PERRY, Fla. — President Joe Biden spent Thursday touring the damage caused by Hurricane Helene in Florida and Georgia, urging the country to “put politics aside” during his second consecutive day visiting impacted areas a week after the storm left much of the Southeast reeling. Biden took a helicopter tour over Perry, where Helene made […]Read More

Former first lady Melania Trump, in her upcoming memoir, offers full-throated support for abortion rights — a position that puts her at odds with many in her husband’s party, including the former president. According to the Guardian newspaper, which reviewed an advance copy of the book, titled “Melania,” the former first lady writes that “it […]Read More

Tina Peters, a former county election official in Colorado, was sentenced Thursday to 8½ years in prison and six months in jail after being found guilty of charges connected to efforts to copy election data from her office as Donald Trump and his allies spread false claims that the 2020 election was stolen and searched […]Read More

Melania Trump hasn’t said a lot or been seen much during the 2024 campaign. But on the eve of the election, the former first lady has now stepped forward to make a major political statement. It’s one that happens to be out of step with her husband; she has come out unequivocally in favor of […]Read More

If you want to know who is ahead in the presidential election, there are plenty ofplaces to look these days. Many media organizations have their own versions of presidential polling averages;unlike us, some even produce election forecasts, which take into account the stateof the polls plus other relevant variables (like economic data) and then project […]Read More

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, most likely killing hundreds of thousands of residents and leaving hundreds of thousands more homeless. Recovery was slow, hindered in part by political unrest. In 2016, the island was battered by Hurricane Matthew, leaving hundreds more Haitians dead. Unrest escalated; the country’s president was assassinated in 2021. […]Read More

Once the leading edge of Western conservatism, four states in the Southwest have shifted over the last two decades to become a Democratic firewall, giving the party a fighter’s chance of keeping the Senate majority and bolstering their presidential prospects. Ahead of the 2004 elections, six of the eight senators from this region — encompassing […]Read More

In support of his effort to prosecute Donald Trump for his attempt to subvert the 2020 election results, special counsel Jack Smith compiled a 165-page report detailing Trump’s actions, from casting doubt on the security of the election well before it occurred to fomenting the riot that unfolded at the Capitol. The document, a redacted […]Read More