Author: Nate

Nevada Just Named Its Two Fighters for Governor — and Cook Says Neither Side Has the Edge Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford won the state’s Democratic gubernatorial primary Tuesday with 66% of the vote, defeating Washoe County Commissioner Alexis Hill, who received 21%, to become the Democratic nominee. Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, endorsed by President…

Trump’s Pick Couldn’t Win South Carolina Outright — Mace Is Eliminated and the MAGA Runoff Is On No candidate in South Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial primary cleared the 50% threshold required to avoid a runoff Tuesday, setting up a June 23 contest between Trump-endorsed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, who led the field with 29.3% of the…

Maine Democrats Nominated a Candidate Accused of Abuse — and He Won With 77 Percent of the Vote Progressive oyster farmer Graham Platner won Maine’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday with 77.7% of the vote, defeating Gov. Janet Mills — who suspended her campaign in April but remained on the ballot — who received 16.7%.…

FISA’s Warrantless Spy Program Is Three Days From Expiring — and Washington Created This Crisis Itself The Senate voted 47-52 on Friday to block a procedural motion that would have advanced a long-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the primary legal authority for warrantless surveillance of foreign nationals abroad. Seven…

Congress Cuts a $70 Billion Blank Check for ICE With No Strings Attached — and Sends It to Trump The Republican-controlled House voted 214-212 on Tuesday to pass a $70 billion reconciliation bill funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s administration, sending the legislation to the White…