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Donald Trump and his allies would have you believe that “they” are responsible for the attempts on the former president’s life. That’s correct… if “they” refers to men with easy access to weapons of war.
Regrettably, there is little room in modern politics, especially the GOP, for nuanced policy positions that could actually help the country get ahead.
The divide between Democrats and Republicans is also one between reality and fiction. Until the GOP kicks its addiction to lies, it seems impossible for the US to come together once more.
Donald Trump announced he had concepts of plans to fix health care in America. This reminds us that this con man is not even a concept of a serious presidential candidate.
A new poll shows that voters are willing to believe just about any lie the former president tells them.
While the public grows louder in their demands for sustainable transportation options, elected officials continue to support car-centric policies, placing the nation in gridlock.
It involves borders, abortion bans, inflation, and sandwiches.
Trump proposes kidnapping Haitian migrants and sending them to… Venezuela.
Harris introduced herself as a woman strong enough to dominate the preeminent bully of our time.
Behind AI’s rapid rise: exploited workers in digital sweatshops and mounting environmental costs.
In the three years since Donald Trump concocted his Big Lie and during which he has relentlessly attacked the Department of Justice, the number of threats against its staff have skyrocketed.
Under the guise of safeguarding “election integrity,” the SAVE Act promotes xenophobia and undermines democracy.
The candidate has kept her climate policy vague so far, but her record as a prosecutor gives climate activists hope.
Donald Trump knows all too well how seriously her fans will take Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris.
State election officials are highly concerned that the poor performance of the Postal Service could hamper the upcoming election.
Harris was effective in a way that delighted pundits, and Trump was terrible… But it remains to be seen how voters viewed the debate.
Trump performed just as expected in Tuesday’s debate; while Harris succeeded in baiting the former president, she also largely missed an opportunity to present herself to the American people as somebody completely different and authentic.
Donald Trump wants congressional Republicans to walk off a cliff and shut down the government. The right political move for Democrats would be to let them.
JD Vance’s obsession with pets manifested in a new way this week… one that is symptomatic of what the Trump campaign is all about.
The Inflation Reduction Act funds popular measures such as tax credits for home electrification and electric vehicles, plus investments in clean energy technology and infrastructure.
If ABC’s moderators want to do their jobs tonight, here are the kinds of questions they should ask each of the candidates (and the answers they should expect).
Donald Trump’s inability to be humble heaps more pressure on him before Tuesday’s debate.
You think offshore customer service hell is bad now? Just wait till Trump and the GOP get the government off the corporations’ backs!
With the US presidential election fast approaching, what to do about Israel and Gaza has become a leading foreign policy issue. WhoWhatwhy’s International Editor William T. Dowell and contributor James M. Dorsey — an expert on the Middle East who also publishes ‘The Troubled World’ on Substack — discussed what’s at stake and the possible options.
It’s admirable that former Republican leaders put country before party. But they can’t just talk the talk, they have to put in the work to defeat Donald Trump.
Apparently it’s worth millions to the Russian intelligence services to push propaganda videos created by podcasters and boosted by Elon Musk and others to insecure young men.
Donald Trump is a gift to science that allows us to better understand a variety of mental illnesses, how cults work, and the effectiveness of gaslighting.
By making baseless accusations against Democratic officials and activists, Trump is playing with fire… all to save face in case he loses once again.
Why would anybody believe that Donald Trump would just kiss and grope women? Oh, right, it’s because he told us.
MAGA bundles all their frustrations, angers, hatreds in one place.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s recent voter suppression efforts have not gone unnoticed in Congress.
Once again Donald Trump’s lamentations and limitless funds for lawyers allow him to escape accountability.
From 9/11 chaos to the 2024 ballot box: How the 9/11 aftermath still echoes in young voters’ minds.
The media is complicit in fooling Americans into believing that Donald Trump has a plan and knows what he is talking about.
Climate change is threatening Earth’s biodiversity. Could frozen regions of the moon be the best place to “back up” lifeforms?
The court’s late August proof-of-citizenship ruling muddied the voter registration process in the final weeks of the 2024 presidential election. Liberals cringed. Republicans cheered. Legal scholars frowned.
A Treacherous Liaison: Will the worm turn in the new love match between Donald and RFK Jr?
To thine own self be true…
Not for the first time, Donald Trump this weekend confessed to committing one of the many crimes he is accused of.
The GOP’s party trick: being anti-labor but supposedly pro-working class.
The media pretends that some of Donald Trump’s policy positions are a mystery – as though his first term never existed.
Donald Trump’s scandalous behavior at Arlington National Cemetery is just the latest example of politicians using tragedies to score points.
With more and more Ukrainian men sent to the front line, Ukrainian women are taking jobs normally reserved for men.
Better listen. You don’t quite have this in the bag yet.
How SCOTUS turned ex-presidents into immune monarchs, made them above the law and protected by an “authoritarian constitution.”