US Politics
Florida Begins Vote Recounts in Senate and Governor’s Races
By Frances Robles and Patricia Mazzei
Nov. 10, 2018
Florida began the first full, statewide vote recount in its history on Saturday after authorities found that...
Roaming Charges: Chuck and Nancy’s House of Cards
by Jeffrey St. Clair
November 9, 2018
+ It seems like everybody got something out of the midterms, except one lonely man. Nancy Pelosi won. Mitch McConnell...
What Now?
By Andrew Levine
November 9, 2018
The good news is that Democrats will take over the House of Representatives and hold onto or take back governorships...
8 Thinkers on the Left Explain What the Midterm Results Mean...
Nina Turner, Maria Svart, Rick Perlstein, Barbara Ransby, Bill Fletcher Jr., Ai-jen Poo, Larry Cohen and Keeanga-Yahmatta Taylor give their takeaways from Tuesday night
November...
How Donald Trump Saved the Democratic Party From Itself
By Ryan Grim
November 6 2018
On the morning of November 9, 2016, millions of Americans woke up in a fog. In New Holland, Pennsylvania, Annie...
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of...
Making sense of the midterms
November 08, 2018
Tuesday's midterm elections were widely seen as a referendum on the Trump administration. For months prior, down-ballot Republicans clamored to blow the...
Two Years After Trump’s Victory, Voters Erect an Impediment to His...
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Nov. 6, 2018
The vaunted blue wave that Democrats had hoped for failed to fully materialize on Tuesday night, but the days...
A Spectre Is Haunting the White House: Why the Trump Administration...
A new report from the Trump White House attempts to curb the growth of socialism in the United States. Clearly, the administration sees the...
Trump-Kushner-Netanyahu
Jared Kushner Likely Paid No Income Tax for Years Despite Making Millions, NYT Reports
Documents reviewed by The New York Times describe his business dealings,...