[ad_1] Politics / August 2, 2024 The twisted political agenda behind smearing Kamala Harris as a political and racial chameleon. Ad Policy Trump visits the National Association of Black Journalists convention on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 in Chicago, IL. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Donald Trump’s racism isn’t subtle and doesn’t […]

[ad_1] “I’m white, I’m the Dude, and I’m for Harris.” That’s how beloved actor Jeff Bridges, “the Dude” in the cult-film classic The Big Lebowski, kicked off the unprecedented “White Dudes for Harris” Zoom call Monday night. “A woman president—how exciting!”  It might have been “cringe,” as they say, but it was also endearing and […]

[ad_1] Politics / August 2, 2024 When the UAW president asked his members whom Kamala Harris should pick as her running mate, “the top name was Andy Beshear.” Ad Policy Andy Beshear visits striking UAW workers on the picket line in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 18, 2023. (Twitter) When the United Auto Workers president, Shawn […]

[ad_1] Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson, a Democrat from Knoxville, announces her candidacy for the U.S. Senate during an event Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Johnson won the Democratic primary on Aug. 1, 2024, and will face U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn in November. George Walker IV/AP hide caption toggle caption George Walker IV/AP […]

[ad_1] The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse, seen here in 2023, is where Judge Tanya Chutkan presides over the case accusing Donald Trump of conspiring to overturn the 2020 US election. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The election interference case against former President Donald Trump […]

[ad_1] An appeals court denied a request from former President Donald Trump, seen here in court in April, to lift the gag order limiting his ability to speak about prosecutors in his New York hush money case. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump is still partly barred […]

[ad_1] Politics / August 2, 2024 From Gaza to education to corporate welfare, the Pennsylvania governor would drag Kamala Harris in the wrong direction. Ad Policy Josh Shapiro rallies for Kamala Harris in Ambler, Pennsylvania, on July 29, 2024. (Lev Radin / Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) From the moment that the Kamala Harris campaign […]

[ad_1] Politics / August 2, 2024 His retirement may bode well for US-Cuba relations—if Kamala Harris can retire Trump. Ad Policy US Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) exits Manhattan federal court on July 16, 2024, in New York City.(Adam Gray / Getty Images) As Senator Robert Menendez cleans out his desk in the Hart Senate Office […]

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore recently signed the Gift Card Scams Prevention Act of 2024, creating the country’s first law aimed at curbing a rising form of gift card fraud called card draining. […]

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Some call it an “auto sear.” Less formally, it’s also referred to as a “switch” or “button.” It’s made with metal or plastic […]