As Democrats look to expand their House majority, they are hoping to flip the seat for Texas' 24th congressional district.
Republican incumbent Rep. Kenny Marchant is retiring, leaving the seat up for grabs in a district where Donald Trump had a strong showing in the 2016 presidential election, but Democrat Beto O'Rourke performed well in his failed 2018 bid for Senate
Now, if the Democratic nominee Candace Valenzuela manages to pull off a win, she will make history as the country's first Afro-Latina congresswoman.
Still, the idea that lawmakers continue to make history by breaking racial and cultural barriers reflects the lack of progress America has made.
"The fact that I'm the first in 2020, it just speaks to the fact that we've been lacking representation in so many different ways," she noted.
After winning in a primary runoff, Valenzuela told Cheddar she is confident that she will be heading to Washington because she can relate to the voters in her community.
"It's the quintessential American story," Valenzuela said. "It's the story of families fighting for the ability to put a roof over their heads, put food on the table, to see their children succeed because they have access to education they need."
For Valenzuela, life has presented its share of obstacles including homelessess that drove her family to live in shelters, and even outside of a gas station, but through government-assisted programs she says they persevered and landed on solid ground.
"Those opportunities are those that I'm fighting for every Texas and every American," she said. "We were able to get things together through some key programs. Housing through HUD, we got food stamps, and public schools became a source of stability, a source of home, a source of social stability for my brother and I."
As no stranger to hitting life's curveballs,Valenzuela said the challenges brought by the coronavirus pandemic will not stop her from delivering her message of relatability to voters.
"Instead of knocking on doors, we've been making phone calls, we've been shooting texts, we've been having digital town halls on Facebook, on Instagram, on Twitter," she said.
The New York Times and President Donald Trump are fighting again. The news outlet said Wednesday it won't be deterred by Trump's “false and inflammatory language” from writing about the 79-year-old president's health. The Times has done a handful of stories on that topic recently, including an opinion column that said Trump is “starting to give President Joe Biden vibes.” In a Truth Social post, Trump said it might be treasonous for outlets like the Times to do “FAKE” reports about his health and "we should do something about it.” The Republican president already has a pending lawsuit against the newspaper for its past reports on his finances.
President Donald Trump says he will allow Nvidia to sell its H200 computer chip used in the development of artificial intelligence to “approved customers” in China. Trump said Monday on his social media site that he had informed China’s leader Xi Jinping and “President Xi responded positively!” There had been concerns about allowing advanced computer chips into China as it could help them to compete against the U.S. in building out AI capabilities. But there has also been a desire to develop the AI ecosystem with American companies such as chipmaker Nvidia.
House Republicans in key battleground districts are working to contain the political fallout expected when thousands of their constituents face higher bills for health insurance coverage obtained through the Affordable Care Act. For a critical sliver of the GOP majority, the impending expiration of the enhanced premium tax credits after Dec. 31 could be a major political liability as they potentially face midterm headwinds in a 2026 election critical to President Donald Trump’s agenda. For Democrats, the party’s strategy for capturing the House majority revolves around pinning higher bills for groceries, health insurance and utilities on Republicans.
President Donald Trump says a deal struck by Netflix last week to buy Warner Bros. Discovery “could be a problem” because of the size of the combined market share. The Republican president says he will be involved in the decision about whether federal regulators should approve the deal. Trump commented Sunday when he was asked about the deal as he walked the red carpet at the Kennedy Center Honors. The $72 billion deal would bring together two of the biggest players in television and film and potentially reshape the entertainment industry.
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Real estate software company RealPage has agreed to stop sharing nonpublic information between landlords as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice.
