The statement by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security stands in contrast to the 2016 presidential election, which U.S. officials say was the target of a sophisticated Russian hacking and propaganda campaign.
There are three key reasons why Democrats aren’t about to cave in, regardless of how many times this petulant president lashes out.
While the GOP couldn’t even keep the lights on with control of all levers of power, Democrats are planning to get the government firing on all cylinders.
Chris Hayes destroyed a Republican congressman on Thursday for asking the American people to pay for Donald Trump’s border wall.
The biggest political story of 2018 was the major revolt against the Trump presidency by American voters – and the media largely brushed it under the rug.
Moments after Scott Walker signed a series of bills that weakened the power of the incoming Democratic Wisconsin governor and attorney general he was sued for a potentially illegal act.
The Democratic candidate in North Carolina’s 9th congressional race said there should be a new election if the results were tainted.
Dems could add another seat to their majority, giving them a gain of 41 seats and icing on the cake of what turned out to be a massive blue wave in 2018.
Dan McCready, the Democratic House candidate in North Carolina’s 9th district has officially withdrawn his concession, as he believes that Republican Mark Harris knew about and bankrolled his campaign’s election fraud.
What this election year in particular showed is that Republicans are happy with voter fraud if it helps them win elections.
Trump was all about voter fraud when he thought immigrants were stealing elections, but now that Republicans have been accused in North Carolina, the president is silent.
Democratic candidate TJ Cox has increased his lead in the last undecided House race, which means that Democrats are likely to flip a 40th House seat.
Mississippi was given the opportunity to move out of the dark shadow of its racist past on Tuesday. Voters in the deep-red state declined.
Calls of Republican victory have been retracted as Democrat TJ Cox has taken the lead in the last remaining undecided House race.
Two nooses and hate signs were found on trees in the Mississippi state capitol on the same day that Trump will be campaigning in the state for Senate candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith.
Some Republicans in Mississippi say that they will not vote for Cindy Hyde-Smith and racist ways of the Old South in the Senate election runoff.
The Democrats’ raw vote margin from the 2018 midterm elections broke the previous record they set in the Watergate era midterms.
While Stacey Abrams will not be Georgia’s next governor, her candidacy in the once-red state shows that the future of the Democratic Party is bright.
Instead of continuing to take the GOP’s Pelosi bait, Democrats should stick to the issues that got them elected in massive numbers earlier this month.
The less power and influence the NRA has, the more likely it is that Congress will finally work toward life-saving gun control legislation.
Last week, Democrats won the House back with a caucus that looks more like America than at any other time. Over 100 women will be in the House. Thanks to the women who ran, who worked to elect Democrats and the people who voted for them, Donald Trump will face oversight for the first time…
The Stacey Abrams campaign is hailing a judges ruling that more than 1,000 ballots that Georgia election officials tossed by counted as a victory.
Georgia Republicans filed an ethics complaint against Stacey Abrams after she approved an ad buy for the potential gubernatorial runoff.
Republicans might turn a blind eye to the womanizers and criminals that they knowingly support – from Donald Trump to Roy Moore – but Democrats never will.
Voters flooded the Georgia capitol and stood steps away from former Sec. of State Brian Kemp’s office and chanted count every vote.
A federal court ruling about the counting of absentee ballots in Georgia may be enough to flip a 40th House seat to Democrats.
Democrats gained more ground in Georgia as a federal judge ordered Gwinett County to count absentee ballots that did not include the voter’s birth year.
A federal judge has ordered Georgia Republicans to protect all provisional ballots and allow voters to check and see if their vote was counted.
It’s stunning that Democrats were able to gain two Senate seats in a year when they were playing almost exclusively in GOP territory.
Their outrageous claims that counting votes amounts to fraud aren’t just irresponsible and fact-free. They are also dangerous for our democracy.
MSNBC’s Katy Tur said what every media outlet should be saying there is no evidence of voter fraud and Republicans are trying to undermine the election in Florida.
A group of Florida voters is suing Gov. Rick Scott for abusing his power and illegally interfering in the Florida Senate election where he is also a candidate.
Appearing on Fox News’ Chris Wallace Show Fox News Sunday yesterday, Kellyanne Conway was asked by Wallace about the tape capturing last week’s altercation between a White House intern and Jim Acosta from CNN, and then circulated by White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and InfoWars claiming the “altered video” was not altered at all, because it…
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema is projected to have defeated Martha McSally in the Arizona Senate election.
