Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has privately reached out to Arab and Muslim Americans in Michigan who are devastated by the war in Gaza, a core Democratic constituency in a state that is key to President Biden’s hopes of returning to the White House. Whitmer (D) has sought to mend the deep wounds in Michigan’s sizable Arab […]Read More

Soon after New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron announced that former president Donald Trump and his businesses would be on the hook for more than $350 million for engaging in fraud, a woman named Elena Cardone created a GoFundMe aimed at paying Trump’s judgment. In the fundraising effort’s description, Cardone explains that she […]Read More

If there is not a rule of thumb dictating that any discussion of the internet must necessarily include some surreal element, there should be. Monday’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court in NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton, a dispute over the ability of states to impose constraints on social media companies, were no exception. There was […]Read More

The relationship between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been one of intrigue and consequence from the start. What began with then-President Trump’s attempts to leverage Zelensky for political gain over Joe Biden in the 2020 election — the thing Trump was initially impeached for — has more recently involved candidate Trump’s efforts […]Read More

With Ukraine running low on munitions and a partial government shutdown set to strike in days, President Biden summoned congressional leaders to the White House on Tuesday in an attempt to break through a deadlocked spending debate on Capitol Hill. If a portion of federal finances lapse just past midnight on Saturday, vital services at […]Read More

“Unlike racist Joe Biden, I have spent my entire life working hand in hand with Black Americans to create jobs, build buildings, invest in our communities and expand opportunities and freedom for citizens of every race, religion, color. I built a lot of buildings. I want to tell you, a Black worker is a great […]Read More

Charles D. Ferris, a Washington lawyer who helped enact landmark civil rights legislation as a top aide to Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and who helped usher in an era of telecom deregulation as head of the Federal Communications Commission, died Feb. 16 at his home in Chevy Chase, Md. He was 90. His daughter […]Read More

The killing of a Georgia nursing student allegedly by a Venezuelan migrant has quickly intensified the country’s immigration debate as President Biden and leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump prepare trips to the border this week. The body of 22-year-old Laken Hope Riley was found in the woods near a jogging trail Thursday on the […]Read More

Lawmakers in the Democratic-led New York state legislature Monday rejected a new congressional map proposed by an independent redistricting commission, the latest political twist in a state that could play a large role in determining which party wins control of the House. The New York Senate voted down the map proposal Monday afternoon, followed by […]Read More

Summaries of Donald Trump’s speech at a Black Conservative Federation (BCF) event on Friday can hardly capture the extent of the bizarre pandering that it entailed. Yes, Trump indicated that the mug shot that accompanied his arrest in Georgia had been embraced by “the Black population” more than any other group. “You see Black people […]Read More