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"I have to risk my life just to exercise my right to vote." - Jennifer Taft, Milwaukee voter

"This is a clear voter suppression tactic," said one critic after the president urged his backers to show up at polling places and "watch very carefully."

Republicans know if they let the people decide who should appoint the next Supreme Court justice, their last chance to implement minority rule could be lost.

Fox News is up to five times more likely to use the word “hate” in its programming than its main competitors, according to our new study of how cable news channels use language.

Global warming is deepening blankets of warmer water that alter ocean currents, hinder absorption of carbon, intensify storms and disrupt biological cycles.

"He contributed less to funding our communities than waitresses and undocumented immigrants," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

While conservative Christians remain staunch supporters of the president, the climate consciousness of Generation Z could bring a political shift in the long-term.

"Seniors and all Americans don't need Trump cards, they need real solutions to rip-off drug prices."

The administration calls Moncef Slaoui, who leads its vaccine race, a “contractor” to sidestep rules against personally profiting from government positions.

The order, issued by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, is the first of its kind in the United States. But it is bound to draw legal challenges.

"At a time when wildfires are burning down an entire coast, it's absolutely unconscionable for the media to dismiss climate change as a topic in the first presidential debate."

The government’s rush to resume federal executions for the first time in 17 years during a pandemic has caused senseless risk for incarcerated people, prison staff, and everyone who lives in Terre Haute, Indiana.

"If you, or a family member, or a friend got sick or died of Covid-19, to Trump you are 'virtually nobody.'"

"To pretend that norms will constrain Trump or McConnell would be folly, yes. But for Democrats, the media, and the public to concede the ground in advance is to do their dirty work for them."

A former aide to Mike Pence is the latest to say she is voting for Joe Biden.

Harris is now the top GOP target for racial stereotypes, 'birtherism' conspiracy theories, and inappropriate sexual comments.

Their claims are at odds with medicine and science.

Republican operatives are making a last-ditch effort to try to get Kanye West and Green Party presidential nominee Howie Hawkins onto state ballots, in a bid to siphon votes away from Joe Biden.

Wildfires rage in the West. Hurricanes batter the East. Droughts and floods wreak damage throughout the nation. Life has become increasingly untenable in the hardest-hit areas, but if the people there move, where will everyone go?

Graham, running for a fourth term, and Democrat Jaime Harrison both talk about addressing climate change. But in 18 years in office, Graham has yet to deliver.