The most memorable lines from the Vance-Walz VP debate
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R) met on the debate stage Tuesday night in what is likely to be the only vice-presidential debate of the…
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The Vance-Walz VP debate was overshadowed by war and disaster
Vice-presidential debates rarely matter much in presidential campaigns and Tuesday’s clash between Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance may matter less than ever — not because of what was…
Polls show big increase in Republicans planning to vote for abortion rights
The politics of abortion rights have shifted massively toward Democrats since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Nothing makes that clearer than the fact that the Republican…
U.S. sends more troops, warplanes to Middle East as bulwark against Iran
The Pentagon will deploy a few thousand additional U.S. troops and more fighter jets to the Middle East, defense officials said Monday, as part of the Biden administration’s scramble to…
Trump, Harris venture into the politics of Hurricane Helene
The two candidates for president ventured carefully into the politics of Hurricane Helene on Monday, with Vice President Kamala Harris canceling West Coast campaign stops to attend a storm briefing…
As Israel escalates in Lebanon, U.S. influence is limited
First Israel ignored a U.S.-led effort to impose a cease-fire in its escalating war against Hezbollah. Then it killed the militant movement’s leader, Hasan Nasrallah, in a massive attack, taking…
Union members could be big for Trump. He keeps complicating that.
If Donald Trump is elected president on Nov. 5, it’s possible we’ll be talking a lot about union households in the days afterward. About 1 in 5 voters tend to…
Number of Arizona voters missing citizenship proof doubles
PHOENIX — A failure to document the citizenship status of Arizona voters is now estimated to affect as many as 218,000 people — more than double what state election officials…
N.C. presidential race close as Helene recovery begins, Post poll finds
North Carolina voters are closely divided in the choice between Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a Washington Post poll, with no sign that Lt. Gov. Mark…
Walz’s digs at Trump and Vance show the cutting side of ‘Minnesota nice’
MINNEAPOLIS – Even before Vice President Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz to be her running mate, the Minnesota governor made headlines and launched countless memes when in July he delivered…