A group of lawsuits filed across the country are seeking to challenge the predominant method for allocation of Electoral College votes. These lawsuits appear to have little merit.
Former Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty failed in his comeback effort last night, confirming yet again that the GOP is now the Trump Party.
After a week, the race for the GOP nomination for Kansas Governor is over. Now it’s on to what could be an interesting General Election.
A Florida man who shot and killed an African-American male amid a parking lot confrontation will face manslaughter charges after all.
A new poll shows that most Americans believe that race relations have gotten worse under President Trump.
Russia’s real goal in interfering in American elections may not have anything to do with favoring one candidate over another.
A new government report indicates that President Trump’s border wall will cost billions more than initially projected. And Mexico still isn’t going to pay for it.
As much as we hate paying $200 a month for television, the future is likely going to be worse.
Omarosa Manigault Newman, who used to be a Trump favorite, is out with a book that makes sensationalistic claims about the Trump Administration. The real story, though, is what she has on tape and how she got it.
White supremacists held a rally in Washington on Sunday, and almost no one but their opponents and the police showed up.
Laura Ingraham has responded to the deluge of criticism to her foolish and disturbing commentary. This response is also disturbing. Her attempt to walk back the racist tone of her monologue falls flat. Her statement trying to make her views more clear reveal more of her limited thinking on this matter and in general.
One year after Charlottesville, it’s clear that President Trump still doesn’t understand what happened there, or that he just doesn’t care.
Two months after the Singapore Summit, there’s no sign that anything substantive has been accomplished on the Korean Peninsula.
The head football coach at the University of Maryland has been suspended after reports of a “toxic environment” that led to the death of a student athlete in June.
A new study finds that a majority of the UK population—and of UK Parliamentary seats—support remaining in EU.
There has been a deluge of responses to Laura Ingraham’s recent diatribe about culture and immigration, but I want to look at her rhetoric from a different perspective. The perspective I want to look at is statements by Ingraham about cultures changing over time and the implications in regards to policies about these changes.
Just days after being indicted on insider trading charges, New York Congressman Chris Collins is suspending his campaign for re-election.
The legal fight over DACA could end up posing problems for Republicans in November.
A new study claims voter ID laws may disenfranchise the demographic, potentially swinging several Congressional races.
Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination appears to be on track for confirmation before the new Supreme Court term begins in October.
Another Federal Judge has ruled in favor of a transgender student seeking the right to use the gender that conforms to the gender they identify with.
Tuesday’s election results were a defeat for the progressive effort to remake the Democratic Party in their image.
Nominating Corey Stewart is beginning to look like the biggest mistake Virginia Republicans have ever made.
The first night of games in the N.F.L. pre-season included some sporadic protests during the National Anthem, and prompted a predictable response from the President.
The race for the Republican nomination for Governor between Governor Jeff Colyer and Secretary of State Kris Kobach is even closer than ever and will likely remain undecided for weeks.
The Republican Party’s nominee for Senator in Virginia really is as bad as you’ve heard, probably worse.
President Trump appears to be ready to expand his ignorant, counterproductive trade war with China.
In an obvious effort to pander to the city’s taxi industry, New York City is placing new limits on ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft.
Another milestone set to be crossed.
There’s been a noticeable drop in foreign tourism to the United States since Donald Trump became President.
New York Congressman Chris Collins, who was the first Congressman to endorse President Trump, has been indicted for what amounts to one of the dumber and most obvious cases of securities fraud ever seen.
In a rare red-state victory for labor unions, Missouri voters rejected a right to work initiative by an overwhelming margin.
Kris Kobach, the controversial Secretary of State of Kansas who is also a Trump ally, holds on to a slim lead in the GOP Primary for Governor.
Andy Bitter has taken a new job but his former employer thinks it owns his social media account.
Republican Troy Balderson holds a narrow lead in a Special Election in Ohio. Even if he wins, though, the way this election played out does not bode well for the GOP in November.
There was a time when Mike Pence believed that a President’s personality morality and trustworthiness mattered. He clearly doesn’t believe that anymore.
Facebook, Google, and several other companies have closed down accounts associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
Paul Laxalt, the former Nevada Senator who was one of President Reagan’s closest confidantes outside the White House, has died at 96.
Another Federal Judge has dealt a legal blow to President Trump’s effort to shut down the DACA program.
The Trump Administration has taken the latest step in a process that began in May with the withdrawal from the JCPOA. Where it takes us is anybody’s guess, but the probability of something going wrong is quite high.
Corey Stewart rose to become the Republican Party’s Senate nominee in Virginia with blatant appeals to racial division. Now his party fears they’ll be the ones who end up paying the price.
The noose around the Trump Administration just keeps getting tighter.
A Special Election tomorrow in suburban Columbus, Ohio could tell us a lot about where the midterm elections might be headed.
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro survived an apparent, albeit amateurish, assassination attempt yesterday in what could be a sign of underlying instability in Venezuela.
Washington, D.C.’s Metro system has scrapped any plan to give participants in next week’s white supremacist rally private train cars.
Total compensation has been going up and the non-wage portion of said compensation is basically “eating up all” of the past increases since approximately 1974 resulting in a stagnant hourly wage.
Next week, some of the same groups that rallied in Charlottesville last year will be gathering in Washington, D.C. and the D.C. Metro is considering a transportation plan that is causing controversy.
The Trump Administration continues to insist that North Korea is violating promises that it clearly never made.