Politics

Liberal wins first major 2025 statewide battleground election in race turned into Trump-Musk referendum

PAWAUKEE, Wis. — The liberal-leaning candidate won a high-profile and historically expensive election in Wisconsin on Tuesday, protecting progressive majority control of the battleground state’s Supreme Court, which is likely to rule on crucial issues like congressional redistricting, voting and labor rights, and abortion.Dane County Circuit Court Judge Susan Crawford…

Elon Musk visits CIA headquarters to discuss DOGE cuts

Elon Musk visited Central Intelligence Agency headquarters on Tuesday to discuss his government efficiency program. The visit was the first for Musk since the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is charged with rooting out wasteful federal spending and shrinking the government. CIA Director John Ratcliffe who invited Musk,…

Former DeSantis official defeats Dem for Matt Gaetz’s House seat

Republican Jimmy Patronis, the former Florida chief financial officer under Gov. Ron DeSantis, fended off his Democrat opponent and successfully won the race to succeed former Rep. Matt Gaetz in Florida’s special election on Tuesday. President Donald Trump notably carried the district by 37 points in the 2024 election. The 1st Congressional…

GOP state senator wins Florida special election, extends GOP House majority

Trump-endorsed Republican state Sen. Randy Fine emerged victorious in one-of-two special elections in the Sunshine State on Tuesday night.Fine will be taking over former Congressman Mike Waltz’s seat in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, after Waltz vacated the seat to become President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor. Fine outlasted Democrat Josh…

Republicans seek to block the reappointment of UN official accused of antisemitism

The House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) is demanding that the United Nations not reappoint Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., who chairs the committee, is leading the charge to oppose Albanese.In a letter to U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) President Jürg Lauber, the committee accuses Albanese of failing…

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