A second Trump presidency has raised concerns of migrant workers’ rights | US Election 2024 News
On September 20, 2023, Rosa Sanchez went to work picking carrots at Grimmway Farms, one of the largest producers of carrots in the world, located…
Would US democracy survive a second Trump presidency? | Donald Trump
With the 2024 US presidential elections just weeks away, former US President Donald Trump is intensifying his campaign, pushing more aggressive rhetoric than ever before.…
Warning: Given Trump’s age, President Vance is a real possibility
Do vice-presidential debates matter? Conventional wisdom says no. Historically, polls have shown that those quadrennial 90 minutes have little effect on how people will vote…
Vance and Walz debate showdown could matter — on the margins
Many voters know little about Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the men selected to be one heartbeat away from the presidency.…
The U.S. presidency is the most powerful job in the world. Too powerful
Like a compulsive gambler, the United States keeps raising the stakes on decisions made by inherently fallible humans. When, inevitably, those humans make bad choices…
Opinion: Why I’m not worried about Trump without guardrails
A favorite word Democrats use to argue against a second Trump presidency is “guardrails.” The argument goes something like this:Donald Trump didn’t know what he…
Opinion: The ideas in Project 2025? Reagan tried them, and the nation suffered
Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s conservative playbook that would overhaul much of the federal government under a second Trump administration, has sparked fear and concern…
U.S.-Mexico border arrests in July hit a low for Biden’s presidency
SAN DIEGO — United States-Mexico border arrests have plummeted about 30% in July to a new low for Joe Biden’s presidency, U.S. authorities said, raising prospects…
Bloodied Trump with raised fist: An image likely to fuel campaign
Former President Trump was blanketed by Secret Service agents, blood on his ear, when he raised his fist and appeared to say “fight” three times,…
Citing Supreme Court immunity ruling, Trump seeks to freeze classified documents case
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is asking a federal judge to freeze the classified documents case against him in light of a Supreme Court ruling that said…
Democrats defending Biden echo Republicans’ cult of Trump
The fallout from President Biden’s miserable debate last week is giving me deja vu. In the political right’s intramural arguments over Donald Trump, I got…
How Supreme Court’s immunity ruling ‘transforms’ US presidency | Donald Trump News
Washington, DC – The Supreme Court’s ruling on the scope of presidential immunity will “transform” the United States government, experts say, warning that the decision may…
“Make Europe Great Again”: Hungary takes over EU presidency
Hungary took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) on Monday for six months, with its focus on enhancing EU…
Opinion: The Supreme Court’s lack of accountability is worse than you think
The well-documented ethical failings of Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas are all the more troubling because the Supreme Court has become seriously…
Trump’s resilience gives California GOP dreams of payback
BURLINGAME, Calif. — Former President Trump’s resilience in the 2024 presidential campaign is providing the California Republican Party, whose members gathered in the Bay Area this…
Essential Politics: Skittles, slavery and the path to the presidency
It’s not every day both Skittles and slavery become campaign trail topics, but in 2016 just about anything seems possible. I’m Christina Bellantoni. Welcome to…
Many say Biden, Trump did more harm than good, for different reasons
WASHINGTON — There’s a reason why President Biden and former President Trump are spending so much time attacking each other — people don’t think either man…
Trump’s untruths pile up. Biden gets facts wrong too. Do voters care?
Former President Trump was on another one of his screeds about how Democratic prosecutors were persecuting him, saying he’d been “investigated by the Democrats more…
Poll: Americans want presidential power checked, unless their side wins
WASHINGTON — Like many Americans, Richard Bidon says he’d like to see the U.S. government “go back to its original design” — a system of checks…
Vice President Harris, Guatemalan leader Arévalo discuss immigration
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed Bernardo Arévalo, the newly elected president of Guatemala, to the White House on Monday to praise his battle against…