The former president still stands the best chance of winning the Republican nomination Earlier this week, Donald Trump delivered a speech in which he announced that he is a candidate for the presidency in 2024, and it was something of a political tour de force. In fact, it may well be the most important speech … Read more
FILE: Cecilia Rouse, chair of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, March 28, 2022. Oliver Contreras/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images A key member of President Joe Biden’s economic team, Cecilia Rouse, will … Read more
CNN — Charlie Baker, the moderate Republican governor of Massachusettssaid former President Donald Trump’s influence hurt their party in this year’s midterm elections as voters demonstrated they “aren’t interested in extremism.” In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Baker said Trump “hurt the party’s chances on Election Day, not just here in Massachusetts and Maryland, … Read more
A growing number of Trump allies are trashing him publicly and blaming him for Republicans underperforming in the midterm elections. Conservative commentator Candace Owens, a staunch supporter of the former president, went as far as sharing a personal story that made her question his character. Owens, who once referred to Trump as “the savior” of … Read more
To hold their ground, the Democrats had to make promises that risk alienating their key donors Pictures of a smirking President Biden graced the front pages of newspapers in the days following the midterm elections. The worst fears of the Democrats – that they would lose both houses of Congress to the Republicans in an … Read more
A surprisingly nuanced verdict in the midterm elections has delivered at least one important conclusion about the state of the national mood: In battleground states and swing districts across the country, voters voiced their support for moderation. That happened in Nevada’s Senate race, where Catherine Cortez Masto, an unassuming incumbent Democrat occupying one of the … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: Reuters Rodrigo Campos and Ira Iosebashvili Article content A stronger-than-expected showing by Democrats in the U.S. midterm elections may force investors to rethink the split government scenario many had expected. Democrats held onto control of the U.S. Senate, extinguishing hopes of the “red wave” that Republicans … Read more
Votes are still being counted across the US following Tuesday’s midterm elections, and we do not know which party will control the House of Representatives after the Democrats were projected to hold the Senate on Saturday night. But it is clear that Democrats fended off a predicted “red wave” of Republican wins across statewide and … Read more
As Rupert Murdoch-owned outlets noticeably pinned the blame for the Republicans’ midterm losses on Donald Trump, Saturday Night Live spoofed Fox & Friends as it tries to move on from its once-favorite guest. “Mr. President. I don’t know how to tell you this. But we have moved on. We can’t have you on the show … Read more
Investing and politics go together about as well as mango chutney and burned hair, and we prefer to focus on the stocks and leave the pontificating about the state of the nation to the Beltway pundits. Yet we can’t help but walk away from both the market and the midterms this past week without feeling … Read more