President Trump Just Threatened a Government Shutdown—Again. And Blamed Democrats—Again.
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to force a government shutdown if Democrats don’t cave to his demands for stricter immigration policies, including building his long-promised border wall. “I would be willing to ‘shut down’ government if the Democrats do not give us the votes…
Gun Control Activist Lucy McBath Wins Democratic Nomination for Congress
Lucy McBath speaks at an Atlanta gun control rally in 2013.Jaime Henry-White/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. By nearly every measure, Lucy McBath wasn’t supposed to get this far in the Democratic race for Congress in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. She’s a mom who became a national advocate against gun…
Brian Kemp, Who Threatened to Abduct Undocumented Immigrants, Wins GOP Race in Georgia
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After a bonkers runoff election, Brian Kemp defeated Casey Cagle in Georgia’s Republican race for governor, setting the stage for a general election that will likely be one of the most politically polarizing state races in years. November’s race will pit Kemp against Stacey Abrams,…
Georgia’s GOP Primary Is Taking Crazy to a New Level
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. If you want to see just how politically polarized America is right now, take a look at Georgia. Stacey Abrams, a black woman who has earned endorsements from Sens. Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris, won the Democratic primary for governor—and in November she’ll face whichever Republican wins a runoff…
Pence Stumps for Candidate Who Said He Would Personally Round Up and Deport Immigrants
Vice President Mike Pence at the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas in June 2018. Rodger Mallison/TNS via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Vice President Mike Pence campaigned for Georgia gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp on Saturday in the final days of the GOP’s primary run-off. Pence arrived late, coming from…
Young People Are Registering to Vote in Huge Numbers, New Study Finds
Student protesters at the March for Our Lives in Detroit, Michigan on March 24, 2018.Chirag Wakaskar/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The March for Our Lives teens said they’d #VoteThemOut, and a new study suggests they could be poised to do just that. According to the…