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Ivanka Trump Takes The Stand In Trump Fraud Trial

Former President's Daughter Testifies on Involvement in Alleged Wrongdoings at Trump Organization.

Zenger · Nov 8, 2023

Mayor Brandon Johnson won’t pay a price for floor leader’s ouster, top aide says

One day after the mayor cast the tie-breaking vote that saved Ald. Carlo Ramirez-Rosa from a Council censure, senior mayoral adviser Jason Lee said it was not a mistake for Johnson to empower the chair of the Council’s Socialist Caucus as both floor leader and Zoning Committee chair.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 8, 2023

Republicans still don’t get it: Most Americans support abortion rights

It’s especially difficult to “soften” messaging when Republicans have been suggesting barbaric, regressive and punitive ideas like jailing — and even killing! — women who have abortions.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 8, 2023

This election shows Democrats are not doomed after all

A recent poll prophesied doom and gloom for Democrats. Then Americans voted for Democrats and progressive policies

The Guardian - US · Nov 8, 2023

Real people, real votes boost Biden’s hopes on night of Democratic wins

Election victories in Virginia and Kentucky and an abortion vote in Ohio give welcome boost to president after bruising opinion polls

The Guardian - US · Nov 8, 2023

'The Town Without Zoning' Elects a Pro-Zoning Town Government

Pro-zoning candidates in Caroline, New York, won the elections for town supervisor and three seats on the town board.

Reason · Nov 8, 2023

What off-year election wins mean for Democrats and Biden heading into 2024

Analysis: The election results were largely favourable to Democrats, with the exception of Mississippi

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023

Ohio just legalised recreational marijuana. These states could be next

The vote means Ohio has become the 24th US state to legalise marijuana for recreational use

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023

OPINION - Michael Wolff: an old poison is back in the US — just who exactly is an anti-Semite?

How do you identify an anti-Semite? Or, a somewhat different question, does an anti-Semite know he or she is an anti-Semite? A unique point of modernity, at least American modernity, is that the reflex to see Jews as, foremost, Jews, and Jewishness as a disagreeable anomaly or eccentricity, and to…

Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2023

Supporters rally around Rashida Tlaib after censure while White House denounces use of slogan

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks out in defense of progressive congresswoman censured over criticism of Israel’s attacks in Gaza

The Guardian - US · Nov 8, 2023