California Democrat Adam Schiff wins Dianne Feinstein’s former Senate seat

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Schiff, who led Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial in the House, defeats Republican Steve GarveyUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerDemocrat Adam Schiff, the California congressman who led Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial, has won his campaign for US Senate, a powerful position he is expected to hold for decades.In a state where Democratic voters decisively outnumber Republicans, Schiff cruised to victory ahead of his opponent, Republican Steve Garvey, a former Major League Baseball player with no political experience who had dodged questions about whether or not he would be voting for Trump.When will we know the result?Abortion ballot measure results by stateSenate, House and governor resultsEverything you need to know Continue reading...

US will have two Black women serving as senators for first time in history

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Democrats Lisa Blunt Rochester from Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland both saw victoriesUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerThe US will have two Black women serving as senators for the first time in American history, with the election of Lisa Blunt Rochester from Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland.Blunt Rochester, a congresswoman from Delaware, will be the first woman and Black senator to represent the state. Alsobrooks, a former county executive and prosecutor who beat out the state’s former Republican governor in a tight race, is the first Black senator from Maryland.When do polls close?When will we know the result?Where is abortion on the ballot?Senate, House and governor resultsEverything you need to know Continue reading...

Maryland Senate results: Democrat Angela Alsobrooks defeats Larry Hogan

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Democrats get boost in against-the-odds attempt to hold US Senate in county executive’s win against ex-GOP governorUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerDemocrats looked set to lose the US Senate on Tuesday but they got a boost when Angela Alsobrooks, the executive of Prince George’s county, defeated the former Republican governor Larry Hogan for an open seat.Endorsed and supported by Kamala Harris, Barack Obama and other Democratic luminaries, Alsobrooks will be the first Black senator from Maryland and only the fourth Black woman ever elected to the US Senate. Harris was the second, from California in 2016 and following Carol Moseley Braun, who represented Illinois between 1993 and 1999. Lisa Blunt Rochester, who won election in Delaware earlier on Tuesday, pipped Alsobrooks for third by a matter of hours. Laphonza Butler, currently a senator from California, was appointed to her seat last year.When will we know the result?Abortion ballot measure results by stateSenate, House and governor resultsEverything you need to know Continue reading...

Google CEO Forbids Political Talk After Firing 28 Over Israeli Contract Protest

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fortune: Google CEO Sundar Pichai has weighed in on the debate over the relative values of political expression and workplace coexistence by ordering employees to leave their political opinions at home. A day after firing 28 workers for participating in a sit-in protest of the tech giant's cloud contract with Israel, Pichai warned staff that the office is not a place "to fight over disruptive issues or debate politics" in a company blog post. Although Pichai didn't specifically mention the protests or the Israel-Hamas war, he concluded that the $1.92 trillion company "is a business, and not a place to act in a way that disrupts coworkers or makes them feel unsafe, to attempt to use the company as a personal platform." "We have a duty to be an objective and trusted provider of information that serves all of our users globally," Pichai continued. "When we come to work, our goal is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. That supersedes everything else and I expect us to act with a focus that reflects that." The sit-in protest was staged against Google's involvement in Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud contract with the Israeli government. During the nearly 10-hour protest, employees wore "Googler against genocide" T-shirts and occupied the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian. The report notes how tech companies, "previously famed for their progressive culture where nap pods and abortion benefits were welcome," are increasingly restricting political discussions to avoid internal conflict. Pichai notes in his memo that Google has previously enjoyed "a culture of vibrant, open discussion that enables us to create amazing products and turn great ideas into action." Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Florida votes against amendment enshrining abortion rights into state constitution

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Ballot measure that would have rolled back state’s six-week ban does not pass in devastating blow for advocatesUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerTracker: where is abortion on the ballot?Florida voters defeated a measure to enshrine abortion access into the state constitution, a devastating blow for advocates who had hoped to roll back the state’s six-week abortion ban and continue their now broken streak of ballot-measure victories.A total of 10 states voted on abortion-related ballot initiatives on Tuesday. Results are forthcoming in six states, four of which could overturn post-Roe v Wade abortion bans and restore access. New York, Colorado and Maryland passed ballot measures to expand their states’ protections for abortion and cement their status as abortion havens. Continue reading...