Tag: Wanes

Both sides of gun issue seek to stir up US voters as NRA influence wanes

Anti-gun-control groups and gun-safety advocates are launching hefty voter-mobilization drives this year with the stakes high in the fall elections given the stark differences on gun violence policy between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. But the long-powerful National Rifle Association (NRA), which has been beset with financial and legal headaches for several years, is not […]

Enthusiasm wanes among Black voters who powered Biden’s 2020 Georgia win

By Kat Stafford and Jayla Whitfield-Anderson ATLANTA (Reuters) – Much has changed since Wanda Mosley helped galvanize thousands of Black voters across the battleground state of Georgia to help clinch the 2020 general election for U.S. President Joe Biden. Excited to head to the polls then, some Black voters now feel disillusioned by a surge […]

Mitch McConnell’s Influence Wanes In Trump’s GOP

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell is widely known to be a cunning, Machiavellian tactician who maximizes his party’s power in the Senate to accomplish hugely consequential conservative victories, including a right-wing Supreme Court majority that may last for decades. But the recent drama in Congress’ upper chamber exposed what has been evident behind the scenes for […]