By Jacob Bogage, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Defying former president Donald Trump’s demand for a government shutdown, the Republican-controlled House appears poised Monday to advance a bipartisan funding bill to keep federal agencies open on the cusp of November’s elections. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) late on Sunday introduced a three-month funding extension with […]
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Project 2025 is a huge blunder from Trump’s allies
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 There is vanishingly little doubt that Project 2025 has become one of the most unpopular political programs or ideas in recent history. The question is increasingly how much voters intend to hang that millstone around Donald Trump’s neck. A new NBC News poll Sunday is the latest […]
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Supreme Court rejects bid to put Green Party’s Jill Stein on Nevada ballot
Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The Supreme Court refused Friday to intervene in the Green Party’s efforts to put presidential candidate Jill Stein on the ballot in the battleground state of Nevada for the November election. The Nevada Green Party had asked the justices to halt a ruling from the state’s high […]
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Democrats hope Mark Robinson scandal will damage Trump and change 2024 map
Hannah Knowles, The Washington Post (c) 2024RALEIGH, N.C. – Democrats hope that the scandal enveloping Mark Robinson, the GOP pick for governor in North Carolina, could not only derail Robinson’s own campaign but also hurt Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the critical battleground state. CNN reported Thursday that Robinson, the lieutenant governor of North […]
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Pro-Trump Georgia election board votes to require hand counts of ballots
By Amy Gardner, The Washington Post (c) 2024 ATLANTA – The Georgia State Election Board approved a rule Friday requiring counties in the critical presidential battleground to hand-count all ballots this year, potentially upending the November election by delaying the reporting of results. The change was spearheaded by a pro-Trump majority that has enacted a […]
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UNM Street Medicine program partners with ‘Vets for Pets’
By Brianna Mortensen and Tom Szymanski, UNM Health The University of New Mexico’s Street Medicine program is all about meeting people where they’re at in the community and giving them the care and resources they need. Sometimes those people living on the street have pets who need care, too. A new partner is joining the […]
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Parent mental health: Staying well with sick kids
By Nicole San Roman, UNM Health Back-to-school is in full swing! It’s an exciting time for families, but it’s also typically the time of year when young kids start getting sick. That means extra stress for parents. While taking care of kiddos should be a priority, experts at The University of New Mexico Health Sciences […]
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DeSantis probe into possible Trump assassination attempt raises concern
By Lori Rozsa, The Washington Post (c) 2024 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he is skeptical the federal government will appropriately handle the investigation into the apparent assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump, so he has assigned state officers to “take the lead” and do their own work on […]
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The pop star endorsement that could really swing the election? Bad Bunny.
By Jesús Rodríguez, Sabrina Rodriguez, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The stars of Democratic politics were aligning behind Kamala Harris. Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama and assorted liberal luminaries had sung her praises at the Democratic convention. Megawatt endorsements from Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish would soon follow. But there’s another pop star who has not weighed […]
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Harris and Trump essentially tied in Pennsylvania, Post poll finds
By Dan Balz, Scott Clement, Emily Guskin, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are locked in a statistical tie in Pennsylvania, according to a Washington Post poll of a state that many analysts see as the battleground most likely to determine the outcome of the presidential election. One week […]