Trump was the beneficiary, not the target, of 2016 and 2020 interference
There’s a line from Fox News host Maria Bartiromo’s show on Sunday that has stuck with me. Referring to an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, she asked one…
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Cornel West announces BLM activist, professor Melina Abdullah as VP pick
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West on Wednesday announced his running mate, Melina Abdullah, a Pan-African studies professor and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, as he seeks to gain…
Trump fails to delay N.Y. criminal trial for a third time this week
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s attorneys failed to persuade an appeals court judge on Wednesday to delay the former president’s New York criminal trial, scheduled to begin next week, by…
Woman who stole Ashley Biden’s diary is sentenced to a month in prison
After more than a year of delays, a Florida woman was sentenced Tuesday to one month in prison and three years of probation for stealing and selling President Biden’s daughter’s…
Abortion opponents still expect federal action from Trump. Here’s what it could look like.
Former president Donald Trump disappointed some supporters this week when he appeared to rebuff pressure to back a federal ban on abortion, declaring in a video that “now it’s up…
‘Catastrophic,’ ‘a shock’: Arizona’s abortion ruling threatens to upend 2024 races
A near-total abortion ban slated to go into effect in the coming weeks in Arizona is expected to have a seismic impact on the politics of the battleground state, testing…
Operatives must pay up to $1.25 million for robocall scheme to suppress Black votes
Two right-wing political operatives must pay up to $1.25 million in fines after they were found liable for launching a robocall campaign designed to keep Black New Yorkers from voting…
Greene renews threat to Johnson’s speakership with letter to House GOP
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) renewed her threat Tuesday to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from House leadership in a lengthy and biting letter sent to her Republican colleagues. Greene…
Fox News twists data on economy and crime to attack Biden
There is an enduring chicken-egg question in American politics and media: Do Republicans who watch Fox News hold more extreme views because they watch Fox News, or do they watch…
The partisan gap in U.S. politics continues to center heavily on age
It is easy to lose sight of how unusual the 2024 presidential election is shaping up to be. It is unusual, most obviously, in that it features the same two…