Senate Democratic Leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that Democrats in the House and Senate are going to force Republicans to attach Mueller protections to must-pass legislation.
In 2020, when Trump is actually on the ballot, the same voters behind this week’s blue wave will likely turn out in even higher numbers.
The GOP – led by Donald Trump, Rick Scott and Marco Rubio – are intentionally sowing doubt in American democracy to their political benefit.
Kyrsten Sinema’s lead is growing in the Arizona Senate race, as the vote that is outstanding is coming Democratic-leaning urban areas.
Yesterday, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent out a series of Tweets implying a vast conspiracy was taking place due to his belief that “democratic lawyers are trying to change the results” of this past Tuesday’s election. Governor Rick Scott continues to hold a slim lead over his opponent, Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), however, that margin…
Sen. Bill Nelson and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee have filed a lawsuit against the Florida Sec. of State over the rejection of vote by mail ballots and absentee ballots.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has ended the voter fraud investigation requested by Gov. Rick Scott because they couldn’t find any voter fraud.
Democrats are announcing that they aren’t going to let Gov. Rick Scott abuse his power and steal the Florida Senate election.
Trump propaganda minister Sean Hannity showed how scared the regime is in Florida when he attacked the recount as an illegal Democratic plot. Hannity said via Media Matters: I want to start in the state of Florida because it looks like the typical, predictable, Democratic tactics of whatever it takes to win might be going…
Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has walked back his concession of defeat as more ballots are left to be counted.
The Stacey Abrams campaign announced that they are filing a lawsuit today to force Brian Kemp to count all of the votes in Georgia.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams didn’t give up and vowed to fight until every single vote is counted in Georgia.
One of the major consequences of Democrats winning the House is that if Trump tries to fire Mueller, Democrats will launch an impeachment investigation.
By any measurement, Democrats are putting a historic blue wave beatdown on Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Florida voters approved a measure – Amendment 4 – that will restore voting rights for 1.5 million felons who completed their sentences.
But as we are seeing in Florida on Tuesday, early strength for Democrats doesn’t necessarily translate to a runaway victory.
Steve Schmidt called Trump a pestilence and a plague of locusts who descended upon Republican candidates at the end of the campaign.
If Democrats win the governorship and retain the Senate seat, it would be a huge loss for Trump, who made frequent campaign stops in the state.
Every Republican candidate that Trump campaigned for in the last 14 days of the election lost support after Trump’s visit.
Democrats are going to try to flip the House and the Senate and you can their march to a takeover in our live results blog.
When people are discouraged from voting as they are in Georgia, they only become more energized to get out and reach for the ballot.
The initial round of midterm exit polling has been released and it shows Trump and the Republican Party underwater, and the midterm electorate matching 2008 electorate.
If you need an uplift on this election day, watch Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) discuss the power of the vote and what a Stacey Abrams victory would mean for Georgia, the South, and the world.
Hours after the polls opened in some minority neighborhoods in Georgia people couldn’t vote because Republicans didn’t provide power cords for the voting machines.
Something has happened in the final days of this campaign that should terrify the Republicans: Polls are breaking hard for the Democrats.
The reason that Republicans should be concerned about high turnout is that, historically, the more people who vote, the better Democrats do.
Instead of following every shiny Trump object, strong progressive candidates have essentially ignored the president’s distractions. It’s paying off.
Donald Trump doesn’t want a united, hopeful America, because when people stand together and vote with their hopes, they vote for Democrats.
The big question on the eve of an election that Republicans are desperate to rig is can Stacey Abrams turn Georgia blue?
On election eve it was revealed that Trump/Scott Walker Foxconn deal would create ten thousand fewer jobs and cost Wisconsin taxpayers up to $1 million per job.
A poll released on election eve contains good news for Democrats as Trump’s approval rating 39% is the lowest seen since Eisenhower.
Georgia voters are flat out rejecting and not being distracted by Republican Brian Kemp’s last-minute allegation that Democrats tried to hack the voting system in Georgia.
.Rachel Maddow interviewed the former head of security for Facebook and wrecked Georgia Sec. of State Brian Kemp’s claim of Democratic cybercrimes.
Nicolle Wallace said that people vote out of love and hate, and the advantage that Democrats have in the midterm is that they have candidates that they love.
