2017 saw multiple historic elections, including the election of Ravinder Bhalla, the first Sikh to be elected mayor in New Jersey. Bhalla will be inaugurated on January 1st and intends to hit the ground running.
The mayor-elect joins Cheddar to recall what winning was like and why this is such a historic win. Bhalla hopes this is the beginning of a trend in American politics.
Bhalla will sign an executive order on his first day in office. He cannot disclose what is in the order, but he wants it to serve as an example of the work he intends to get done during his time in office.
Former President Donald Trump will not sign the loyalty pledge typically required by the RNC to be in the first primary debate.
Gun safety groups are rallying behind President Joe Biden and his upcoming re-election campaign.
Fernando Villavicencio, a candidate in Ecuador's upcoming presidential election, was shot and killed Wednesday at a political rally in Quito.
A man accused of threatening President Joe Biden was shot and killed by the FBI as they sought to serve a warrant for him in Utah.
The shooting happened around 6:15 a.m. as special agents tried to serve a warrant on the home of Craig Deleeuw Robertson in Provo, south of Salt Lake City.
President Joe Biden will make his case for bringing back factory jobs in the U.S. during a speech in New Mexico.
Fani Willis, the Fulton County District Attorney in Atlanta investigating Trump, is expected to present her case to a grand jury next week.
A U.S Navy sailor charged with passing sensitive information to China was encouraged to do so by his mother.
Ohio voters rejected a ballot measure that would make it harder to pass constitutional amendments, including an upcoming vote on abortion.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves won the Republican nomination for a second term on Tuesday.
