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Mourners gather during a vigil for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Tyrone Turner/WAMU The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a major cultural moment and has potential implications for the next generation of American society. Just look at the…
Of all the bits of sleepover gossip ever uttered, this was the most unexpected. Basically, Hillary Clinton sex traffics children and sacrifices them to Satan or something, said my friend Beth, straightfaced. Its called Pizzagate, or whatever. It was a Friday night a few weeks ago and even though it…
In the early weeks of the pandemic, before coronavirus cases crushed hospitals in New York and spiked in other states, Dr. Rebecca Shadowen asked her friends a question on Facebook. “If you could save the life of another person without harming your own, would you?” Shadowen, an infectious disease specialist…
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President Trump famously won the 2016 election thanks to a surge of support from white voters. This year, Trump is trailing Joe Biden largely because some of those voters have swung back to the Democrats. In several recent swing-state polls, Biden is even winning a narrow majority of white voters.…
Whisper it low: Could Rage, out in bookstores this week, be the first Bob Woodward book in an age that’s actually worth reading? My answer: Yes, but only 50 percent of the thing. Only after Woodward, at age 77, has an Alice in Wonderland epiphany halfway through, and that changes…
After all, the labor market has been hobbling all summer; state and local governments are struggling to make ends meet, and so are millions of income-depressed families. Many of those families live in swing states, which gave Senate Republicans and President Trump a motive to provide an economic boost with…
The DeSantis administration, relying on the shifting politics of the courts, appealed. It requested that the 11th Circuit consider the appeal en banc that is, that it be heard by all of the courts judges instead of the usual three-judge panel because of the cases exceptional importance. The appeals court…
LiveUpdated Sept. 17, 2020, 8:40 a.m. ET Sept. 17, 2020, 8:40 a.m. ET Dozens of secretaries of state will convene on a call today with the postmaster general. Attorney General William Barr ventured further into politics by floating the prosecution of Seattles Democratic mayor. Heres what you need to know: Just…
