Maryland governor pardons 34 victims of racial lynching
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) issued posthumous pardons for 34 people who were victims of racially-motivated lynchings.
Trump spokesman says defeating Cheney a top priority
A spokesman for former President Trump says that defeating GOP Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) in her 2022 midterm primary election is a top goal for the former president amid escalating tensions between the two in recent da…
Maher chides Democrats: We’re now the ones who ‘suck the fun out of everything’
HBO’s Bill Maher chided the Democratic Party on Friday, saying Democrats have sucked “the fun out of everything.””Once upon a time, the right were the ones offended by everything. They were the p…
Major US pipeline halts operations after cyberattack
One of the largest pipelines in the U.S. was forced to halt some of its operations Friday after a crippling cyberattack on its energy infrastructure.Colonial Pipeline, which funnels refined gasoline and jet fuel fr…
Biden fills immigration court with Trump hires
The Biden team has hired a slate of immigration judges initially selected during the Trump era, angering advocates who argue the White House is already failing to deliver in its pledge to push back against the prior admin…
Gaetz, Greene tout push to oust Cheney: ‘We were ahead on this’
GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz (Fla.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) on Friday argued that they were “ahead” of their Republican colleagues in an effort to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) from her House GOP leaders…
Michael Cohen on Giuliani’s legal fees: He won’t get ‘two cents’ from Trump
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen on Friday responded to reports that allies of Rudy Giuliani are pressing the former president’s team to help pay for his growing legal bills, with Cohen predicting that Trump won’t …
Advocates sound alarm as restrictive voting laws pile up
Voting advocates say that the urgency and need for federal oversight of state voting procedures – a Democratic legislative priority – has increased as Florida became the latest state this week to implement new voting rest…
Republicans attack Biden agenda after disappointing jobs report
Republicans are seizing on disappointing jobs data to argue that President Biden’s spending and tax plans are already causing a slowdown in the economy.Friday’s jobs report – which showed U.S. em…
Fair political polling is a statistical balancing act
Recent history has demonstrated the risks of polling with a non-representative, unweighted or poorly weighted sample.In 2014, several pollsters incorrectly forecast outcomes for key elections: