Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and his Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke confronted off in a debate on Friday lower than six weeks earlier than Election Day. The talk — the primary and solely deliberate debate for the gubernatorial race — occurred on the College of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburgh, the place Abbott and O’Rourke … Read more
ATLANTA (AP) — When Democrat Stacey Abrams narrowly misplaced the Georgia governor’s race to Republican Brian Kemp 4 years in the past, she did not go quietly. She ended her marketing campaign with a non-concession that acknowledged she would not be governor, whereas spotlighting her claims that Kemp had used his put up as secretary … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Each time a donor’s unsilenced cellphone goes off at a fundraiser whereas President Joe Biden is speaking, he has the identical joke able to go: It is Donald Trump on the opposite line. “If that is Trump calling me once more, inform him I am busy,” Biden mentioned at an occasion this … Read more
Marine One carrying then-President Donald Trump arrives on the White Home in Washington, Oct. 5, 2020. (Oliver Contreras/The New York Occasions) WASHINGTON — Two high-profile prison investigations involving Donald Trump are converging on a single, extremely consequential query: How a lot residual govt privilege can a former president invoke after leaving workplace? Because the Justice … Read more
A nurse prepares a COVID-19 booster shot on the vaccination web site in Maywood, In poor health., on Sept. 13, 2022. (Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Instances) The brand new, redesigned COVID booster, which protects in opposition to omicron and its extraordinarily contagious subvariants, seems to have a visibility drawback. Federal authorities approved … Read more
Activists with the Scholar Debt Disaster Middle and different organizations rally outdoors the Division of Training constructing in Washington, April 4, 2022. (Kenny Holston/The New York Occasions) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s program to erase massive quantities of pupil mortgage debt attracted criticism instantly after it was introduced in August and, extra lately, a number … Read more
YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) — When then-Maine Gov. Paul LePage endorsed Donald Trump in 2016, he credited himself as a prototype for the rebel presidential candidate. “I used to be Donald Trump earlier than Donald Trump grew to become well-liked, so I believe I ought to help him since we’re one of many identical fabric,” stated … Read more
It has been every week of political whiplash for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who in a matter of days has gone from prime foil to the Biden White Home to a keen associate with the president and his workforce. It was Sept. 20 when the White Home was on alert for the potential that … Read more