The minority vote is expected to be crucial in the upcoming presidential election, which is likely to feature a rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. NTD hears more on this from contributor Mike Leon, who is the director of policy and strategy at the Free and Equal Elections Foundation as well […]
The House meet at 9:00 a.m. ET and vote at 1:00 pm on the foreign aids bills on April 20. Acts include: – H.R. 8038 – 21st Century Peace through Strength Act – H.R. 8036 – Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 – H.R. 8035 – Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 – H.R. 8034 […]
Maine Gov. Janet Mills said she will allow a narrowly-passed bill that would award the state’s four electoral college votes to go toward the winner of the National Popular Vote to become law, as opposed to the current system where the votes go either to the winner of the state’s popular vote or according to […]
The House Rules Committee, in a late night vote, advanced a bill that would reauthorize a controversial spying authority but left a key aspect of the debate to be decided later. The authority in question, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), is one of several post 9/11 surveillance authorities that have come […]
Analysts say seniors with Medicare could have to pay about $33 dollars more out of pocket each month. The Biden administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have said they want to increase access to care, but that means lower funding for the Medicare Advantage insurance program. For more insight, NTD spoke with […]
Billionaire activist investor Nelson Peltz plans to vote for former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race, citing President Joe Biden’s mental condition and immigration policies. “It will probably be Trump and I’m not happy about that,” he told the Financial Times in an interview, adding that Biden’s “mental condition is really scary.” Furthermore, […]
TALLINN, Estonia—Belarusian authorities on Monday announced preliminary results from parliamentary and local elections in which only candidates loyal to the country’s authoritarian leader were allowed to compete and the opposition called for a boycott. The vote further cemented the 30-year rule of President Alexander Lukashenko, who declared his intention to seek another five-year term in […]
A state appeals court on Wednesday declared as unconstitutional a New York City law permitting noncitizen voting in local elections—a victory for election integrity advocates and opponents of the legislation who mounted a legal challenge. “We determine that this local law was enacted in violation of the New York State Constitution and Municipal Home Rule […]
HELSINKI—Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb won Finland’s election runoff Sunday against ex-Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto in a close race for the presidency and the task of steering the Nordic country’s foreign and security policy now that it is a member of NATO, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. With all votes counted, Mr. Stubb of the […]
HELSINKI—Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb won the first round of Finland’s presidential election Sunday and will face runner-up ex-Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto in a runoff next month. The vote largely centered on the Nordic nation’s new role as a NATO front-line country with Russia, and the security situation in Europe, particularly Russia’s assault on Ukraine. […]
On January 17th, CNN revealed the cancellation of the upcoming GOP presidential primary debate in New Hampshire. This decision followed Nikki Haley (R-N.H.)’s announcement that her participation was contingent on former President Donald Trump’s involvement, leaving the network with only one candidate willing to take the stage. NTD spoke with Jon Schweppe, director of policy […]
For the fifth time in the 118th Congress, a procedural vote to proceed with legislation in the House of Representatives has failed. On Jan. 10, joining all 203 Democrats, 13 House Republican conservatives again tanked a vote, 203–216, to adopt a rule surrounding measures for later votes, in protest of GOP leadership. It’s the first […]
As Taiwan’s election day approaches, the front-line island of Kin-men finds itself at a crucial crossroads. Voters there are weighing the impact of their ballots on relations with Beijing and the island’s future. The region is considered a symbolically important one.
For the sixth time in U.S. history, the 234-year-old House of Representatives expelled a member, Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), on Dec. 1. The final vote on the resolution, introduced by House Ethics Chair Michael Guest (R-Miss.) to send Mr. Santos packing was 310-115 with two voting “present,” fulfilling the two-thirds requirement for the measure. 105 […]
NEW YORK—Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said he expects to be expelled from Congress following a scathing report by the House Ethics Committee that found substantial evidence of lawbreaking by the New York Republican. In a defiant speech Friday, Mr. Santos insisted he was “not going anywhere.” But he acknowledged that his time as a member […]
With a 2024 rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump seeming ever more likely, NTD spoke to Jason Meister, a Republican strategist and former Trump advisory board member on votes from the black community. Mr. Meister asserts that President Trump has gained 15 percentage points among black voters, with some media reporting […]
Classical liberal economist Javier Milei has won Argentina’s presidential election, with Economy Minister Sergio Massa conceding defeat on Sunday. The election result is still yet to be announced but at this stage, Argentina’s Electoral Authority has revealed that 99.4 percent of the votes have been counted, with Mr. Milei securing 55.7 percent of the vote […]
DETROIT—United Auto Workers (UAW) union members have voted to approve a new contract with General Motors, making the company the first Detroit automaker to get a ratified deal that could end a contentious labor dispute and a series of crippling strikes. A vote-tracking spreadsheet on the union’s website shows that with all local union offices […]
