The fight for the House and Senate: Where things stand
Congress may be headed for an Election Day double flip. With less than four weeks to go, Republicans appear poised to win the Senate, which is currently controlled by the…
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Why asking about the 2020 election isn’t a ‘gotcha’ question
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is not interested in talking about the 2020 election. “See, this is the game that is always played by mainstream media with leading Republicans. It’s…
Local Republicans decry hurricane falsehoods — as Trump spreads them
The Republican Party in the Trump era has overwhelmingly embraced an all’s-fair-in-love-and-war approach to politics. That’s evidenced by the fire hose of misinformation flowing from Donald Trump and his allies…
Supreme Court declines to intervene in Texas emergency abortion case
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to require doctors in Texas to perform certain emergency abortions when the procedure would conflict with the state’s strict abortion ban. The justices left…
Nevada Republican convicted of taking money meant for officer memorial
A Nevada politician was found guilty of taking money meant for a memorial honoring a police officer killed in the line of duty and spending it on plastic surgery, rent…
Republicans are trying to rig 2024 the way they claim 2020 was rigged
There are two theories that allies of Donald Trump promote to assert that the 2020 presidential election was illegitimate. The first is that rampant fraud — maybe with mail-in ballots,…
Harris, after weeks of avoiding unscripted moments, launches interview blitz
After taking over the Democratic ticket, picking a running mate, staging a convention and turning in a strong debate performance, Vice President Kamala Harris is now embracing potentially the riskiest…
FBI probe of Kavanaugh constrained by Trump White House, report finds
In September 2018, as allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett M. Kavanaugh threatened his confirmation to the Supreme Court, President Trump vowed that the FBI would have “free rein” to…
Trump, who has criticized Jewish Democrats, blames their party for antisemitism
DORAL, Fla. — Former president Donald Trump on Monday suggested that Democrats have embraced antisemitism in a way Republicans have not, even as he has a long history of trafficking…
Trump has long peddled misinformation in natural disaster responses
Donald Trump falsely claimed as president that “cleaning” forests would prevent California wildfires. He showed Americans a doctored hurricane map, altered with a Sharpie to bolster an inaccurate tweet about…