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House considers Trump SAVE Act voter-ID bill

House considers Trump SAVE Act voter-ID bill

Published by Sam Flores

The House will vote Wednesday afternoon on an election bill backed by President Donald Trump that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and require photo identification at the ballot box.  The SAVE America Act, introduced by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, has been the focus of a pressure campaign from the White House, hard-line congressional Republicans and online influencers like Elon Musk.  Democrats and voting rights groups, meanwhile, say the legislation would disenfranchise millions of Americans, make it harder to register to vote, and put more power in the hands of Trump and the federal government ahead of what is expected to be a difficult midterm election for the GOP. “It’s the president’s wishes that elections be turned over to him and his administration,” said Rep. Joe Morelle, D-N.Y., referring to Trump’s recent comments about nationalizing American elections. Read more CNBC politics coverage “He wants to do it because Republicans know that if the midterm elections go off as they expect they should … he will lose the majority of the House, probably …

Sell U.S. Greenland or get tariffs

Sell U.S. Greenland or get tariffs

Published by Sam Flores

U.S.President Donald Trump arrives at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, in Michigan, U.S., January 13, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Eight NATO members’ goods sent to the U.S. will face escalating tariffs “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland,” President Donald Trump announced Saturday. The tariffs targeting Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland will start at 10% on Feb. 1, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. The tariffs will shoot up to 25% on June 1, the president said. The penalties would presumably stack on top of the existing U.S. tariffs already levied on goods from these countries. Tariffs imposed by the U.S. on its allies already average about 15% on goods from the European Union countries in Trump’s crosshairs and roughly 10% on imports from the United Kingdom, with rates varying by sector. In sensitive areas such as metals and certain autos, stacked measures have already pushed effective tariffs into the mid-teens to mid-20% range. The imposition of …

Why the potential return of a popular Alaska congresswoman could spell doom for Senate Republicans

Why the potential return of a popular Alaska congresswoman could spell doom for Senate Republicans

Published by Sam Flores

A popular Alaska congresswoman who narrowly lost re-election last year is expected to jump into the race for Sen. Dan Sullivan’s seat later this month, tossing a firecracker into the already chaotic scramble for control of the upper chamber set to play out in 2026. Mary Peltola was defeated in her bid to represent Alaska’s at-large congressional district for a second term in 2024, with her Republican opponent winning by slightly more than two percentage points. That defeat came amid a wave election year that devastated the Democratic caucuses in the House and Senate, and showed the congresswoman’s formidable electoral strength relative to her party’s national brand. Now, Axios reports that Peltola is in the early stages of launching a bid for Senate and is expected to formally do so later in January. Her entrance into the race would firmly place Sullivan’s Republican-held seat into play and give the Democratic Party one more avenue to obtain control of the upper chamber in a midterm sweep — the party is already slightly favored to take the …