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ABC News Digital Staffers Unionize Under WGA East Amid FCC Threats To Network
Staff working on ABC News’ digital operations have voted to unionise with the Writers Guild of America East (WGA East), the union announced on Wednesday. The move brings roughly 50 digital reporters, editors, video producers and social media producers under collective bargaining representation, and comes at a sensitive moment for ABC, which is currently facing…
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Democrats quickly coalesce around El-Sayed after Michigan primary win
Democrats are quickly coalescing around Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed following his narrow Tuesday primary win. Several lawmakers who previously backed his competitor Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) said it was time to change course and support the party nominee wholeheartedly. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), who decided against a reelection bid, said the “stakes could not…
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‘Uncommitted’ movement co-founder wins Democratic state Senate primary in Michigan
Abbas Alawieh, co-founder of the Uncommitted National Movement, is projected to win a Democratic state Senate primary in Michigan, according to Decision Desk HQ. The 2nd Senate District — which includes Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and parts of Allen Park and Detroit — was the epicenter of the 2024 effort among Democrats casting protest “uncommitted” votes…
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Watch live: Trump seeks to sell economic agenda, tax cuts in Las Vegas speech
President Trump will deliver remarks Thursday afternoon in Las Vegas highlighting his administration’s economic agenda and promoting the sweeping tax cuts enacted through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which he signed into law last year. The speech comes as Trump seeks to reassure voters on the economy ahead of November’s midterms. Affordability remains a…
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El-Sayed campaign backed by over $100,000 from dozens of members of group with alleged terror ties
Fox News reports that Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, has received more than $100,000 in campaign donations from dozens of individuals affiliated with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a group Fox News describes as having “alleged terror ties”. The report, described as exclusive, comes shortly after El-Sayed won the Michigan Democratic…
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Hasan Piker unloads on ‘Islamophobic pieces of s—‘ Democrats as El-Sayed faces party unity test
Fox News reports that left-wing streamer Hasan Piker accused unnamed Democrats of Islamophobic attitudes, framing the row around Abdul El-Sayed’s recent primary win as a test of party unity. The piece is part of Fox’s ongoing coverage of tensions between progressive and moderate wings of the Democratic Party, alongside related spats involving strategist James Carville…
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Sabato Crystal Ball shifts Kansas Senate race in Democrats favor
Election handicapper Sabato’s Crystal Ball on Tuesday night shifted the Kansas Senate race from a safe Republican race to likely Republican following megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton’s Democratic primary win. Sabato’s Crystal Ball says a Hamilton win is a “longshot” but highlighted his $3.09 million fundraising advantage over incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) last quarter as…
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DAVID MARCUS: Experts crowned El-Sayed — then Michigan voters turned his win into a near-disaster
Fox News opinion writer David Marcus reflects on Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, in which progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated establishment-backed Rep. Haley Stevens. He argues that most of the media had treated the race as effectively decided in El-Sayed’s favour, with late polling showing him with double-digit leads, whereas his own on-the-ground reporting suggested…
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Erica Schwartz clears Senate hurdle on path to CDC director confirmation
Erica Schwartz is one step closer to being the new director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after clearing a key procedural hurdle on Wednesday. The Senate voted 51-43 to end debate on her nomination, clearing a path for a confirmation vote later in the day. Schwartz would be the first Senate-confirmed…
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Pakistan’s ruling party leads in Kashmir vote despite boycott call by banned group
Candidates backed by twice-elected former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-N party have won 24 of the 34 seats decided in the first two phases of voting, the election commission, said Wednesday.