Judge Deals a Blow to Effort to Block Census Citizenship Question at Supreme Court
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross listens as President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on August 27, 2018.Alex Brandon/AP After the startling news broke last week that Tom Hofeller, the architect of Republican gerrymandering efforts, was behind the push to add a question about US citizenship to the 2020 census, the plaintiffs challenging the question…
No One Has Any Idea If Joe Biden Really Is “Electable”
John Kerry and Joe Biden in the Oval Office in 2014.Andrew Harrer/picture-alliance/dpa/AP The watchword of the 2020 Democratic primary so far is “electability.” As a Hill column recently put it, “Democrats have 23 candidates but just one issue: electability.” Boiled down, that means Democratic voters are likely to choose among the candidate who they believe…
No One Says “Global Warming” Anymore
Our president explains why he doesn’t believe in climate change: “I believe that there’s a change in weather, and I think it changes both ways,” he said in a wide-ranging interview with Piers Morgan on “Good Morning Britain” that aired Wednesday morning. “Don’t forget it used to be called global warming. That wasn’t working. Then…
Trump Gave Only One Interview During His UK State Visit. It Did Not Go Well.
Donald Trump’s first state visit to the United Kingdom may have been marked by large protests and a bitter feud with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, but the US president appeared to find momentary refuge this week with Piers Morgan, the British television personality who was the only journalist granted an interview during Trump’s London stay.…
North Carolina’s 9th District Still Doesn’t Have a Congressman. The Guy Behind the “Bathroom Bill” Wants the Job.
In his ads, Dan Bishop wants everyone to remember what the “Right Dan” stands for.A still from Dan Bishop’s campaign ad / YouTube Voters in North Carolina’s 9th District may be a bit exhausted by their democratic duty. They’ve been voting to decide the 2018 midterm election—if you include primaries—for more than a year. The…
How Lobbyists Are Cashing In on Trump’s Chaotic Libya Policy
President Donald Trump speaks on December 24, 2018.Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images With one phone call in April, President Donald Trump undercut years of American diplomacy in Libya, leaving US policy toward the war-torn state uncertain. Now a colorful cast of lobbyists and would-be profiteers are cashing in on the confusion, as they sign up with assorted…