Election Update:
With votes still being counted, turnout in the 2020 presidential election has hit a 50-year high, exceeding the record set by the 2008 presidential election of Barack Obama — an extraordinary engagement in what amounted to a referendum on President Donald Trump’s leadership...
As the Trump campaign continued to pursue long-shot legal challenges and top Republicans remained split on whether to congratulate President-elect Biden on his projected victory, Democrats took steps on Sunday, 11/8, toward planning for a Biden administration…
President-elect Joe Biden is planning to quickly sign a series of executive orders after being sworn into office on Jan. 20, immediately forecasting that the country’s politics have shifted and that his presidency will be guided by radically different priorities...
Although the Democrats will hold a narrowed majority in the House, the final makeup of the Senate is not yet clear…
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has served as the Democratic leader since 2002 and letters sent to her colleagues on Friday morning, 11/6, demonstrate her desire for two more years of leadership…
California
Gov. Gavin Newsom exceeded his authority by ordering elections officials to mail all California voters ballots, a judge said Monday, 11/2, in a tentative ruling that could shape the limits of gubernatorial powers but did not affect last week’s election…
A new law (AB 1460) requiring an ethnic studies class in order to graduate from the California State University (CSU) will likely have far-reaching implications for the state’s 115 degree-granting community colleges…
California voters rejected Proposition 16, a major blow to Democrats and social justice advocates who hoped a national reckoning on racial inequality following the police killing of George Floyd would translate into a long-sought repeal of the state’s affirmative action ban…
Launching Kamala Harris into the White House as vice president come January has officially kicked off one of Gov. Newsom's biggest political decisions: appointing California's next U.S. senator…
Coronavirus
A weekend of record-breaking numbers has pushed the US to the brink of 10 million coronavirus infections. And the pace keeps accelerating…
Today, 11/9, drug-maker Pfizer said that an early look at data from its coronavirus vaccine shows it is more than 90 percent effective - a much better than expected efficacy if the trend continues…
President and Administration
LGBT advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate President Trump's September executive order banning the government from working with contractors that conduct “any form of race or sex stereotyping,” including diversity training…
President Trump today, 11/9, fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper via tweet…
Education
President Trump tried to bully schools into opening their buildings, a hard-edge pandemic tactic that succeeded in places and backfired elsewhere…
Congress
Senate Majority Leader McConnell said that Congress needed to approve a new coronavirus relief bill before the end of this year…
House Rules Chairman Jim McGovern (D-MA) wants Congress to take back its Constitutional powers next year…