Fox survey finds 63 percent say country heading in wrong direction
The economy weighs heavily on voters’ minds.
The economy weighs heavily on voters’ minds.
How can I be more open without hurting him?
The gains are a sign of positive trader sentiment, although it’s unclear if that has to do with hopes of a clear winner emerging.
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox.Shutterstock / Getty / The AtlanticTo put the Election Day frenzy aside, this bears repeating: This is not a normal election, and you should prepare yourself accordingly. We don’t know when races will be called.
“Innocent people don’t say things like this,” one person noted on Twitter.
The president has showcased his spotty efforts to help Americans like aid worker Aya Hijazi, who was freed from Egyptian custody after Trump’s intervention.
On a day when much of the world’s attention is focused on the United States, I thought it might be nice to share some images from the other side of the planet—specifically the island country of New Zealand. Gathered below are a collection of photographs from the North Island, the South Island, and a few of the other 600 islands that make up the nation of New Zealand.
Early voter turnout has hit record numbers as the presidential race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden reaches its climax.
A whole lot of Prudie to pass the time on Election Day.
Updated at 6:13 p.m. ET on November 3, 2020. The election will be weird, no matter what. If the polls are right, and Joe Biden wins the states where he’s favored, tonight could bring the most resounding defeat of an incumbent president since Herbert Hoover lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. If the polls are wrong, and Biden concedes to President Donald Trump early tomorrow morning, it would mark the most catastrophic polling disaster in modern history.
Acclaimed poet and activist Nikki Giovanni has a new collection of poems called “Make Me Rain,” a celebration of her Black heritage, as well as an exploration of racism and white nationalism. In the poem “Vote,” Giovanni offers her thoughts on the importance of voting. It was filmed by The Meteor, a feminist collective of activists, journalists and creators, part of a daily Instagram series focusing on voting rights.
While most eyes are trained on the contest between President Trump and Joe Biden, down-ballot races and state ballot measures will also have major consequences for racial justice, immigration, reproductive rights and more. “The issues and policies that affect people day in and day out are often determined on the bottom of the ballot,” says Ronald Newman, the national political director for the American Civil Liberties Union.
Award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa joins us to discuss her new book, “Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America,” which tells the story of U.S. immigration through her own journey to the United States from Mexico as a small child to her groundbreaking work as a reporter. She says it wasn’t until the height of the family separation crisis under the Trump administration that she learned about her own family’s near-separation by U.S.
We are a broken society with a broken political system, made all the more worse by a broken-brained president.
The 2020 general election is on pace to have the highest turnout rate in over a century, with nearly 100 million ballots cast early — nearly three-quarters of the 2016 vote total. We look at how Latinx voters could play a key role in deciding the presidency and who controls the Senate. Many key battleground states, including Florida, Texas, Arizona and Pennsylvania, have large Latinx communities.
The order would strip certain civil service and due process protections from career federal employees who make policy.
“You have to know if it’s mean or just obvious.
Slate Money talks the Trump economy, dual interest rates, and Chewy.
The rational thing to do is to shut down—and bail out—the restaurants and bars.
There’s some troubling new data about the Postal Service’s performance in swing states right now.
The sign-up season begins amid an intensifying pandemic and shortly before the Supreme Court will weigh Obamacare’s fate.
Nearly every region of the country is reporting an uptick in infections and hospitalizations.
“I’ve personally seen people working on their resumes inside the office,” a senior official added. “It’s no secret.
The latest surge comes ahead of what’s expected to be an especially dangerous winter for the virus, with hospitalizations already on the rise.
Trump got a great economic report to use on the campaign trail. But behind the surface, giant risks are looming.
The new Open Storefronts program — modeled on the city’s popular outdoor dining initiative — will allow 40,000 businesses to set up open air operations.
The selling in U.S. markets followed broad declines in Europe.