Politics
Half Of Americans Think The Smell Of Weed In Public Is A Real Problem
Canadians hate it even more, according to a new major survey on cannabis.
Dominic Holden
Twitter Will Let Users Report Tweets That Mislead Voters
The tool will be rolled out in India, where general elections are already underway, and in the European Union, which holds elections in May.
Pranav Dixit
Democrats’ Top Super PAC Has Pledged Not To Use Hacked Materials In The 2020 Campaign
The move comes after the DNC took a similar pledge. Republican groups so far have not taken that step.
Ruby Cramer
Bernie Sanders Isn’t Fighting The Wars Of 2016, His Campaign Says — The Democratic Establishment Is
Bernie Sanders' campaign is comfortable portraying itself as under attack. And the candidate's advisers think fighting back is how they win in 2020.
Ruby Cramer
The Supreme Court Will Decide If The Trump Administration Can Ask If You’re A Citizen On The 2020 Census
The Trump administration argues the question will help enforce voting rights. The challengers argue the Census Bureau’s own experts concluded the question would hurt the accuracy of the count.
Zoe Tillman
Half Of Marijuana Users In The US Think They’re Fine To Drive Stoned
In a major national survey, most users added that they’d be comfortable in a car driven by someone high on cannabis.
Dominic Holden
Julián Castro Says Democrats Should Be Able To Make The Case For Impeachment And Provide A Vision For 2020
Castro also suggested he'll be able to outlast other 2020 Democratic candidates in an interview with BuzzFeed News' AM to DM Tuesday.
Lissandra Villa
Kamala Harris Says Congress Should Take "Steps Toward" Impeaching Donald Trump
The 2020 candidates at the CNN town halls Monday night diverged on impeachment, with Harris joining Elizabeth Warren's call for action.
Ryan C. Brooks
Kamala Harris Says She’ll Take Gun Control Into Her Own Hands As President If Congress Doesn't Act
Harris outlined a series of executive actions that she would take as president if Congress failed to act on gun control within a 100-day period.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Julian Assange Was Arrested. So Why Is Chelsea Manning Still In Jail?
Manning has been in jail since early March for refusing to testify before a grand jury about Assange and WikiLeaks.
Zoe Tillman
Inside The San Diego Church Where ICE And Border Patrol Bring Pregnant Women
For years, ICE and Border Patrol dropped off pregnant women at Christ Ministry Center. Now, as a record number of families are overwhelming the border, the church is overcrowded and being shut down.
Ema O'Connor
The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Employers Can Discriminate Against LGBT Employees
The court will look at whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prevents discrimination “on the basis of sex,” applies to LGBT individuals.
Ema O'Connor
Seth Moulton Says He Would Use Diplomacy To Fight Off An Alien Invasion As President
"You always have to start with diplomacy," the newly announced presidential candidate said.
Lissandra Villa
Trump Is Suing House Democrats To Stop A Subpoena To His Accountant
This is the first lawsuit Trump has filed to block Democrats from exercising their subpoena power to look into his business affairs.
Zoe Tillman
Elizabeth Warren Wants To Cancel Student Loan Debt For Millions Of Americans
Warren’s plan would completely cancel the student loans for 75% of Americans with debt, according to her campaign.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Seth Moulton Is Running For President
In an ever-growing field, Moulton is the second House Democrat who once tried to push out Pelosi to now run for president.
Lissandra Villa
A Top Adviser To Beto O’Rourke Has Left His Presidential Campaign
Becky Bond has left O’Rourke’s fledgling presidential campaign, an O’Rourke spokesperson confirmed. Her deputy, Zack Malitz, has also departed.
Ruby Cramer
Inside The Plastic Heart Of Congress
A new book from the authors of Politico Playbook promises an inside glimpse at our congressional leadership during the time of Trump.
Katherine Miller
What Do Americans Think About Weed? Here’s A Major National Poll On Politics And Use.
Most cannabis users don’t even consider it a drug.
Dominic Holden
Elizabeth Warren Wants The House To Begin Impeachment Proceedings Against Donald Trump
“The severity of this misconduct demands that elected officials in both parties set aside political considerations and do their constitutional duty,” Warren said Friday.
Ryan C. Brooks
Ben Carson Wants To Evict Families With Undocumented Immigrants From Public Housing
Carson says the new rule will reduce long waitlists for public housing for citizens. Housing advocates say all it will do is split up families with mixed immigration status.
Nidhi Prakash
Forgiving Joe Biden
What Uncle Joe really does for Democrats.
Ben Smith
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Donald Trump Should Be Investigated And Possibly Impeached For Obstruction
The congresswoman said she will be supporting an impeachment resolution that one of her colleagues introduced earlier this year.
Lissandra Villa
Pete Buttigieg’s Presidential Run Has Many LGBT Democrats Eager For Their Obama Moment
Among the LGBT community luminaries signing on with Buttigieg: Barry Karas, a top fundraiser for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Henry J. Gomez
This Article About The Mueller Report Is [Redacted]
Roughly a third of the 448-page Mueller report had at least one redaction on it, including about 12 pages that were entirely blacked out.
Nidhi Prakash
Donald Trump’s Allies Don’t Expect Him To Go Off On Aides Who Gave Mueller Damaging Information — At Least For Now
The special counsel’s report includes accounts from close current and former aides that are unflattering for the president.
Tarini Parti
Tim Ryan Says Abortion Rights Are At Risk Because Democrats “Keep Losing Elections”
The Ohio representative who is now running for president said his state has been “one of the worst states in the union when it comes to women’s health.”
Ryan C. Brooks
House Democrats Are Starting To Call For Bill Barr's Resignation After His Mueller Report Press Conference
“OUR Attorney General acts as Trump’s defense attorney. He can’t represent both. Barr must resign.”
Lissandra Villa
Hoaxes And Misinformation About The Mueller Report Are Already Spreading
Fake accounts, false headlines, and joke screenshots are already spreading.
Jane Lytvynenko
Mueller Said He Would Have Exonerated Trump On Obstruction If The Evidence Supported It, But He Couldn’t
Mueller and his team declined to make a “prosecutorial judgment” about whether Trump committed obstruction. Attorney General Bill Barr later concluded that the evidence didn’t support that.
Zoe Tillman
