Senate Race Revealed Shortcomings of California's 'Top Two' Primary Reform
A change that promised to be a moderating influence on politics has instead made campaigns more vicious than ever.
A change that promised to be a moderating influence on politics has instead made campaigns more vicious than ever.
Nearly 15 million Americans had 31 days or more of at-home preparedness in 2020.
The Republican pollster argues that the "working class is concentrated in states that are more electorally significant to the outcome of the election."
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During a congressional hearing, the former special counsel caught flak from Democrats outraged by his legally mitigating but politically damaging portrayal of the president.
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I argue that the justices botched the legal analysis and relied too much on questionable policy considerations.
The president has not expunged marijuana records or decriminalized possession, which in any case would fall far short of the legalization that voters want.
The 14-year-old nonprofit is about to find out whether third-party politics has a centrist/establishment lane.
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The "uncommitted" protest campaign had a strong showing in Minnesota, but underperformed in other states.
"People are not in politics for truth-seeking reasons," argues the data journalist and author of On The Edge: The Art of Risking Everything.
Who you gonna believe during Thursday's speech, the president's protectors or your lying eyes?
On some issues, Haley offered a fleeting glimpse of what a serious Republican party could look like.
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A leading originalist legal scholar explains what the Court got wrong.
Despite voters' continued disgust at the idea of a Trump/Biden rematch, the former president is poised to carry nearly every state.
There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents an inmate from winning the presidency.
There are reasons to suspect the justices were wrangling over language up until the last minute.
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Three justices who concurred in that judgment accuse the majority of trying to "insulate all alleged insurrectionists from future challenges" by going further than necessary.
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No matter who wins between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, chaos is likely to ensue.
There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents an inmate from winning the presidency.
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The other Biden policy abroad that left an imprint on Tuesday’s presidential primary
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But the ruling will be effectively overturned if the federal Supreme Court rules in favor of Trump in the Colorado disqualification case, as seems likely based on the oral argument in that case.
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Despite holding out against a seemingly inevitable Trump nomination, Haley lost in her home state.
Former Rep. Justin Amash says "the idea of introducing impeachment legislation suggests there's other people who will join you. Otherwise, it's just an exercise in futility."
The supposedly reformed drug warrior's intransigence on the issue complicates his appeal to young voters, who overwhelmingly favor legalization.
Neither Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg nor New York Attorney General Letitia James can explain exactly who was victimized by the dishonesty they cite.
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Despite brazenly lying on financial documents and inventing valuations seemingly out of thin air, Trump's lender did not testify that it would have valued his loans any differently.
The essence of the case, the Manhattan D.A. says, is that Trump "corrupt[ed] a presidential election" by concealing embarrassing information.
If you’re going to set arbitrary prices for labor, why not shoot for the moon?
Three-quarters of voters and more than half of Democrats are concerned about the president's age.
A recent poll finding that 18 percent of all Americans and 32 percent of Republicans believe Taylor Swift is part of a covert conspiracy effort to help Biden win reelection. This is just one example of the broader problem of political ignorance and bias.
When he's on his game, he's still one of the best bullshit detectors in the media.
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Most of the justices are clearly inclined to reject a Colorado Supreme Court decision asserting that power under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
It was a week of bad news for the president. Fortunately for him, he probably won’t remember.