The National Popular Vote compact is grounded in constitutional provisions giving states exclusive control over how to award electoral votes, Expand Democracy’s Rob Richie writes in an ...

How we elect our presidents has never been more broken. We urgently need to pick a president based on the popular vote, which ...

States don’t have to wait. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have passed laws joining the National Popular Vote ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson held onto his job on Friday, securing enough votes from his Republican colleagues to be reelected in one round. It’s an abbreviated journey for Johnson ...

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Twelve states — Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin — have at least six former state legislators ...

SEATTLE – As Tahlequah carries her dead calf, scientists studying the endangered southern residents are concerned for the mother orca. On Christmas Eve it was confirmed she gave birth to a ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., received public support from Republicans in the Senate as he faces an uncertain vote Friday to determine whether he will maintain the role in the new Congress ...

WASHINGTON ― When it meets for the first session of a new Congress on Friday, the House of Representatives has to elect a speaker before it can do anything else. It’s not clear if Republicans are up ...

Two weeks ago, NBC News asked Donald Trump whether he still had confidence in House Speaker Mike Johnson. “We’ll see,” the president-elect replied. In the days that followed, Trump let the ...

House lawmakers will vote tomorrow on re-electing Speaker Mike Johnson, and President-elect Trump is now calling on Republicans to fall in line and support Johnson.Jan. 2, 2025 ...

Voting for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game is underway and the first returns from fan voting are set to be revealed. From Dec. 19 to Jan. 20, fans can vote daily for the players they want to see start ...