September 22, 2016
For the first time in its history, USA Today and its more than 100 partner publications around the country will hold a national voter registration and civic engagement initiative. The initiative, called “Voting Because,” is aimed at making it easier for participants to vote in November and read about the issues in the election. The […]
September 22, 2016
When Donald Trump said he would “do stop-and-frisk” across the nation to combat urban crime on Wednesday night, the Republican presidential candidate pointed to his hometown as proof that his plan would work. Officials here quickly countered Trump’s claim. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn said “there is no evidence” stop-and-frisk drove down crime. “Stop-and-frisk is […]
September 22, 2016
September 22, 2016
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has paid his family’s businesses more than $8.2 million, according to a POLITICO analysis of campaign finance filings, which reveals an integrated business and political operation without precedent in national politics. The GOP presidential nominee’s campaign has paid his various businesses for services including rent for his campaign offices ($1.3 million), […]
September 22, 2016
Pat Toomey is your classic, pro-trade Republican. The former president of the free trade-promoting Club for Growth has backed a slew of trade deals during his 12 years in Congress, and last year he even praised President Barack Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership as an economic boon that would help Pennsylvania’s economy. Then along came Donald Trump […]
September 22, 2016
A liberal attempt to revive the so-called public option — a government-run insurance plan to shore up gaps in the Affordable Care Act — is opening old wounds between the Democratic Party’s liberal and moderate wings. Thirty-three mostly liberal Democrats, including all the Senate leadership, have signed onto a nonbinding Senate resolution introduced last Friday […]
September 22, 2016
It’s seven weeks before Election Day, five days before the highly anticipated first debate, and Donald Trump’s television advertisements have all but vanished. Trump’s ads last ran nearly a week ago in four battleground states: Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Since then, the GOP presidential nominee has ceded the airwaves to Hillary Clinton — […]
September 22, 2016
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory called for a state of emergency in Charlotte Wednesday night after violence escalated as residents continued to protest the fatal shooting of an African-American man by a police officer a day prior. “I have declared a State of Emergency & initiated efforts to deploy the Nat’l Guard & Highway Patrol […]
September 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton will almost certainly win Monday night’s epic presidential debate on points — and still could lose. It’s hard to see how Clinton, who has marinated in public policy for 30 years and is preparing for the debate like it is the invasion of Normandy, won’t repeatedly best Donald Trump on substance. Her strength […]
September 21, 2016
Rep. John Lewis said Wednesday night that he’s unafraid of any punishment after Democrats occupied the House of Representatives floor this summer to call for a vote on tougher gun control measures. “My feeling is, I’ve been punished before. If they want to punish us, bring it on,” Lewis (D-Ga.) said. “If we violated the […]