Author: Toluse Olorunnipa

Washington Post – Politics:

Democrats’ good night boosts Biden, as Democratic opposition to his reelection is likely to quiet while Republicans are divided on several fronts.

Washington Post – Politics:

Tuesday’s midterms could upend Biden’s presidency for the next two years. In the near future, he may have to confront a volatile stretch of electoral chaos.

Washington Post – Politics:

Ahead of hard-fought midterms, Democrats are hoping to capitalize on the optimism felt by Indian Americans, a growing and increasingly vital bloc of voters.

Washington Post – Politics:

Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton and other prominent Democrats are scrambling to bolster candidates in places President Biden won comfortably in 2020.

Washington Post – Politics:

Democrats for months boasted of their economic wins. Now their argument is starker — the GOP would ruin the economy and gut Social Security and Medicare.

Washington Post – Politics:

Inflation, which Democrats thought was fading as an issue, has reemerged as a significant political threat, prompting an urgent flurry of activity from Biden.

Washington Post – Politics:

The president is urging all governors to do the same on state offenses of civil possession of marijuana. He is also asking Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Attorney General Merrick Garland to review how the drug is treated under federal law.

Washington Post – Politics:

The president and the governor, potential opponents in the 2024 presidential campaign, put politics aside during the trip, instead focusing on the urgent matter of recovery from Hurricane Ian.

Washington Post – Politics:

The president faces a challenge as he simultaneously tries to make good on two pledges: To be the most pro-labor president in history and to provide Puerto Rico with whatever it needs to recover from a devastating hurricane