Early election-year polls can be dead on. But you can’t tell which.
At the end of January 2020, The Washington Post and our partners at ABC News released one of the most accurate presidential election polls in recent history. In a head-to-head…
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Online safety legislation is opposed by many it claims to protect
Lawmakers who grilled the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, Discord and X on Wednesday all seemed to agree that protecting children’s safety online was a priority. Many of those children…
The impossibility of beating Trump in the GOP — in one Nikki Haley poll
For as long as Republicans have been running against Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential nominating contest, more than a few Trump critics have wondered why they don’t go…
Austin says cancer diagnosis was a ‘gut punch,’ apologizes for secrecy
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday that his recent cancer diagnosis was a “gut punch” that left him shaken, disclosing new details about his ensuing medical crisis and asserting that…
Greene seizes on a dubious social media attack to call for Omar’s deportation
It is the nature of our fragmented, siloed media ecosystem that entire controversies can arise and be resolved outside of the view of most people. Controversies centered on TV shows…
Oregon high court rules 10 senators who staged walkout can’t seek reelection
The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday barred 10 Republican state senators from seeking reelection after a record-long walkout from the legislature last year spurred by objections to a measure intended…
Neutralizing hard-liners, House Republicans using special process to pass bills
Late Wednesday the House overwhelmingly approved a nearly $80 billion tax package that would renew breaks for big corporations and expand the child tax credit for millions of families, using…
The toll of legal fees on Trump’s 2024 campaign, in context
The 2024 general election has only just begun, and Donald Trump looks prepared to sail to yet more GOP nominating contest victories in Nevada and South Carolina in the weeks…
Republicans’ plotting to block a Democratic president goes public
A bill under consideration in the House would, among other things, expand the child tax credit to the benefit of parents earning $40,000 a year or less. In the 2022…
Biden imposes sanctions on Israeli West Bank settlers
President Biden signed an executive order Thursday that imposes sanctions on four West Bank settlers who the administration says have committed violence against Palestinians, marking the most significant action he…