Democrat Sen. Bob Casey Jr. still refuses to concede his race against Republican Dave McCormick, even though The Associated Press and other media outlets have called the race in McCormick's favor. In a new video message, the three-term incumbent Casey said the democratic process "will play out" once all the votes are counted. As of early Tuesday afternoon, McCormick was leading Casey by 34,561 votes, according to Pennsylvania's election results website.  "My priority has...

Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., hasn’t conceded the Pennsylvania Senate race, despite The Associated Press and other news organizations calling it for his Republican challenger Dave McCormick. As of Monday, Nov. 11, McCormick was up by approximately 40,000 votes with a little over 100,000 ballots left to be counted.  “There are more than 100,000 ballots left to be counted – including tens of thousands of provisional ballots in counties favorable to Senator Casey,” a member of...

Republicans are poised to take control of both chambers of Congress after a decisive Election Day victory that will also send Donald Trump back to the White House for a second term. But as the final margins are still being tallied, the Senate race in Pennsylvania remains open with both candidates at odds over a projected victor in the close election. On Thursday, the Associated Press called the race in favor of former hedge-fund CEO Dave McCormick, who, in his...

The incoming Senate Republican Conference will meet to hold secret ballot elections for several leadership positions on Wednesday morning, including the successor of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who will lead the Republican majority next year. At 9:30 a.m., the conference for the 119th Congress will select a new leader, Republican whip, conference chair, Republican policy committee chair, vice conference chair and National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRS)...

The House Republicans who took a leading role defending President-elect Trump during his first impeachment trial in 2020 are reaping the benefits.  Of the eight GOP lawmakers who were part of Trump’s team to push back on allegations he withheld aid to Ukraine for political reasons, three are set to join his Cabinet; one is Speaker of the House and a staunch ally; and one became Trump’s chief of staff in his first administration. The political arc of the eight...

It sounds odd, but the scale of Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat may double as a silver lining. By losing all seven battleground states, suffering their first popular vote loss in two decades and, most importantly, watching President-elect Donald Trump prevail with a working-class coalition that was once their own, Democrats have an opportunity to turn despair into action. Unlike 2016, when they won the popular vote while losing by a sliver in the swing states, or 2020, when they...

One way to think about Donald Trump’s victory American politics — indeed, the politics of the entire Western world — continues to be shaped by the dynamics of inside versus outside. Last week’s election results are the latest example. A standard interpretation of the last decade is that Donald Trump and his supporters are a movement of outsiders, an invasive force pushing their way into the sanctum sanctorum of the American political establishment....

The 2024 presidential election was called for Donald Trump on Nov. 6, with the president-elect winning 312 electoral votes and Vice President Kamala Harris receiving 226. The elections also saw Republicans regain control of the Senate and likely keep control of the House of Representatives, although several congressional districts have yet to be decided as of Nov. 12. But social media posts, falsely citing CBS News, have made unfounded claims that the presidential election...

Democratic leaders are increasingly anxious about being left with a big bill from Kamala Harris' campaign, which is likely to end millions of dollars in debt, four people familiar with the matter tell Axios. Why it matters: Debt beyond a few million bucks could hamper the Democratic National Committee's efforts to rebuild the party over the next four years. The intra-party tension has put scrutiny on how Harris' team — which raised well over $1 billion in less than five months,...

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