The decline of the 2024 double-hater
Back in June, the Pew Research Center offered a sobering bit of data. The percentage of Americans who viewed both major parties’ presumptive presidential nominees unfavorably had reached 25 percent,…
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Biden says administration has ‘repeatedly pressed’ for Austin Tice’s release
President Joe Biden reiterated his call Wednesday for the release of freelance journalist Austin Tice, saying that his administration has “repeatedly pressed” Syria to work with the United States to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…