Politics

New Jersey Congressman Andy Kim was taking his kids to their annual checkup on Friday when his phone went haywire. “I was in the doctor’s office with them, they were running around and being absolutely crazy, but I could feel in my pocket my phone blowing up, just people calling …

The United Auto Workers went on strike against the Big Three car manufacturers earlier this month. The historic labor stoppage could have broad ramifications for the economy, the labor movement, and beyond — but it’s already having an impact on the 2024 presidential election. Donald Trump, who has long been …

As a government shutdown that could affect millions of Americans looms over Congress, House Republicans are busy launching their impeachment inquiry circus against President Joe Biden. On Thursday, the House Oversight Committee held its first hearing of their official impeachment inquiry investigation of as-yet-unproven allegations of “abuse of power, obstruction, …

A new law signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom will double taxes on guns and ammunition and use the money to pay for more security at public schools and gun violence prevention programs, including those focused toward young people in gangs. The state firearms tax will add another 11 percent …

In public, Donald Trump says his conversation with the Georgia secretary of state asking to “find” votes for him was “a perfect call.” But in private, sources familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone, the former president sounded a different tone about the conversation, asking his attorneys to draw up …

Attorneys for two Michigan GOP operatives charged with participating in a “fake electors” scheme to undermine the results of the 2020 election are arguing that prosecutors’ statements calling them “brainwashed” should be grounds for dismissal of the charges against them. Mari-Ann Henry and Clifford Frost, two of 16 individuals indicted …

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is facing a rapidly growing number of calls from his Democratic colleagues to resign from office following a damning indictment on charges of corruption and bribery. On Wednesday, Menendez pleaded not guilty to the charges during his arraignment in Manhattan court. The indictment, which was …

Hunter Biden has filed a lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani and his former attorney Robert Costello, accusing the pair of being among those “primarily responsible for what has been described as the ‘total annihilation,’” of Biden’s digital privacy, and violating digital privacy laws in the process. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. considers himself a “skeptic” willing to question authority and interrogate official narratives. Others might identify the political scion as an enthusiastic peddler of conspiracy theories about everything from Covid-19 to his uncle’s assassination. Those keeping score at home can now add 9/11 to the list of …

BEAVERTON, Ore. —A staple gun goes thwack-thwack as a union member secures “UAW ON STRIKE” posters to wooden pickets, placing them in a bucket beneath a pop-up rain shelter. I’m standing in front of a Chrysler parts distribution center on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. This warehouse — which services …