Can Jay Inslee Make Climate Change More Than a Campaign Talking Point?
Matt Chase Blink and you would have missed the most substantial reference to climate change in the three 2016 presidential debates. “I think the science is real,” Hillary Clinton affirmed in her first showdown with Donald Trump, not because she was asked about it, but because she wanted to highlight yet another contrast between them.…
Presidential Candidates Are Trying to Prevent Sexual Misconduct—in Their Own Campaigns
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) speaks during the Women’s March on Washington on January 21, 2017. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) stands to her left.Jose Luis Magana/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Veteran campaign staffers are likely to notice some big changes around the office when they report for work in the…
Warren and Sanders are Talking Tough About Corporate Control of Food
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she’s ready to take on Big Ag interests. Steven Senne/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Food and farm policy rarely plays a major role in US presidential elections. But Democratic hopefuls Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders may be about to change that. In a Medium post…
Mayor Pete Buttigieg Chats About the Challenges of Growing Up Gay and Finally Finding Love
Candidate Photos/Newscom/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Earlier today, we told you about presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg’s appearance in front of a sold-out crowd at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Thursday night. He took the chance to share his plans to bring the rigor of running a small…
Researchers Just Found a Way to Map Trump’s 10 Most Embarrassing Moments Using Twitter
Joe Mahoney/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The past two-plus years have been a ride. President Donald Trump’s tenure so far has been peppered with such a range of awkward, upsetting, disturbing, and downright horrifying moments: from talk of grabbing pussies to “covfefe” to the paper towel tossing in Puerto Rico to calling former…
Federal Authorities Raided Trump Fundraiser’s Office in Money Laundering Probe
Stefanie Keenan/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Federal authorities raided the office of Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy last summer, seeking records related to his dealings with foreign officials and Trump administration associates, according to a sealed search warrant obtained by ProPublica. Agents were…