Former Trump-Bashers and Mike Pence’s Nephew: Meet Trump’s Latino Outreach Team
Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Latinos for Trump kickoff rally on June 25 in Miami. Brynn Anderson/AP When the Trump reelection campaign kicked off its “Latinos for Trump” outreach effort in Miami this summer, it didn’t have the benefit of any Latino Cabinet members who might appeal to the large number of Spanish-speaking…
Trump’s Sordid History of Accepting, Requesting, and Encouraging Foreign Interference in US Elections
Susan Walsh/AP One of the key lines in the House Democrats’ impeachment report distills the Trump-Ukraine scandal to a simple idea: “[T]he impeachment inquiry has found that President Trump, personally and acting through agents within and outside of the U.S. government, solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, to benefit his reelection.” And in…
Kamala Harris Made History. Then Her History Caught Up With Her.
Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP Kamala Harris is out. The junior senator from California suspended her bid for the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday afternoon. The announcement capped off a historic campaign that started with a bang and quickly devolved into a sputtering operation torn between two coasts and warring staffers, according to damning reports from Politico…
Misinformation Efforts Over Kentucky Election Could Be Playbook for 2020
This article was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The right-wing radio personality took to Twitter not long after the polls had closed and it seemed the Democtratic candidate had prevailed in the excruciatingly close race…
What a Bloomberg Candidacy Could Mean for Climate
Democratic presidential candidate, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on November 25, 2019.Drew Angerer/Getty This piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. This weekend, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg entered the presidential race in classic billionaire style: by buying up $30 million worth of TV…
Climate Change Is Getting Worse, but at Least Politicians Are Finally Talking About It
Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, and Bernie Sanders pose for photographers prior to the Democratic Presidential Debate on November 20.Brian Cahn/Zuma This piece was originally published in Slate and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. As much as I try to forget it, one of the enduring moments of the 2016 election was…