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

A small group of House Republicans will spend the run-up to Election Day stressing an unexpected message: support for abortion rights. With control of the House on the line, Republican lawmakers running in districts that Joe Biden won in the 2020 presidential race have moderated their message on abortion — including, in some cases, using […]Read More

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is not known for being generous with moderate colleagues. During the earliest days of his two decades in the House, the far-right firebrand often ignored, or publicly defied, the more centrist members of his party. But with his sights again set on the highest echelon ofHouse Republican leadership, Jordan seems eager […]Read More

“I’m outraged that over 13,000, the exact number’s 13,099, convicted illegal, alien murderers are now on the loose. They allowed to come in, over 13,000 murderers, many of them murdering many more than one person. They’re murderers and they’re out there someplace. … They’re looking all over every city, every state they’re looking. We got […]Read More

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to campaign Thursday in Wisconsin with Republican former congresswoman Liz Cheney as Harris looks to emphasize her cross-party support in the final weeks before the November election. Cheney, who endorsed Harris last month, will appear with the vice president in Ripon, Wis., which is known as the birthplace of […]Read More

We just got the most extensive new detail in years about former president Donald Trump’s plot to overturn the 2020 election, in the form of a much-anticipated filing from special counsel Jack Smith. The 165-page, partially redacted filing, which was unsealed by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, lays out the evidence Smith’s team would like […]Read More

The White House is working to limit the Israeli response to the barrage of ballistic missiles that Iran fired into the country Tuesday, as some U.S. officials worry the Middle East could be edging closer to the all-out war that President Joe Biden has sought to prevent for nearly a year. Several senior Biden officials, […]Read More