Politics
Kamala Harris Is Eligible To Be Vice President. Some Republicans Are Pretending She Isn't.
The same old birther hoax is making rounds on Fox News and social media.
Jane Lytvynenko
Congress Has Stopped Negotiating On Coronavirus Aid, As Tens Of Millions Of People Remain Out Of Work
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recessed the Senate on Thursday, tanking the possibility of a new relief bill.
Paul McLeod
Trump’s Surrogates Are Campaigning Across The US In Luxury Buses In A Bid For Suburban Women
Most of the presidential campaign has stayed out of the real world during the pandemic. But the Trump campaign bus tours are just starting up.
Kadia Goba
Belarusians Are Walking Out Of Work And Accusing Police Of Torture As Protests Grip The Country
The first cracks began to show in the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko as a senior official and police officers resigned in protest over violence against demonstrators.
Christopher Miller
Facebook’s Preferential Treatment Of US Conservatives Puts Its Fact-Checking Program In Danger
Facebook’s employees and fact-checking partners say they are left in the dark about how the company decides what content stays up and what comes down.
Craig Silverman
Kamala Harris’s Friendship With Joe Biden’s Late Son Was Central To Their First Joint Event
Joe Biden's late son Beau, and his relationship with Harris, hung over the first appearance of the Democratic presidential ticket.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Dinesh D’Souza’s Attacks On Kamala Harris Are Part Of A Bigger Problem In The Indian Community
As an Indian man, D’Souza has the privilege of appealing to white conservatives by being the minority in the room willing to attack Black people.
Scaachi Koul
What The Kamala Harris Pick Means To The Black Women Who Lead The Democratic Party
“You do not understand how much this means for us,” a longtime Democratic official said of Biden picking Kamala Harris as his running mate.
Ruby Cramer
Ilhan Omar Won A Bitter Primary To Keep Her Seat In Congress
Omar beat a well-funded challenger in her Democrat-heavy Minnesota congressional district.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Maya Rudolph Is Excited To Return To "SNL," So Here Are Her Best Kamala Harris Sketches
If there's anything that can make 2020 a little better, it's more Maya Rudolph.
Angelica Martinez
Trump's Attempted Attacks On Kamala Harris Are All Over The Place
The president repeatedly called Joe Biden’s new VP pick “nasty,” but he and his campaign did not settle into a clear strategy.
Kadia Goba
Kamala Harris Is Joe Biden's Pick For Vice President
The California senator, who ran for president herself last year, will be the first Black woman on a major party presidential ticket.
Henry J. Gomez
“God Forbid You Ever Have To Face The Choice That I Faced." Belarus's Opposition Candidate Has Fled The Country As The Government Cracks Down.
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the former English teacher who presented the biggest challenge to Alexander Lukashenko in 26 years, disappeared overnight as violent protests gripped Minsk.
Christopher Miller
Trump Keeps Talking About This Race To Discredit Mail-In Voting. The Race’s Winner Has Had Enough.
"He needs to stop talking about my race and fix the post office," Carolyn Maloney said.
Kadia Goba
Belarusians Clashed With Riot Police After Their “Dictator” President Claimed Victory
President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed a sixth election victory. But his incumbent challenger, a former English teacher, said she won’t recognize the results.
Christopher Miller
You'll Be Stunned To Learn Which 2020 Candidate Russian Trolls Are Trying To Bring Down
China, meanwhile, "prefers" that Trump does not win reelection and is "expanding" its own efforts, an intelligence community leader said.
Stephanie K. Baer
A Former Bernie Sanders Campaign Staffer Is Stuck In A Belarus Jail Cell, Charged With Disrupting The Peace
Vitali Shkliarov faces up to three years behind bars for allegedly organizing an illegal campaign rally for the candidate challenging President Alexander Lukashenko, known as “Europe’s Last Dictator.”
Christopher Miller
Massive Crowds Are Rallying Around This 37-Year-Old Woman Trying To Oust “Europe’s Last Dictator”
Three women political novices have captured Belarusians’ imagination with a promise of change and three simple hand gestures that have become symbols of hope for many: ✌️✊❤️.
Christopher Miller
A Federal Court Ruled House Democrats Can Sue The Trump Administration When Its Officials Defy Subpoenas
A majority of the DC Circuit rejected the Justice Department's argument that Congress could not take the president and the executive branch to court to enforce subpoenas.
Zoe Tillman
TikTok Is “Shocked” By Trump’s Order Threatening To Ban It And Will Fight Back
“We will pursue all remedies available to us in order to ensure that the rule of law is not discarded.”
Pranav Dixit
The US Government Is Texting Russians Offering $10 Million For Information On Election Interference
“I thought that this was some type of fraud,” Russian Artyom Vysokov told BuzzFeed News. “Sending such text messages through a service that usually sends spam was not the best idea.”
Christopher Miller
Mark Zuckerberg Says A Ban On TikTok Would Set “A Really Bad Long-Term Precedent”
“I certainly think that there are valid national security questions about having an app that has a lot of people’s data that follows the rules of another country, a government that is increasingly is kind of seen as a competitor.”
Ryan Mac
"I Had Hit The Lottery”: Inmates Desperate To Get Out Of Prisons Hit Hard By The Coronavirus Are Racing To Court
With little legal precedent for a global pandemic, judges are deciding on a case-by-case basis how to weigh the risks of COVID-19 in prisons.
Zoe Tillman
Facebook Fired An Employee Who Collected Evidence Of Right-Wing Pages Getting Preferential Treatment
Facebook employees collected evidence showing the company is giving right-wing pages preferential treatment when it comes to misinformation. And they’re worried about how the company will handle the president’s falsehoods in an election year.
Craig Silverman
Twitter Is Locking People Fact-Checking Trump Out Of Their Accounts
The people are not trying to spread coronavirus misinformation — but to fight against it.
Pranav Dixit
Customers For Glenn Beck’s Botched Cruise Can Get Their Money Back — If They Sell Their Tickets
“I wish there was a way I could get ahold of Glenn Beck," said one cruise customer trying to get a refund.
Rosie Gray
The Truth Behind A Viral Picture Of A Reopening School Is Worse Than It Looked
An alarming photo of a hallway crowded by mostly maskless students in a Georgia high school raises issues with reopening schools all around the country.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Instagram Displayed Negative Related Hashtags For Biden, But Hid Them For Trump
“A technical error caused a number of hashtags to not show related hashtags. We've disabled this feature while we investigate.”
Ryan Mac
Joe Biden Won't Travel To Milwaukee For The Democratic National Convention
Biden will accept the Democratic nomination for president in Delaware because of the coronavirus.
Matt Berman
Instagram Has Launched Reels, Its TikTok Rip-Off
Reels is just like TikTok — but built right into the Instagram app.
Pranav Dixit
