‘The man broke my heart’: Biden’s Arab-American boosters begin to leave his side
Maysoon Zayid, a Palestinian American comedian, supported President Biden adamantly in the 2020 election; she starred in comedy events boosting him and Biden’s election team even touted her endorsement in a press release. But following the President’s reaction to the events unfolding in Israel and Gaza over the past few weeks, Zayid says she cannot vote for him in 2024. Zayid is not alone, with many Arab-Americans pushing the President to call for a ceasefire amidst the increasing death toll of Palestinian civilians, including
Exclusive poll: Biden and Trump tie at 37% as RFK Jr. costs Trump a narrow lead
One year before the next presidential election Joe Biden and Donald Trump are tied, each receiving 37% of the vote in a new USA Today/Suffolk University Poll. Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cost Trump a narrow lead; Kennedy won 13% of the vote, with Kennedy supporters saying by a rate of 2-1 that they would have otherwise supported the Republican candidate. Cornel West, who also plans to run as an independent candidate, is currently receiving 4% of the vote with his supporters saying
7 Republicans are running for House speaker. Only 2 of them voted to certify the 2020 election
Since House Republicans dropped Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio as their nominee for Speaker of the House, 7 new candidates have thrown their hat in the ring for the leadership position. The 7 candidates include House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Mich., Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La. and Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas.. However, of these 7 Representatives, only Emmer of Minnesota and Scott of Georgia voted to certify President Biden’s
Judge issues partial gag order in Trump federal election interference case
United States District Judge Tanya Chutkan has issued a partial gag order forbidding former President Donald Trump from making statements about potential witnesses or disparaging comments about the prosecutors in his federal election interference case. The order does not impose restrictions on Trump's statements about Washington, D.C., and its residents, nor on statements criticizing the government or the Justice Department generally.Visit NBC News to learn moreImage Credit:Michael Vadon (CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)
Republican states swore off a voting tool. Now they’re scrambling to recreate it
Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen recently launched a new program, the Alabama Voter Integrity Database, which will use federal and state data to monitor when voters move, die or illegally vote in two different states in the same election. However, AVID appears to mimic a bipartisan, cross-state partnership known as the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, which Alabama chose to leave when Allen took office. He and a number of other Republican secretaries of state abandoned ERIC this year after the far