Former President Obama devastated Trump and the Republicans for blowing a hole in the deficit with tax cuts for the wealthy and trying to pay for it by cutting Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
DSCC Chair Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said that a sea change had given Democrats a chance to do what many thought was impossible 18 months ago and take control of the Senate. Transcript via ABC’s This Week: STEPHANOPOULOS: Are you prepared for a world Wednesday where Republicans pick up seats in the Senate? VAN…
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams called Trump’s racist attacks against her scared and desperate.
A group of Republican voters in Arizona was interviewed and a common theme emerged. They won’t vote for Republican candidates while Trump is president.
It is no secret to the American public, that Fox News is Mr. Trump’s favorite news outlet, with Fox & Friends being his go-to show. As Charles Blow, Opinion Writer for the New York Times makes clear: “This show, with its kindergarten-level intellectual capacity, moved from parroting conservative policies to constructing presidential priorities. “Fox & Friends” has…
When Tur pointed out that Georgia voter suppression has disproportionally impacted African American voters, the Brian Kemp supporter couldn’t defend it.
What Democrats have recognized is that health care is a bipartisan issue – not one that exclusively impacts their base of supporters.
This Saturday morning tantrum from the president shows how desperate he and Republicans in Congress are ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Trump fumed at a rally after thousands of people waited in line and showed up to see former President Obama in Florida.
A heckler interrupted Obama who was campaigning for Democrats in Florida, so the former president responded by the destroyed the mentality and anger incited by Trump.
This could be the year that Wisconsin finally rids itself of Gov. Scott Walker as Democrat Tony Evers leads Walker 51%-45% in the governor’s race.
Democrats and voting rights advocates got another big win in Georgia as a federal judge has ruled that 3,000 naturalized US citizens must be allowed to vote:
Winning campaigns do not plaster the airwaves with the type of racist and hateful rhetoric and advertisements Trump and Republicans are currently using.
The contrast between the two political parties couldn’t be more clear with less than a week to go before voters cast their ballots.
The contest between Sinema and McSally has been one of the closest Senate elections in the country with polls showing the race a virtual tie.
This stunt is not just an insult to the American people, who can see right through it, but it’s an abuse of presidential power.
By John Whitesides DODGE CITY, Kan. (Reuters) – Clemente Torres has proudly cast his vote in person at Dodge City’s lone polling place in every election since he became a naturalized citizen 20 years ago. This year is different. After Republican officials said in September they would move the Hispanic-majority city’s only polling place to…
On the new Politicus Pod, Sarah Jones and Jason Easley discuss the cresting blue wave and the Republican retreat from the House.
Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Beto O’Rourke has gotten more voters under 30 who never voted before to already vote in Texas.
Oprah Winfey didn’t just campaign for Democrat Stacey Abrams. She took on voter suppression in Georgia. Winfrey said: The reality is that we see the injustices big and small all around us every single day of our lives, and I know it is easy for a lot of people to feel that you have no…
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum and Sen. Bill Nelson hold slim one, and two-point leads as the midterm election in Florida comes down to the wire.
Democrats have pulled ahead in Florida’s marquee races for the U.S. Senate and governor, a new Reuters opinion poll showed on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump returned to the battleground state in a closing bid to bail out Republicans.
Officials in Kansas have created a phony excuse to close down the only polling place in Dodge, City – a majority Hispanic city.
Republicans in North Dakota know Democrats cannot win in the state if the large population of Native Americans isn’t allowed to vote.
Trump can huff and puff all he wants, but the American people saw with the beautiful protests play out before their eyes on Tuesday night.
If progressive voters turn out in larger-than-expected numbers next week, it is not inconceivable that Democrats can pull off some surprising victories.
In a moment of sheer humiliation, Trump tried to explain how he can end birthright citizenship with an executive order and failed miserably. Trump said: Birthright citizenship is a very, very important subject. In my opinion, it’s much less complex than people think. I think it says it very loud and clear in the Constitution…
Latinos appear to be energized and have joined other demographics in putting up record engagement numbers for the midterm election.
Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) made it clear that he would never cast a ballot for white supremacist Rep. Steve King (R-IA) even if it meant Republicans losing the House.
Democrats are running so strong in this midterm election that they are challenging in districts that they never win.
Television pioneer and legendary director Carl Reiner spoke from the heart and in the process delivered a wake-up call that every American should see as they vote in the midterm election.
Rachel Maddow explained without exaggeration or rhetorical flourish how your vote could save America and place a check on Trump.