Republicans get the midterm blues

Supreme Court hears oral arguments in religious preschool case

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, a church-state case testing religious groups’ ability to participate in Colorado’s state-funded universal preschool program. Two Catholic parishes and two Catholic families are suing the state over whether religious preschools should be exempt from nondiscrimination rules banning them from bias... <a href="">Read More</a>

Trump says Iran war ‘was a piece of’ Republican midterm losses 

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the war with Iran played a role in the Democratic sweep in the midterm elections. “Iran was a piece of it,” Trump said in a telephone interview with The Wall Street Journal, pointing to the rise in oil prices as a key issue. Trump added, “I did the... <a href="">Read More</a>

Democrats sweep control of House, Senate in historic landslide

Fueled by voter frustration over the economy, high gas prices, ongoing military operations against Iran and the Trump administration’s corruption and overreach, Democrats won a landslide in Tuesday’s midterm elections, winning back both the House and Senate, and electing lawmakers from some of the reddest states and districts on the political map. The Democratic rout was thorough. Democrats are expected to win at least eight Senate seats, and over 250 House seats — beyond party leaders’ wildest expectations. They won a Senate seat in Kansas for the first time since before FDR’s New Deal. They ended the GOP’s decades-long winning streak... <a href="">Read More</a>

Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate seat

Abdul El-Sayed will become the next senator from Michigan, winning in spite of a campaign that divided the Democratic Party and leaned heavily into left-wing positions. El-Sayed will become one of the most outspokenly anti-Israel members of the Senate in recent memory, bringing to Washington rhetoric and affiliations that have deeply alarmed members of the... <a href="">Read More</a>

ADL chapters go on the offensive against slate of new far-left Dem House members

Anti-Defamation League chapters across the country issued rare statements condemning newly elected Democratic House members, raising concerns about their approaches to antisemitism. The representatives-elect condemned by local ADL branches include New York’s Claire Valdez, Brad Lander and Darializa Avila Chevalier; New Jersey’s Adam Hamawy; Illinois’ Daniel Biss; Pennsylvania’s Chris Rabb; and Colorado’s Melat Kiros. The statements directly calling out new lawmakers mark an unusually confrontational and political posture for the anti-hate group. ADL’s New York/New Jersey branch said that the group of members elected in those two states “marks a shift in our region’s political landscape” and that the organization “has... <a href="">Read More</a>