Election News and Coverage
I left my suit in San Francisco: thieves swipe bags from Adam Schiff’s car
San Francisco has earned an unwelcome national reputation for car burglaries, which Adam Schiff was reminded of the hard way: the Democratic representative had his luggage swiped from his car while it was parked in a downtown garage. With his formal clothing gone, Schiff ended up at a fundraising dinner Thursday for his US Senate…
Read MoreHush-money trial live: Trump appears to repeat call for lifting of gag order after Pecker testimony ends – as it happened
In a post written, unusually, in the third person on Donald Trump’s Truth Social account, the former president has once again demanded Judge Juan Merchan lift a gag order in his trial on charges of falsifying business documents: 45th President Donald J. Trump is again the Republican Nominee for President of the United States, and…
Read MoreRuby Bridges: civil rights pioneer rejects claim book makes white children uncomfortable
Increasingly, the US civil rights icon Ruby Bridges – the first Black child to integrate a school in Louisiana – has seen some adults seek to prevent grade-school students from accessing the books and films that chronicle her story, saying the tale makes white children feel bad about themselves. But that justification is “ridiculous” because…
Read MoreI’m happy to debate Trump, says Biden in surprise Howard Stern interview
Joe Biden sprang a surprise on the Washington press corps on Friday when he gave an interview to the radio host and shock jock Howard Stern. The president also made news. Asked if he would debate Donald Trump before the election in November, Biden said: “I am, somewhere, I don’t know when, but I am…
Read MoreTrump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book
In 1952, as a Republican candidate for vice-president, Richard Nixon stirred criticism by admitting receiving a dog, Checkers, as a political gift. In 2012, as the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney was pilloried for tying a dog, Seamus, to the roof of the family car for a cross-country trip. But in 2024 Kristi Noem, a…
Read MoreElection officials in the US are under threat. A key county just faced a major test ahead of November
Everyone seemed determined not to jinx it. Jim Rose, the director of administrative services in Luzerne county in north-eastern Pennsylvania, had been listening to the radio all morning and had not heard “a single peep” about problems at the polls during Pennsylvania’s primary on Tuesday. When he ran into Emily Cook, the county’s acting director…
Read MoreUSC vetoed a Muslim student’s graduation speech for her pro-Palestinian views. Why? | Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan
When Asna Tabassum, a hijab-wearing Muslim, was announced as the valedictorian for the University of Southern California class of 2024, my initial reaction was the thought of my south Asian mother saying, “What are you doing? Why aren’t you valedictorian?” But what followed was pride. Then the university announced last week that it would no…
Read MoreHow much did #MeToo change for women? Let’s ask Harvey Weinstein today – or Donald Trump | Marina Hyde
According to his representatives, former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is still digesting the overturning of his rape conviction by a New York court, but they did come out to say he was “cautiously excited”. Cautiously excited? I’m not sure these are the words I’d alight on to paint a word-picture of a rapist. You might…
Read MoreUS supreme court presses Trump lawyer over immunity from prosecution claim – audio
US supreme court justices on Thursday questioned a lawyer for Donald Trump about the former president’s claim of immunity from prosecution over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. They posed questions about what happens if a president sells nuclear secrets, takes a bribe or orders a coup or assassination. Trump took…
Read MoreSolidarity and strategy: the forgotten lessons of truly effective protest – podcast
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