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 ,...

Obama Hits Romney on Tax Fairness

By MATT HOLLAND, Reuters

President Barack Obama's campaign blasted Mitt Romney on Tuesday for not paying his "fair share" of taxes, escalating the rhetoric against the leading Republican presidential contender to try to...
Santorum’s Self-Defeating Tack to the Far Right

By Eric Pianin

Former senator Rick Santorum abandoned his pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination after it became apparent he could lose to frontrunner Mitt Romney in Santorum’s home state of Pennsylvania...
Santorum Drops Out of Presidential Race

By Sam Youngman and Andy Sullivan and ALISTAIR BELL, Reuters

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will say he is dropping out of the White House race on Tuesday, two sources familiar with the decision told Reuters.
Obama Leads Romney Overall, but Ties on the Economy

By Dan Balz and JON COHEN, The Washington Post

President Obama holds clear advantages over Mitt Romney on personal attributes and a number of key issues, but remains vulnerable to discontent with the pace of the economic recovery, according to a...
Third Party Election Site Says Throw the Bums Out

By Eric Pianin

Amid signs that the well-heeled, politically savvy independent group will achieve its goal of placing a presidential ticket on the ballot in all 50 states, Americans Elect officials have been quietly...

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