By Perry Stein, Tyler Pager, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When President Joe Biden picked Merrick Garland to be attorney general in 2021, he handed the longtime federal judge a mandate to restore norms and trust in a Justice Department roiled by the tumultuous presidency of Donald Trump. Nearly four years later, an attorney general in […]
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Vance claims teens become trans to get into Ivy League in attack on ‘gender craziness’
By Meryl Kornfield, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance claimed that middle- and upper-middle-class children were transitioning genders to get into Ivy League schools, asserted that women are “celebrating” abortions, and said Democrats want Americans to be unhealthy for political purposes. In a three-hour interview with popular podcaster Joe Rogan that […]
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Vance claims teens become trans to get into Ivy League in attack on ‘gender craziness’
By Meryl Kornfield, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance claimed that middle- and upper-middle-class children were transitioning genders to get into Ivy League schools, asserted that women are “celebrating” abortions, and said Democrats want Americans to be unhealthy for political purposes. In a three-hour interview with popular podcaster Joe Rogan that […]
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In final days, Democrats step up pitch to Native American voters
By Patrick Svitek, Dylan Wells, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Democrats are making a final push to gain the support of Native American voters in a close presidential race, part of a broader push to court a voting bloc that has long felt overlooked. “We’re here because we’re not taking any vote for granted, and we’re […]
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In final days, Democrats step up pitch to Native American voters
By Patrick Svitek, Dylan Wells, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Democrats are making a final push to gain the support of Native American voters in a close presidential race, part of a broader push to court a voting bloc that has long felt overlooked. “We’re here because we’re not taking any vote for granted, and we’re […]
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Elon Musk case over $1 million voter giveaway moved to federal court
By Will Oremus, Trisha Thadani, The Washington Post (c) 2024 PHILADELPHIA -An attempt by Philadelphia’s district attorney to block Elon Musk and his pro-Trump super PAC from continuing a $1 million daily giveaway to registered swing-state voters was put on hold Thursday morning. A hearing on the motion ended without a ruling after lawyers for the […]
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Elon Musk case over $1 million voter giveaway moved to federal court
By Will Oremus, Trisha Thadani, The Washington Post (c) 2024 PHILADELPHIA -An attempt by Philadelphia’s district attorney to block Elon Musk and his pro-Trump super PAC from continuing a $1 million daily giveaway to registered swing-state voters was put on hold Thursday morning. A hearing on the motion ended without a ruling after lawyers for the […]
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Trump raises some eyebrows with blue-state stops in New Mexico, Virginia
By Marianne LeVine, Hannah Knowles, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump is spending some of his waning time on the campaign trail stopping in two states that nonpartisan analysts do not expect him to win: New Mexico and Virginia. The Republican presidential nominee’s decision to visit states regarded as safely Democratic terrain is part of […]
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Trump raises some eyebrows with blue-state stops in New Mexico, Virginia
By Marianne LeVine, Hannah Knowles, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump is spending some of his waning time on the campaign trail stopping in two states that nonpartisan analysts do not expect him to win: New Mexico and Virginia. The Republican presidential nominee’s decision to visit states regarded as safely Democratic terrain is part of […]
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Did Biden call Trump supporters ‘garbage’? It comes down to an apostrophe.
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 For years, Republicans have strained to recreate the political magic that was Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” comment. This was when Clinton in September 2016 decided to label as many as half of Donald Trump’s supporters racist, sexist, Islamophobic and/or xenophobic. She soon walked it back, but […]