Politics

Thursday’s Olympic contests saw two of the greatest American athletes ever solidify their status as legends. Simone Biles won her sixth Olympic gold medal in the women’s gymnastics all around, making her the most decorated gymnast in American history. Swimmer Katie Ledecky became the most decorated woman in American Olympic …

Donald Trump’s comments on Wednesday questioning whether Vice President Kamala Harris is Black were not an off-the-cuff expression of racism, but part of a broader campaign strategy that Trump and many of his key lieutenants plan to make a heavy focus of their final three-month sprint to retake the White …

Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough votes to be confirmed as the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee, according to the Democratic National Committee. In a virtual roll-call vote held on Friday, Harris surpassed the delegate threshold of 2,350 needed to win the nomination, which will be officially confirmed on …

Days ago, Kyle Rittenhouse — admired by Donald Trump and lionized by the far right for shooting three people at a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 2020, killing two — was in lockstep with the MAGA movement that supported him through the trial that saw him acquitted …

A MAGA congressman from Arizona is comparing GOP poll watchers being trained by the Trump campaign to SEAL Team 6 snipers, insisting that these “boots on the ground” must be prepared to counter a “desperate” opposition that will “do whatever it takes to hold on to power.” The congressman, Eli …

HOUSTON — Addressing a cavernous auditorium filled with thousands of Black women decked out in royal blue and gold —the colors of Sigma Gamma Rho, a historically Black sorority holding its biennial celebration in Houston on Wednesday—Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged the ugly, unhinged rant that former President Donald Trump …

Donald Trump chose J.D. Vance as his running mate largely as a signal of confidence in his own ability to retake the White House, but in the days following the Republican National Convention, Vance’s record has acted as anvil for the campaign — and a magnifying glass for concerns about …

Wrongfully imprisoned reporter Evan Gershkovich, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, and two others have been released by Russian authorities in a multinational prisoner swap with President Joe Biden’s administration. The United States secured the freedom of Gershkovich, Whelan, Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, and U.S. resident Vladimir Kara-Muza. “The deal that …

The future of America is young, hopeful, and swift. On the day President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and fully endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, Emerald Medrano, a 22-year-old college student in Texas, ran to Twitter and posted: “I feel like us U.S swifties should mass …

ATLANTA — Two weeks ago, staffers working for the major Democratic campaigns and party committees were demoralized and depressed, their dream jobs transformed into a joyless death march. Donations were drying up, while candidates and elected officials were speaking openly and with a grave certainty that the party was destined …