How state populations have changed since the last election
The 2020 presidential election coincided with the Census Bureau’s decennial tally of the number of people living in the United States. You know this; every year ending in a zero…
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Democrats’ ads shift from Trump to abortion and economy with Harris as nominee
The messaging in presidential political advertisements has dramatically shifted in the weeks since President Joe Biden abandoned his bid for a second term and Vice President Kamala Harris united the…
The other big shift in the presidential race
One month ago, the Republican Party was convening in Milwaukee to anoint Donald Trump as its presidential nominee for the third consecutive election. The convention was energetic and brash; the…
Harris cuts Trump’s advantages on economy, immigration
For his entire aborted 2024 reelection campaign, no issues threatened to hamstring President Joe Biden quite as much as the economy and immigration. The economy is almost always voters’ top…
Why Trump keeps talking about fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter
Hannibal Lecter is a cannibalistic serial killer, a lover of fava beans and a nice chianti, fictional — and now, a regular feature in Donald Trump’s speeches. As the Republican…
Democrats invite public to off-site ‘DemPalooza’ convention events in Chicago
Vice President Kamala Harris aims to share the campaign trail vibes with the public in Chicago next week with free manicures, friendship bracelet making and campaign training at the city’s…
Congress didn’t recognize a race riot. Biden will make the site a monument.
In 1908, a White mob incited a race riot in Springfield, Ill., leaving several people dead, hundreds injured and dozens of Black-owned businesses and homes burned and destroyed. On Friday,…
Former Houston mayor to replace late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on ballot
Former Houston mayor Sylvester Turner has won the Democratic nomination to replace the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.), making Turner her likely successor next year in the heavily Democratic…
Biden, in rare appearance since stepping aside, touts moonshot program
NEW ORLEANS — President Joe Biden announced $150 million in additional funding for cancer research during a Tuesday visit to Louisiana, a rare public appearance since announcing he would not…
Indicted pro-Trump lawyer who leaked emails is removed from Dominion suit
A pro-Trump lawyer facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was disqualified Tuesday from representing former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne after a judge found…