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Can $1 Billion Buy an Election?
Presidential elections have grown steadily more expensive in recent decades, with candidates and their allies raising and spending exorbitant sums in an effort to win the hearts, minds, and...
Ex–Trump Official Is Scared He Will Be Out for Revenge If He Wins
Donald Trump’s perceived enemies are legitimately afraid of retribution from the Republican presidential nominee should he win on election night.They include retired U.S. Army general and former Joint Chiefs...
TikTok Is Dangerously Addictive—and Its Executives Knew All Along
TikTok is well aware of just how harmful it is to young users, according to internal documents included in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.Thirteen states are separately suing TikTok for...
MAGA Has a Bonkers New Conspiracy About Harris and a Teleprompter
Right-wing figures are latching on to an outlandish claim that Kamala Harris used a teleprompter to answer audience questions during a Univision town hall Thursday. Fox News’s Sean Hannity,...
Israel Finally Releases Detained American Journalist—With a Catch
Israel has released American journalist Jeremy Loffredo four days after arresting and detaining him for reporting on Iranian missile strikes in the country.Still, the judge who ordered Loffredo’s release...
Fake “Firefighters for Trump” Expose Another Pathetic Trump Lie
Another voting bloc advertised as pro–Donald Trump has turned out to be a bust.The Republican presidential nominee’s rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday featured a crowd of people holding...
Transcript: Trump’s Rage at CBS Over Kamala Interview Takes Dark Turn
Sozen: That’s why his arguments are ridiculous and also dangerous for democracy. This is what authoritarians do. As we know, Trump is trying to stifle anyone who dares to...
In the Year’s Most Important Senate Race, Can Sherrod Brown Hold On?
When we think of natural Brown voters, we think more of factory workers than farmers. But it’s also the case that, unlike some Democrats, Brown has always worked counties...
What Harris Needs to Say About Hurricanes
Notably, the Oversight Council used the statutory power granted to it by 2010 Dodd-Frank law to designate AIG, MetLife, and Prudential as SIFIs during the Obama administration, but the...
The Supreme Court May Use Dobbs to Take Down Trans Rights—and Beyond
As the Supreme Court weighed the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case in 2021 and 2022, civil rights advocates noted that this would be no narrow ruling—and that...
