Washington Post: Politics
- Doug Emhoff paused his career for his wife Kamala Harris’s aspirations — and became the campaign’s ‘secret weapon’
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 06:00 AMThe high-powered Los Angeles attorney could end up as America’s first second man.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'I witnessed first-hand the manipulation of things’: New Post documentary details a coronavirus response with blinders on
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 06:00 AMOliva Troye’s account is one of several in a new, three-part Washington Post documentary about the government’s pandemic response — both under President Trump and his predecessors.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - If there’s a conspiracy to swing the election, it’s the one alleging, not committing, voter fraud
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 10:00 AMThere's a system in place that's working to have ballots set aside, not one trying to forge them.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kavanaugh’s Bush v. Gore citation draws scrutiny ahead of another divisive election
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 06:56 PMSome observers question whether the 2000 decision could play a role in the litany of voting disputes reaching the high court this election cycle.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - One week out, Biden imagines a post-Trump America and the president launches more attacks
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 11:28 PMBiden launched a closing argument promising to heal the country in the spirit of FDR, while Trump attacked Democrats, mail-in ballots and virus testing.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump’s campaign depends on his supporters putting their health at risk
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 05:37 PMElection Day is poised to be among the worst days of the pandemic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The White House and masks: A history
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 06:12 PMA timeline of the White House's difficult history with masks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump’s effort to replay 2016 hits the ‘voters want to change their votes’ stage
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 09:41 AMA surge in Google searches probably reflects the huge rise in early votes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former U.S. attorneys — all Republicans — back Biden, saying Trump threatens ‘the rule of law’
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 11:32 AMTheir open letter marks the latest instance of prominent Republicans backing the Democratic nominee.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Where the race stands entering the final week
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 12:14 PMPresident Trump needs to see a big shift in a lot of states.
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- QAnon learns to survive — and even thrive — after Silicon Valley’s crackdown
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 07:00 AMQAnon accounts are multiplying on sites such as Parler and Telegram that have little content moderation. Merchants selling QAnon-themed t-shirts appear to be thriving, including on major online retailers such as Amazon.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Why Obama’s ‘lazy’ line about 2016 voters is irking Democrats’ left flank
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 07:56 AMThe former president is hoping that liberal voters turn out in higher numbers than they did in 2016.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wisconsin officials stress need for quick return of mail ballots in wake of Supreme Court ruling
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 06:47 PMAs of Tuesday, voters in the key battleground state had returned more 1.45 million of the 1.79 million absentee ballots that had been requested.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - McConnell says Barrett nomination helped some vulnerable GOP incumbents, gives even odds on holding the Senate
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 07:06 PMIn an interview, he acknowledged that liberal donors have expanded the map to give Democrats more paths to the majority.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump’s company billed the government at least $2.5 million. Here are the key charges.
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 02:06 PMNew records detail how Trump’s visits drove government spending to his businesses, which charged for expenses as small as Trump’s own water.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In scathing speech, Obama embraces his inner Trump troll
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 02:48 PMIn a speech Tuesday in Orlando, Obama went after Trump in strikingly personal terms — often with incredulity practically dripping from his mouth.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Desperate voters book last-minute flights to the polls: ‘Five hours of flying is more than worth it’
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 07:15 AMKaela Bynoe, 23, got off the plane in Florida, went straight to the polls, and then turned around to catch a flight to return to medical school in Baltimore.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ohio’s drop-box dispute shows how voting rights groups and Democrats fear Trump’s influence
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 10:00 AMThe Trump campaign intervened in a court fight and one judge nominated by the president ruled to uphold the drop-box limit.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A politically thorny split-screen of two of Trump’s Supreme Court justices
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 11:23 AMAmy Coney Barrett’s confirmation was feted on the White House balcony, at about the same time Brett Kavanaugh issued an opinion full of curious claims.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Election 2020 live updates: Trump stumping in three states as Biden plans two stops in Georgia
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 12:34 PMThe president plans to stage rallies in Michigan, Wisconsin and Nebraska. The former vice president will campaign in a state that no Democrat has carried since 1992.
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- Post-ABC polls: Biden leads Trump narrowly in Michigan, significantly in Wisconsin
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 06:00 AMPost-ABC polls: Biden leads Trump narrowly in Michigan, significantly in Wisconsin
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In campaign’s closing days, disinformation arrives via text message and email
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 09:04 AMRecent efforts targeting swing states with deceptive tactics show the problem is larger than social media.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Election 2020 live updates: Biden seeks to keep focus on coronavirus while Trump stumps in Arizona
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 11:11 AMThe Democratic nominee is delivering remarks on the pandemic and healthcare, two subjects his campaign believes work to its advantage. The president is spending his day in a key western battleground state.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - With a week left, Trump modifies his pitch to suburban women: He’ll get their husbands back to work
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 08:38 PMFor the record, he isn't even doing that.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - McConnell insists his health is ‘just fine,’ declines to explain photos showing bruised hands
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 02:06 PMIn an interview, the 78-year-old senator who is seeking reelection to a seventh six-year term dismissed the issue as a media fixation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Trailer: Seven days to go, 14 Senate seats up for grabs
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 05:55 PMIn this edition: The post-SCOTUS Senate picture one week out, new polls in key states, and questions about conservative judges stopping some ballots from being counted.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ballrooms, candles and luxury cottages: During Trump’s term, millions of government and GOP dollars have flowed to his propertie
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 01:00 PMMar-a-Lago charged the government $3 apiece for glasses of water for Trump and the Japanese leader.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Early-voting surge scrambles Election Day expectations as some states gallop toward 2016 turnout levels
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 10:58 AMFor now, the early numbers overwhelmingly favor Democrats, but the gap between Democratic and Republican voters has narrowed in several battleground states in recent days.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Push for pre-election stimulus checks fails as lawmakers head for the exits
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 12:08 PMPush for pre-election stimulus checks fails as lawmakers head for the exits
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - After supporting Trump by one vote in 2016, a Wisconsin community reassesses
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 12:56 PMThe presidential election in Oshkosh’s Ward25A could end with another razor-thin margin.
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