Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Chris Sununu, Republican Governor of New Hampshire. New Hampshire’s Republican Gov. Chris Sununu will win re-election, NBC News projected, fending off Democrat Molly Kelly, who emerged as a serious threat to the incumbent in the campaign’s final days. Sununu had narrowly …
Read More »Monthly Archives: November 2018
Trump would work with Democrats on regulating Facebook and Twitter
Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images US President Donald Trump speaks during a post-election press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on November 7, 2018. President Trump said on Wednesday that he’s open to working across the aisle with Democrats to regulate social …
Read More »Democrat Cindy Axne will win Iowa House seat: NBC News
Scott Olson | Getty Images Cindy Axne, democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Iowa’s 3rd district, speaks to supporters at a get-out-the-vote rally which she was hosting with Fred Hubbell, Democratic candidate for governor of Iowa, on October 8, 2018 in Des Moines, Iowa. Democrat Cindy Axne will win …
Read More »Scott Walker vs. Tony Evers
Morry Gash | AP Democratic candidate for governor Tony Evers speaks at a rally Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, in Milwaukee. Democrat Tony Evers is the apparent winner of Wisconsin’s gubernatorial election, denying Republican Gov. Scott Walker a third term, NBC News projects. The 67-year-old education official triumphed in a state …
Read More »Healthcare topped the economy as the biggest issue for voters now, here’s why
Spending on medical care is the highest it has ever been. The United States spends 18.2 percent of gross domestic product on healthcare, up slightly from 2017, according to Statista. That amount has jumped more than 260 percent since 1960, when the U.S. spent 5 percent of GDP on health …
Read More »Superbugs’ dangerous, $65 billion threat to the US health care system
DTKUTOO | iStock / 360 | Getty Images A magnified image of the MRSA bacteria. The “superbug” is poised to kill 30,000 Americans per year by 2050. Antimicrobial resistance is a large and growing problem, with the potential for enormous health and economic consequences for the United States and the …
Read More »Rep. Chris Collins, charged with insider trading, projected to win
Lucas Jackson | Reuters Rep. Christopher Collins (R-NY) departs the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse following his arraignment on insider trading charges in New York, August 8, 2018. Rep. Chris Collins, the Republican recently indicted on federal insider trading charges, will retain his House seat representing New York’s 27th District, …
Read More »Gun stocks rally after midterms leave Congress poised for gridlock
Getty Images National Rifle Association members look over pistols in the Smith & Wesson display at the 146th NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits on April 29, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. Gun stocks rose Wednesday after the midterm elections divided power in the U.S. Congress with Democrats seizing control of the …
Read More »Apple readies $7 billion court battle with Qualcomm, not in settlement talks
Visual China Group | Getty Images Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook attends China Development Forum (CDF) 2018 at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 24, 2018 in Beijing, China. China Development Forum (CDF) 2018 is hosted by the Development Research Center of the State Council of China on March 24-26 …
Read More »Nevada’s Steven Horsford keeps House seat in Democrat hands: NBC News
Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | AP Former Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev. Democrat Steven Horsford beat Republican Cresent Hardy, a former congressman, for the open seat in Nevada’s 4th Congressional District, according to NBC News. Horsford will take the seat of Rep. Ruben Kihuen, a Democrat, who last year …
Read More »