Elections

Trump Lashes Out, Vows to Appeal Guilty Verdict

By Yuval Rosenberg

Donald Trump today vowed to appeal his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments made to silence an adult film star’s story about a sexual encounter...
After the Capitol Attack: What Happens Next

By Yuval Rosenberg

The fallout from Wednesday’s chaos at the Capitol continued Thursday — and will likely be felt for some time. Here are the top developments: Congress certifies election, Trump says he will leave:...
How Do We Respond to the Trump Insurrection?

By Yuval Rosenberg

Today, January 6, 2021, is a date which will live in infamy, to borrow President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s words after Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941. Only today’s horrifying attack on American...
Here’s How to Tell If John Kelly Really Has the White House Under Control

By Rob Garver

President Trump’s decision to replace former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus with retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly, until recently the head of the Department of Homeland Security, is...
US Seen as Major Global Threat Along with ISIS, Climate Change: Pew Poll

By David Francis

A new Pew Research Center poll of nearly 42,000 people across 38 countries found the threat of climate change is nearly as great as terrorism from ISIS. Sixty-two percent of those polled said that...

If Demographics Is Destiny, 80 Million Millennials Will Decide America’s Future

By Liz Peek

It wasn’t James Comey that torpedoed Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid. It wasn’t Jeremy Corbyn who upset Teresa May. It wasn’t fed-up workers who gave the National Front their best-ever showing in...
Time for Trump to Face It: From Now on, Every Week Is ‘Russia Week’

By Rob Garver

The Trump administration’s efforts to keep Russian interference in last year’s election out of the headlines are being overwhelmed by events, as another week ostensibly dedicated to a different issue...
As Puerto Rico Votes on Statehood, Economic Distress Looms Large

By Leslie Picker, CNBC

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The question of "status," whether Puerto Rico should be admitted as a U.S. state, remain a commonwealth or seek sovereignty — has been an undercurrent of every major policy...
Democrats May Be Blowing Their Best Chance for a Big Win Against the GOP

By Eric Pianin

Democrats are improving their standing on the issues nationally, but the party is holding back on spending in a key congressional race in Georgia.
The Fight Over the 2020 Census Could Determine Which Party Controls Congress

By Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation

John H. Thompson, the director of the U.S. Census Bureau, just resigned amid a funding fight over the 2020 Census . Since it comes at the same time that the president fired the director of the FBI ,...

15 Events That Could Determine the Election Outcome

By Eric Pianin and Josh Boak

With a mere 58 days to go before the Nov. 6 election, the political calendar is destiny, and a handful of key dates and events will likely profoundly impact the outcome of a rough-and-tumble and...
Romney on the Attack Over Grim Jobs Numbers

By Jeff Mason and Sam Youngman, Reuters

President Barack Obama charged back onto the campaign trail on Friday and faced a withering attack from Republican rival Mitt Romney over disappointing new U.S. jobs numbers as the candidates sought...
Latest Jobs Numbers--Worse than You Think

By Mortimer B Zuckerman, US News and World Report

Don't be fooled by the headline unemployment number of 8.1 percent announced on Friday. The reason the number dropped to 8.1 percent from 8.3 percent in July was not because more jobs were created,...
Obama's Lead Over Romney Widens Despite Jobs Data

By Reuters

President Barack Obama, picking up support following the Democratic National Convention, widened his narrow lead over Republican U.S. presidential challenger Mitt Romney in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll...
A Glimmer of Hope for Obama in Jobs Report?

By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

The unemployment rate dipped to 8.1 percent in August for the worst possible reason: 368,000 Americans dropped out of the workforce last month and another 213,000 never even bothered to join it, a...

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