Who is Taylor Rehmet? Democrat defeats Trump-endorsed Republican Leigh Wambsgans in Texas state Senate runoff

Democratic contender Taylor Rehmet secured a victory in a runoff election on Saturday for a Texas state Senate seat in a traditionally conservative district near Dallas, defeating Donald Trump-endorsed Republican Leigh Wambsganss by over 11 points. The race was widely seen as an early indicator ahead of this year’s midterm elections. The state Senate seat…

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Trump brags about accomplishments ahead of midterm polls: ‘When you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election’

US President Donald Trump expressed frustration over the possibility that his Republican Party could lose control of the US House of Representatives or the Senate in this year’s midterm elections. In an interview with Reuters from the Oval Office of the White House on 14 January, the President substantiated his view by pointing to past…

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Zohran Mamdani vows to enact democratic socialist agenda; takes aim at billionaires as he begins term as NYC mayor

Democrat Zohran Mamdani became New York City’s mayor on Thursday, vowing during a public swearing-in ceremony on the steps of City Hall to enact an aggressive agenda aimed at making the nation’s largest city more affordable for working people. Mamdani, a member of his party’s left-wing democratic socialist faction, was elected last November in a…

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Nancy Pelosi bets on Democratic House return, names the man she says is ‘ready’ to be speaker

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said she is fully convinced that Democrats will regain control of the US House of Representatives in next year’s midterm elections, paving the way for Hakeem Jeffries to assume the speakership. Speaking on ABC’s This Week, Pelosi argued that a Democratic victory would restore Congress’s institutional authority and reassert…

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