Politics

Figuring out why Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the presidential race yesterday is easy. He had gotten trounced in South Carolina, appeared likely to get trounced on Super Tuesday, and, according to FiveThirtyEight, had a […]

Tom Steyer, the California activist billionaire who has largely been a nonfactor in the Democratic primary campaign, dropped out of the race on Saturday night. Steyer’s departure came after a disappointing finish in the South […]

A federal judge in Idaho has ruled that a Trump administration policy limiting public input on oil and gas leasing decisions was “arbitrary and capricious,” overturning the 2018 directive and voiding nearly 1 million acres […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden scored a thundering victory Saturday in South Carolina’s Democratic primary on the strength of African American support, a decisive win that could force moderate rivals out of the race […]

Donald Trump attempted to link the coronavirus outbreak to Democratic immigration policies, labeling Democratic attacks on his handling of the crisis a “new hoax” in a rambling speech in South Carolina, the night before the […]

Days out from Super Tuesday, when voters in 14 states will cast ballots in the Democratic primary, a professor who predicted the past nine elections says that the United States may well be staring down […]

Former Vice President Joe Biden, who has misspoken on a variety of subjects on the campaign trail, blamed President Trump in an interview for pushing a policy that would fingerprint food stamp recipients in order […]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has admitted she feels unsafe in Washington DC over her home in The Bronx, New York – which is fuelled, in part, by the threats she’s received after President Donald Trump tweeted against […]

Bernie Sanders unexpectedly released a fact-sheet Monday night explaining that he’d pay for his sweeping new government programs through new taxes and massive lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry, as well as by slashing spending […]

Legislation introduced by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) on Sunday would give Americans more control over their online data — and keep millions of people from having their personal information abused by private companies. Gillibrand officially […]