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With COVID Spiking in Sun Belt, Trump Leads GOP Governors Toward Electoral Ruin
Trump's favorite Republican governors are in a bind after following his lead and reopening their states early.
States Are Legally Required to Protect the Right to Vote
Efforts to make it more difficult for people to vote not only violate democratic principles but are also illegal.
Qasim Rashid Is the First Muslim Ever to Win a Congressional Primary in Virginia
As a Democrat, Rashid will face difficult, but not impossible, odds of winning the Republican-held district.
Progressive Candidates Surge Again as Trump Drags GOP Down
AOC defeated her conservative primary opponent by the razor-thin margin of 72-19. And that's just the beginning.
Jamaal Bowman Is on Track to Score AOC-Type Win Over 16-Term Congressman Engel
If elected to Congress, Bowman said he would put the focus on issues related to poverty in the United States.
DC Court Upholding DOJ’s Decision to Drop Flynn Case Is a “Travesty” Say Critics
Michael Flynn, who served as Trump’s first national security adviser, had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.
AOC Trounces Wall Street-Backed Democratic Primary Opponent
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez celebrated the victory as evidence that “money couldn't buy a movement.”
Trump Threatens Prison for Those Trying to Remove Slaveholder Monuments
Trump’s reverence for Jackson may be a nod of support toward his white supremacist base, one historian warns.
Kentucky Closes 95 Percent of Polling Places, Leaving Louisville With Just One
Kentucky has reduced the number of polling places from 3,700 to just 170.
Trump’s Arizona Trip Showcases the Biggest Failures of His Presidency
Trump heads to Arizona to brag about a nonexistent wall, ignore the worsening pandemic and save a doomed senator.