Covid-19 deaths are climbing at an alarming rate, presaging a deadly winter and a potentially bleak holiday season. Experts, fearing coronavirus “fatigue,” are urging Americans not to abandon public health measures.
Category: Politics
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Supreme Court relieves religious organizations from some covid-related restrictions
Court’s conservatives, strengthened by new justice Barrett, prevail in latest conflict
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Biden tries to spread calm, as some Democrats worry about his willingness to fight
The president-elect has made good on his campaign vow to lower the temperature as he deals with Republicans and Democrats.
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Obama’s take on evangelical Hispanics could reinforce Democrats’ challenges
Barack Obama’s words about Hispanic voters displayed a lack of understanding about the growing voting bloc.
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Trump’s baseless election fraud claims in Georgia turn Senate runoffs into a ‘high-wire act’ for Republicans
GOP Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are trying to woo the president’s supporters without discouraging trust in the state’s voting system.
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What hunting Bigfoot taught a Republican congressman about politics
Denver Riggleman (R-Va.) doesn’t believe in Bigfoot. But he learned a lot by immersing himself in the world of those who do.
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Fact-checking Trump’s cellphone rant of election falsehoods
In less than 10 minutes, the president made at least 15 false or misleading claims
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Trump’s imprint on Supreme Court shows conservative effect in key coronavirus ruling
In dramatic fashion, the court’s new conservative majority dismissed Chief Justice John Roberts’s past deference to local officials on certain pandemic restrictions.
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Trump says he will leave if electoral college votes for Biden
But the president said he would continue his fight, and it is “going to be a very hard thing to concede.”
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Joe Biden calls for shared sacrifice to fight the pandemic as Trump rails about baseless election accusations
The two November combatants offered opposite messages ahead of a Thanksgiving like no other.
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2024 hopefuls in the Senate are taking a Trump-like approach to their early Biden opposition
That will likely manifest itself in trouble for Biden down the road.
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In Georgia Senate runoffs, the focus — and the fire — is on Raphael Warnock
On the Democratic side of the races to decide who controls the U.S. Senate, it’s Warnock who is animating the diversifying Democratic base — and taking the brunt of Republican fire.
