Can Trump deliver on his promise to ax the Department of Education?

by admin | Nov 19, 2024 | Politics

www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump has proposed a plan to eliminate the Department of Education to “send all education work and needs back to the states,” according to his Agenda47 policy platform.According to education...

Nebraska independent Dan Osborn launches group for working-class candidates, reflects on Senate run

by admin | Nov 19, 2024 | Politics

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(LINCOLN, NE) — Dan Osborn, a former union president and Navy veteran who ran an unusually competitive U.S. Senate campaign in deep-red Nebraska as an independent, is launching a new political action committee meant...

Would an ‘all-party primary’ system give frustrated voters more ‘mainstream’ candidates?

by admin | Nov 19, 2024 | Politics

Daniel Slim via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Amid mounting frustration from centrist voters and shifting party coalitions, one group thinks it has the solution to making parties and political candidates: comprehensive election reform.Unite America, a philanthropic...

Trump vetting a Project 2025 architect for top administration post: Sources

by admin | Nov 19, 2024 | Politics

Allison Robbert-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — During his campaign for president, Donald Trump and his advisers worked to vehemently distance themselves from Project 2025, the controversial plan to overhaul the federal government proposed by a closely aligned...

Trump defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth was flagged as potential military ‘insider threat’ because of ‘Deus Vult’ tattoo

by admin | Nov 18, 2024 | Politics

James Devaney/GC Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The National Guardsman who in 2021 pegged Pete Hegseth as a potential “insider threat” clarified in an interview with ABC News that his complaint targeted a “Deus Vult” tattoo on the...

Republican Eric Hovde concedes Wisconsin Senate race, but questions ballot ‘integrity’

by admin | Nov 18, 2024 | Politics

Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde on Monday conceded in his race against incumbent Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin and said he would not challenge the election results by requesting a...