As soon as Collin Davis found out his ex-partner was planning to travel to Colorado to have an abortion in late February, the Texas man retained a high-powered antiabortion attorney — who court records show immediately issued a legal threat. If the woman proceeded with the abortion, even in a state where the procedure remains […]
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III interviewed former White House official Hope Hicks three times during his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, mentioning her more than 180 times in his final report. House and Senate congressional committees repeatedly sought testimony from Hicks, including on the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the […]
Former president Donald Trump is taking a familiar tack: preemptively questioning the integrity of another election in which he’s competing before ballots are cast. In recent media interviews, Trump declined to commit to accepting the 2024 presidential election results, a posture that drew a sharp rebuke Thursday from the Biden campaign, which said the former […]
Donald Trump’s defense team suggested Thursday that rather than orchestrating a hush money scheme, the former president was really the target of a shakedown attempt by unscrupulous entertainment figures who saw his 2016 presidential campaign as an opportunity for a quick payday. In the most contentious testimony yet in the criminal trial, Los Angeles lawyer […]
House Republicans are deploying their oversight powers to scrutinize pro-Palestinian protests and antisemitism on college campuses, aiming to highlight the hot-button issue ahead of the November election. At least four Republican committee chairs are now investigating the student-led demonstrations as part of what House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has described as a House-wide probe of […]
You’ve heard of the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the Libertarian Party, maybe even the Green Party. But have you heard of the We the People party? Unlike the two major parties, which have specific platforms, the We the People party isn’t about policy but rather ballot access. The We the People party was formed […]
The value of a political party is that it makes things easier for candidates and voters. Voters get a useful on-ballot shorthand for “this person generally agrees with me.” Candidates get resources and support — but also a big pool of people who will see that shorthand and vote for them. This post appeared first […]
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that he has qualified to be on the ballot in California and will accept the nomination of the American Independent Party, which has a history of associating itself with far-right figures and individuals who have expressed racist views. Kennedy’s alliance with the American Independent Party, […]
President Biden will visit North Carolina on Thursday at a time when his campaign is investing heavily in the state and building a robust electoral operation there far earlier than it did in 2020, a reflection of Democrats’ belief that they can make a credible run at winning North Carolina despite losing it to Donald […]
NEW YORK — In the first weeks of testimony at Donald Trump’s hush money trial, witnesses have offered extensive evidence against the former president, describing in detail his efforts during the 2016 election to silence women who claimed to have had sex with him. At times, however, the testimony has been just as devastating to […]