#Democrats see hope in House, gloom in Senate

#Democrats see hope in House, gloom in Senate

Democrats see a clear path to winning back the House majority in next fall’s elections, even as their worries grow that they could lose their hard-fought Senate majority.  In the House, Democrats need to pick up five seats to take back their majority, and the House map includes close to a dozen seats being defended…

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#Five things we now know about the 2024 campaign

#Five things we now know about the 2024 campaign

Election Day 2024 is still 16 months away, but plenty has been revealed in the early months of the presidential campaign. The Republican field looks set. President Biden is not facing a truly serious challenge for the Democratic nomination. And the Supreme Court keeps throwing curveballs. There are many twists and turns still to come….

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#Biden’s age is stumbling block to reelection 

#Biden’s age is stumbling block to reelection 

Worries from U.S. voters that President Biden is too old to serve another four-year term as president are increasingly looking like the biggest challenge the president faces in winning reelection next year.   Biden, at the age of 80, is already the oldest person to serve as president, and he would be 86 at the end…

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#Trump’s Supreme Court shows its seismic impact

#Trump’s Supreme Court shows its seismic impact

The impact of former President Trump’s Supreme Court on American life is becoming clearer every day. Trump nominated three of the justices on the current court, delivering a 6-3 conservative majority that can carry all before it — even on deeply contentious issues. On Thursday, the court struck a huge blow against affirmative action, finding that…

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#Supreme Court hands down blow to college affirmative action

#Supreme Court hands down blow to college affirmative action

The Supreme Court severely limited the use of race as a factor in college admissions, upending decades of affirmative action programs that U.S. institutions have used to select students from their applicant pools. The court’s six conservative justices invalidated Harvard’s and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s (UNC) admissions policies by ruling they did not comply…

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