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“I'd like to extend heartfelt congratulations to my friend Chasity Martinez on her win tonight. I look forward to working with you for the good of the people in District 60. And to every voter, regardless of how you cast your ballot, I remain committed to this community — its families, its future ... To serve where I can, listen and help move our district forward. I express my deepest gratitude to everyone who played a role in this extraordinary journey. This experience has been truly life enriching and I want to acknowledge the collective effort that made it so special. Sending love and blessings to all.”These soaring words were articulated by Republican Brad Daigle in the moments after losing to the

In the days since President Donald Trump called for the federal government to “nationalize” elections, two former high ranking officials from Pennsylvania, former Gov. Tom Corbett and former U.S. District Court Judge John Jones III, have spoken out.Both have a history in Republican politics. Corbett was the last Republican governor of the commonwealth, leaving office in 2015, and Jones ran as a Republican for Congress before being appointed to the U.S. District Court bench by GOP President George W. Bush.But that hasn’t stopped them from speaking out against the party’s current standard bearer, President Trump, especially when it comes to matters pertaining to elections.The two have been invol

A top researcher into the politics of climate change is calling out President Trump and his MAGA base for abandoning the Republican Party’s past commitment to hunting, fishing and camping. In the process, he claims, he is endangering the natural environment itself.“Since the rise of the MAGA movement, many Republican elites no longer seem interested in riding horses in the Rockies or fly fishing in the Adirondacks,” writes Dr. Stephen Lezak in The New York Times. Lezak is a researcher into the intersection between climate change and politics at the University of

Unlike former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) — who expressed her disappointment with President Donald Trump by leaving Congress altogether in early January — Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) plans to serve out the rest of his term. But Tillis is equally frustrated with the Republican Party, and he is among the many GOP lawmakers who decided against seeking reelection in the 2026 midterms.Tillis isn't a full-fledged Never Trumper; he tried to work with the second Trump Administration. But he is now speaking out against Trump's policies frequently. And in an

North Carolina residents of all political stripes are worried about higher prices and say they’re having difficulty affording regular monthly expenses, according to a recent Catawba-YouGov poll.Sixty-three percent of North Carolina residents said prices are higher than a year ago. Meanwhile, 15% said prices are lower, with 22% saying they are the same.About 40% of Republicans said prices are higher than when Trump took office. A much higher percentage of Democrats — 83% — said prices are higher, while 62% of independents said they are higher.The survey comes just weeks after the completion of President Trump’s first year in office. The president campaigned on a promise to bring prices down and continues to insist that his policies are lowering prices, although the inflation rate has continued to rise ste

A conservative researcher whose theories have often been rejected by Georgia election overseers and who once pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of voyeurism is emerging as a central figure in the investigation that culminated in the FBI’s shocking seizure of 2020 election records from Fulton County, Georgia, in late January.The researcher, Kevin Moncla, has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County was tainted by fraud. Although many of his claims have been discredited or debunked, they’ve continued to be cited by President Donald Trump and those connected to Cleta Mitchell, a lawyer who

Allies of the Trump administration, in partnership with the White House, are reportedly using the upcoming 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence as another opportunity to solicit deep-pocketed donors, enticing them with promises of access to the president and other rewards.The New York Times reported Sunday that don

What’s in a name?Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) on Sunday claimed he “could care less” about “the name of a building or infrastructure project” after the New York Times on Friday reported top White House officials pressured Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to help name multiple U.S. facilities after President Donald Trump.But one reporter resurfaced an old Lawler tweet that shows the Republican lawmaker wasn’t always so magnanimous about infrastructure name changes.According to the Times, citing four people familiar with the conversations, top Trump administration

President Donald Trump on Sunday jumped into the fray of MAGA Republicans complaining about U.S. athletes at the Olympic Winter Games in Milan who’ve expressed unease about recent actions by the federal government.As the New York Times reports, “By Sunday morning, no member of the U.S. team in Italy had spoken publicly in support of the Trump administration. U.S. Olympic committee guidelines stipulate that athletes can advocate social and racial justice, but should avoid partisan politics.”Still, athletes have been forced to a

British-American journalist Sarah Baxter on Sunday laid bare the “deafening” silence of President Donald Trump’s inner circle as several of his top aides and advisors are revealed to have associated with late convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.According to Baxter, the release of the Epstein files “has laid bare the immorality of America,” noting people who were “caught lying” about the extent of their relationships with Epstein are now forced to “duck and dive for cover.”“Their strategy comes straight out of the PR playbook of the malevolent Donald Trump whisperer, Steve Bannon, who was asked by his pal Epstein in 2019 whether to ‘continue to ignore’ personal attacks,” Baxter wrote. “Bannon said yes. Responding, he said, 'makes it way