Virginia Virginia Democrats draw ‘innovative’ electoral map that secures red state status Photo The last midterm elections sent a clear message that Americans were tired of the gerrymandering that often determines elections. In Virginia and around the country, the Democrats won the
United States Politics and Government Ending the perennial threat of pandemics The world has warned of possible pandemics for decades. The last was the H1N1 flu in 2009, which killed more than 15,000 people worldwide. Eight years on, only modest
Presidential Election of 2020 Election Day 1968 was a bloody contest (yes, that Civil War) Long ago, “Bernie Bros” discovered that it was an easy way to get hate mail from those who couldn’t quite get it about Donald Trump. But a starched white
United States Politics and Government In Cuba, ‘low-key widow’ is obsessed with preventing war Teresita Rivera, standing in front of the Cuban courthouse in Havana, Venezuela. (Anna Merlan/VII Net) While everyone around them is resigned to all-out war, Teresita Rivera is acting like
Presidential Election of 2020 Bernie Sanders once backed an invasion of Iraq — and now doesn’t like it so much Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, center, speaks at a press conference about the failure of the University of North Carolina system to uphold Title IX commitments, Friday, March 16, 2018,
United States Politics and Government Campaigning in a pandemic? The dilemma many candidates now face Given the possibility of a pandemic, people who weren’t able to vote in the 2016 presidential election fear being out of touch with the issues affecting their communities if
Presidential Election of 2020 Myths surrounding Bernie Sanders Sure, you’ve heard all the depressing parts of the Bernie Sanders story, like the three decades of failed grassroots campaign dreams that left him with just 22,069 votes
United States Politics and Government Sixty-eight percent of Spanish voters would ignore government warnings in case of a bioterrorism attack A Spanish media outlet asked voters in that country what steps they would take if they found themselves in a water-borne bioterrorism attack. About 68 percent said they would follow
Donald Trump ‘The value of working in times of turmoil’ Not long ago, there was talk of anthropological studies of personality cults — ways of life, and even of personality cults that can be traced to people within. Now — in the
Democratic Party Democrat’s effort to reform the congressional map comes up short Democrats are watching their own House seat lineup get lighted on the screen for redistricting rules reform. The results: The specter of Democrat Nate McMurray entering a February runoff that
Donald Trump The Underlying Political Power in This Contest Is Stronger Than Many Think Bernie Sanders is still better able to beat Donald Trump than most pundits believe. Looking at the simple averages of past and current polls in this campaign cycle alone shows
Donald Trump Trump says he’s consulted advisers about sending troops to Venezuela after White House admitted there was no virus In an interview with Fox News host Chris Wallace on Thursday, President Trump offered a series of claims that cast his White House as an open, professional and—he believed—
South Carolina Tom Steyer Recalls a Complicated Road To Win In South Carolina Billionaire and Democratic political activist Tom Steyer says he came to the first-in-the-South presidential primary state of South Carolina with the goal of disrupting the status quo. What he didn’
Bernie Sanders The Drudge Report tells you Bernie Sanders is a goner for calling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., may have sought to defuse his feud with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., by announcing an endorsement of her super PAC, Our Revolution. But that is
Bernie Sanders Can Bernie Sanders Win the 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination? Photo In a Time Magazine cover story, journalist Molly Ball makes the argument that 2020 Democratic presidential candidates — namely 2020 likely presidential candidate Bernie Sanders — would prove to be an
Bernie Sanders Russia and Bernie Sanders are reunited, Vets of the presidential race America’s Bernie-mentum has seemingly won over the Kremlin’s Vladimir-mentum. Russian state news agency TASS reported Monday that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he was “very glad” to see
Democratic Party Left-leaning groups attack Nancy Pelosi for what they’re calling the ‘corrupting influence’ of Trump’s tax cuts A bevy of progressive groups including The Nation and MoveOn issued a joint statement on Monday blasting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, whom they accused
Sabrina Ionescu The Roundup: Trump Blames Democrats for Shutdown Check out the stories we are following today: 4.19 pm. (PT) ― Donald Trump traveled to the Demoscience Party headquarters in Los Angeles on Monday night, casting blame for the
Pete Buttigieg Democrat Pete Buttigieg attempts to use nonstop WiFi in a city bus If you want a candidate who knows his or her way around Green Bay, Iowa, you need look no further than Pete Buttigieg, a 33-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana,
Democratic Party How it all went down: Winter storm Beryl to hit Washington with hurricane force 4 p.m. On Sunday, H.W. Bush reportedly spoke his last words. At 95 years old, he suffered from a progressive form of Parkinson’s disease. With his future
zombie film In the event of a possible presidential candidate’s fall from grace, here’s who to blame As Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Twitter, announce mass layoffs in their technology divisions, our Twitter feed started buzzing with speculation that the billionaire Bloomberg and former Congressional Blue Dog Representative
Twitter At the end of a trying week, the Democrats in power in New York are facing hard questions In an interview with The Daily Beast on Wednesday, new York mayor Bill de Blasio said his “goal is to abolish jail time for non-violent offenses” and that while he’
debate The president’s message to France and Germany: I’m sorry, but we’re out When President Donald Trump decided to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord, it broke with one of the primary tenets of his administration. And when he announced
homelessness California Governor Declares State of Emergency Over Rising Homeless Population In an attempt to address the soaring number of California’s homeless population, Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday declared homelessness a “state of emergency” in the state’s 25 largest
United States Senate The Democrats Protest Against Mandatory Facial Recognition Tech In NYCHA New York City is spearheading an initiative to roll out the use of facial recognition technology by New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in a matter of weeks, but their
