Rep. Jim Clyburn says impeaching Trump shouldn’t be Democrats’ priority if they win back the House
By Alexandra Marquez Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., said Sunday that Democrats should not prioritize impeaching President Donald Trump if they win control of the House in the upcoming midterm elections, but instead should focus on making life more affordable for Americans. Clyburn told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that if Democrats take back the House, he feels confident that their first order of business would be making the country accessible and affordable for all citizens. Pressed on whether he believes Democrats should rule out the prospect of impeaching Trump if they regain control of the House, the South Carolina lawmaker said,
Democratic socialists notch another win in the Oklahoma Senate primary runoff
By Bridget Bowman Nurse N’Kiyla Jasmine Thomas has won the Democratic Senate primary runoff in Oklahoma, NBC News projects, securing another win for the party’s democratic socialist wing. Thomas, a 31-year-old member of the Chickasaw Nation, defeated attorney and minister Jim Priest, 70, in the contest, despite being drastically outspent. The two advanced to a runoff after neither clinched a majority of the vote in the initial June primary. Thomas will face GOP Rep. Kevin Hern, who will be heavily favored this fall to win the open seat to replace former Sen. Markwayne Mullin, now the secretary of homeland security. Oklahoma
Democrat Everton Blair defeats Rep. David Scott’s daughter in the special election for the late congressman’s seat
By Ben Kamisar Former Gwinnett County School Board Chairman Everton Blair has won the special election to serve the rest of Rep. David Scott’s term in Georgia’s 13th District, NBC News projects, defeating the late congressman’s daughter. Blair’s victory is an upset, as he trailed Marcye Scott during the first round of voting last month 46% to 38%. The two advanced from a crowded all-party special primary election in July after no candidate got a majority of the vote. In Tuesday’s runoff, Blair led 53% to 47% with most of the expected vote tallied. Blair supported a series of progressive policies, including a tax
Mayor-elect Isaiah Hugley talks about how an HBCU education altered his life
The United Negro College Fund kicked off its fundraising campaign Wednesday afternoon at Green Island Country Club. And the keynote speaker was Columbus Mayor-elect Isaiah Hugley, a graduate of a Historically Black College and University. Justine Boyd, the assistant vice president of UNCF Atlanta, noted the significance of Hugley’s rise to the city’s top job. “We can point to that man sitting right there in front of me, a Talladega graduate who is preparing to lead the city of Columbus,” Boyd said. Hugley will become the 71st mayor of Columbus in January. He will become the first black elected mayor
Judge allows Trump’s mail-in ballots plan to proceed, at least for now
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump, at least temporarily, to move forward with his effort to exert federal control over mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections. Boston-based U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani lifted an injunction that applied nationwide after a Supreme Court decision favored Trump in a similar case Monday. But with litigation moving swiftly, there remains a strong chance that key aspects of Trump’s mail-in ballots executive order will be blocked at some stage, possibly as soon as this week. The executive order directs the U.S. Postal Service to, among other things, track mail-in ballots
Pete Buttigieg Courts Black Voters In SC Visit To Church, HBCU And NAACP Dinner, Fueling 2028 Speculation
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg visited South Carolina over the weekend, meeting with key Democratic figures and visiting various community institutions in the state. And while his visit ostensibly focused on the important 2026 midterm elections, many are viewing the trip as a potential ground run for a presidential campaign and an opportunity to establish an outreach to Black voters. After disappointing primary performance in 2020, Buttigieg returns to South Carolina Buttigieg visited South Carolina this weekend, the Associated Press reported, in a multistep trip across the state. Buttigieg’s trip included a Friday fundraiser in Charleston for U.S. House candidate Nancy Lacore, a former
Nothing changes yet with the Supreme Court’s order on elections. But it could open door to ‘chaos’
By Nicholas Riccardi The Supreme Court’s decision giving preliminary approval for President Donald Trump’s order restricting mail voting may not lead to a single election procedure changing during the November midterms, but it has already thrown into uncertainty the method that nearly one-third of the country uses to vote. Rather than saying that Trump’s order is legal, the high court said Monday it was too early for Democratic-run states to challenge it in June, when they convinced a federal judge in Boston to freeze the order for November’s election. That effectively restarts the legal fight over the order in an incredibly compressed timeline, with initial
Trump’s trade war with Canada could rattle economies in states with key Senate races
By Bill Barrow President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada is escalating as the midterm elections approach, threatening Republican efforts to address voters’ economic concerns in a year when control of the U.S. Senate hinges on states along the border between the United States and its northern neighbor. The dispute flared over the weekend after negotiations broke down, leading Trump to raise tariffs on $20 billion in Canadian imports. Canada plans to announce tariffs of its own on Tuesday, and the spiraling conflict could lead to higher prices and scrambled supply chains for Americans already aggravated at the president’s management of the economy. Republican Sen. Susan
Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner meet in NYC to discuss how Democrats and Trump could cooperate
By Scott Wong and Megan Brand House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., recently met privately with Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and informal adviser, and they discussed possible areas of cooperation, a source familiar with the meeting confirmed to NBC News. The private meeting, which was first reported by The New York Times, took place in Manhattan, the source said. The meeting was an unusual instance of a top Democrat and a close Trump confidant coming together to discuss common ground. Jeffries, the top Democrat in the House, is one of Trump’s most prominent critics. Meanwhile, Kushner is a close relative of Trump’s and
North Carolina election board denies voting site at nation’s largest HBCU for second time
By Natalie Hausmann North Carolina’s state board of elections once again refused to provide an accessible early voting location at North Carolina A&T State University, the nation’s largest historically Black college or university. With student activists in the front row, the GOP-controlled board rejected student pleas for an on-campus polling place in November’s general election during a Thursday vote. Earlier this year, the board voted along party lines to deny students a voting site on their campus. Brian Kennedy of Democracy North Carolina told Democracy Docket at the time that the vote served as a “blueprint for what voter suppression across the nation
