Despite vaccines, the U.S. has lost more lives to COVID this year than last
This was supposed to be the year vaccines brought the pandemic under control. Instead, more people in the United States have died from COVID-19 this...
There’s a bipartisan voting rights bill. Yes, really
A bipartisan elections bill is the rarest of creatures, one many Americans have never seen in the wild. The Native American Voting Rights Act is...
Taliban urge women to stay home because fighters have not been trained to respect them VIEW
A Taliban spokesman said women should stay home. Why? Because some of the militants have not yet been trained not to hurt them, he said,...
Inside the Lincoln Project’s secrets, side deals and scandals
A civil war broke out in the Lincoln Project as it antagonized Donald Trump, with leaders of the super PAC splintering over financial arrangements and...
The Electoral College is close; the popular vote isn’t
The prolonged uncertainty in spite of the clear preference of the public has intensified some Americans’ anger at a system in which a minority of...
When we might know election results
As of Wednesday morning, eight states that will decide the next president remained uncalled, as did a handful of Senate races that will determine who...