Barack Obama Tells Voters Exactly Why Donald Trump Is Stoking Fears About the “Caravan”
Bastiaan Slabbers/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former President Barack Obama on Sunday mocked his successor’s efforts to fear-monger over the so-called “caravan” of migrants coming to the United States, warning supporters that such tactics were designed to distract from larger Republican goals, including scaling back health care access and…
Trump Attempts to Distance Himself From Potential GOP Electoral Disaster
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump appears prepared to distance himself from a potential Republican loss in the House of Representatives, telling reporters on Sunday that he has been largely focused with the Senate for some time. “My primary focus, of course, has been on the Senate because…
Anti-Clean Energy Groups Have Come Up With a Way to Show They Have Grassroots Support
Leah Nash for the Washington Post via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Javier Torres Jimenez was surprised to find his South Seattle grocery store, Mi Ranchito, on a list of Latino businesses opposing a…
The US Has Never Had a Native American Governor. This Idaho Progressive May Change That Tuesday.
Madeline Scott/Jordan for Governor Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At first glance, Paulette Jordan seems like an improbable choice for Idaho governor. She’s a young Native American woman running on a progressive platform in a state that has never had a governor who wasn’t a white man and hasn’t elected…
It Takes More Than a Hurricane to Sway Some Voters In This Texas Election
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. John Culberson, a United State congressman who represents west Houston, has long questioned “the data” on climate change, which scientists say contributes to more intense and frequent storms. When…
Donald Trump Jr. Is Basically Tweeting About White Genocide Now
Albin Lohr-Jones/Avalon via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) isn’t going to lose on Tuesday, but that’s not why this comment from Donald Trump Jr., the president’s oldest son and of his most popular surrogates, is so important: Angus King is a Fake Independent who…