Biden, Democrats push hard to put North Carolina in play
President Biden will visit North Carolina on Thursday at a time when his campaign is investing heavily in the state and building a robust electoral operation there far earlier than…
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RFK Jr. embraces California ballot nomination from party with history of far-right ties
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that he has qualified to be on the ballot in California and will accept the nomination of the American Independent…
House Republicans look to intervene in D.C.’s response to GWU encampment
House Republicans have summoned D.C.’s mayor and police chief to testify before a congressional committee about their decision not to clear a pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University — part…
Biden gives campus protesters the (mostly) silent treatment
Welcome to The Campaign Moment, your guide to the biggest developments in a 2024 election in which campus protests loom increasingly large — as they often have historically. (Did a…
House passes divisive antisemitism bill as GOP denounces campus protests
House Republicans are seeking to unite their unruly majority around an evergreen conservative cause, devising a strict response to the wave of pro-Palestinian protests that have roiled college campuses across…
Blake Masters disparages his House opponent for not having kids
There’s not much context needed for the case Arizona Republican Blake Masters made for his House candidacy in a video shared by his campaign Tuesday. The clip begins with Masters…
Harvey Weinstein’s retrial in N.Y. rape case expected after Labor Day
NEW YORK — Former film producer Harvey Weinstein’s rape case is expected to be retried sometime after the Labor Day holiday, a judge said Wednesday, as the frail-looking defendant made…
Democrats hope move to reschedule marijuana will help them in November
A half-century after high school kids in California’s Marin County started using “4:20” as code for smoking marijuana, political advisers to the 81-year-old teetotaler president, Joe Biden, began signaling that…
Arizona Senate votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban. What it means, and what’s next.
The Arizona state Senate voted Wednesday to repeal a Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions that — because of procedural hurdles — remains on track to temporarily take effect…
Democrat Tim Kennedy wins New York special election for House seat
State Sen. Tim Kennedy (D) is projected to win the special election for New York’s 26th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press. Kennedy defeated Republican Gary Dickson, a town…