Stephen Curry and Lin-Manuel Miranda will headline a virtual volunteer rally next week for "When We All Vote," the nonpartisan voter registration organization launched by Michelle Obama. The event, "Countdown to the Polls," will take place virtually on Aug. 27 from 8 to 9 p.m. ET. According to the event description, it will be an...
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed paperwork late Thursday to take himself off the ballot in Arizona amid questions about the future of his campaign. “RFK Jr.’s campaign filed official paperwork with our office today withdrawing him from AZ’s 2024 election,” Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) said in a post on...
The modern educational choice movement, which has its roots in classical liberal thinkers, was not born in 1950s Southern racism, but in inner city Washington, D.C., Milwaukee, and Cleveland, and was led by Black intellectuals, activists, and elected officials.
The Trump campaign on Friday launched a website highlighting fentanyl deaths and arrests of migrants who entered the country illegally as the former president gets increasingly aggressive taking on Vice President Harris on the issue of immigration. The campaign is using a website, kamalaborderbloodbath.com, to highlight the surge in migrants at the southern border during...
Unity. Freedom. The future. When Vice President Harris officially accepted her party’s nomination to boisterous cheers at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday, she asked voters to rally behind her message and write “the next great chapter” of American history — all the way to the voting booth in November. That language echoes...
Vice President Harris and New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich (D) hold significant leads over their Republican opponents in the blue-leaning state that the GOP had expressed some optimism about when President Biden was still in the race, according to a new poll. The survey from Emerson College Polling/The Hill released Friday showed Harris leading former...
The Democratic National Committee in a new memo dismissed the potential impact Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s exit from the presidential race might have and signaled it would continue to try and define other potential spoilers moving forward. The DNC on Friday argued Kennedy Jr.’s sole role in the race was to be a spoiler candidate...
Vanishing glaciers. Newly ice-free stretches in the Arctic. Record droughts punctuated by record deluges. A hurricane, supercharged by hot Pacific water, that lasted six weeks. And across the globe, implacable, record-breaking heat. In 2023, record production and burning of fossil fuels poured unprecedented amounts of energy into the Earth's atmosphere and oceans, helping to spur some of the wildest weather in...
The apparent collapse of a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal is spurring fears that a major escalation of conflict in the Middle East is around the corner. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to the Middle East this week to push a deal over the finish line, but he left without any major agreement...
Republicans are jumping on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) for making misleading statements about the infertility treatment he and his wife used, accusing the vice presidential nominee of lying for political expediency. Earlier this week, would-be second lady Gwen Walz shared that she and her husband opted for intrauterine insemination (IUI) to deal with infertility,...
The growing possibility that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could drop out and endorse Donald Trump is injecting further chaos into an already unpredictable moment in the election. Kennedy’s allies emphasize that nothing is final yet, and members of his team are in disagreement over how to move forward. But the two campaigns have been negotiating...
