022 election, but he does not view his defeat as a total loss. With the highest vote total of any GOP candidate for New York governor in more than …