Author: Reporter

After convicted felon Donald Trump gave his victory speech on November 7, at the Palm Beach Convention Center, dozens of his supporters gathered in a lobby to sing “How Great Thou Art,” reciting from memory the words and harmonies of a classic hymn, popular among evangelical Christians. It was a fitting coda to an election in which Trump once again won the support of about 8 in 10 white evangelical Christian voters, according to AP VoteCast, a sweeping survey of more than 120,000 voters. That level of support — among a group that represented about 20% of the total...

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump. A House Republican victory in Arizona, alongside a win in slow-counting California on November 13, gave the GOP the 218 House victories that make up the majority. Republicans earlier gained control of the Senate from Democrats. With hard-fought yet thin majorities, Republican leaders are envisioning a mandate to upend the federal government and swiftly implement Trump’s vision for the country. The incoming president has promised to carry out the country’s largest-ever deportation...

Democrats spent billions of dollars warning American voters that Donald Trump posed an imminent threat to democracy, that his economic policies would benefit only his wealthy friends, that he was literally a fascist. In the end, voters did not care — or if they did, it did not matter. And now, after Kamala Harris’ decisive loss, Democrats enter a second Trump presidency with no clear leader, no clear plan, and no agreement on what caused them to be so wrong about the 2024 election. “I think there needs to be a cleaning of the house, there needs to be...

Donald Trump has said he would not be a dictator, “except for Day One.” According to his own statements, he has got a lot to do on that first day in the White House. At noon on January 20, 2025, Trump will begin his second term as President of the United States, following his victory in the 2024 election. Central to his administration’s early days will be Project 2025, a comprehensive ultra-conservative blueprint aimed at realigning long-established policies with absurd right-wing priorities. Trump’s first day back in office is expected to include swift moves on his autocratic agendas, with...