2024 Election

Robert Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign is being boosted by deep-pocketed supporters of Donald Trump, venture capitalists, conservative Hollywood types, and other celebrities.  Democrats worry the Kennedy campaign could help tank President Joe Biden’s reelection bid and make Trump president again. He is also a danger to public health: Kennedy has spread false conspiracy theories about Covid-19 vaccines and claimed vaccines cause autism. American Values 2024, a super PAC backing Kennedy, is the…

Former President Donald Trump has won the South Carolina Republican primary, demolishing his sole opponent, former Governor Nikki Haley, in her home state. The Associated Press was among the first to call the race shortly after polls closed at 7 p.m., basing it on AP VoteCast — a survey of South Carolina Republican voters. “An even bigger win than anticipated,” Trump said from his watch party podium in South Carolina following the AP call, per USA Today, though the final numbers had not yet come in. “This is…

Former President Donald Trump spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on Saturday. The event precedes the South Carolina primary results expected later on Saturday, where he is predicted to defeat his competitor, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and the former South Carolina governor, in her home state. The hour-and-a-half rambling speech covered his typical gamut, where he touted his cognitive abilities while demeaning President Biden’s; defended Jan. 6…

With eight months to go before Election Day, a deeply troubling number of Americans say they are struggling to pay their bills. But vast hardship appears to be decreasing substantially, at a good time for President Joe Biden.  As of this month, 36 percent of Americans reported having difficulty paying their usual household expenses, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. That figure is quite high, but it’s a five-point decrease from October, when more than 41 percent of respondents reported…

Late last week, the New York Times reported that Donald Trump privately told his allies he backs a 16-week national abortion ban with some exceptions. Inside the Trump campaign, the news was immediately met with deep annoyance, anger, and a scramble for damage control, two people familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone. Prior to the report, the former president and 2024 GOP frontrunner had repeatedly stressed to advisers that he wants to avoid announcing specific abortion policy positions, at least during this…

T roy, Michigan, is quintessential suburbia: strip malls, banks with drive-thrus, and jewelry stores. Though just 30 minutes outside of Detroit, Troy feels a world away from the Motor City, with its blocks of boarded-up houses and abandoned stores. The disparate environments speak to the systemic inequality that brought me here to talk politics and the bind that Joe Biden has gotten himself into.  Inside Fresh & Pressed Juice, a brightly lit juice bar and cafe with a vibrant green ceiling, I talk with…

Donald Trump spoke in Waterford Township, Michigan at an airplane hangar on Saturday, Feb. 17, for a Get Out the Vote Rally in the crucial battleground state. He appeared wearing black gloves and a red MAGA baseball cap, and immediately began lambasting some of his recent legal woes when he took the podium. Trump’s appearance follows rulings in two separate New York cases last week. On Friday, Judge Engoron ordered Trump to pay $355 million in damages after the Trump Organization was found liable for financial…

Several major technology companies — including Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Snap, TikTok and X — signed an accord Friday pledging to combat the use of deceptive artificial intelligence (AI) in this year’s elections. The 20 participating companies pledged to “work collaboratively on tools to detect and address online distribution” of AI-generated content meant to deceive voters in elections around the globe, in addition to engaging in educational campaigns and offering transparency,…

Donald Trump’s first criminal trial is rapidly approaching in New York — and both his attorneys and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office are girding themselves for the man who could be standing between Trump and the first-ever criminal conviction of an American president: Michael Cohen.  The hush money case, which revolves around Trump’s alleged payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, represents the culmination of a years-long saga of scandal, secrets, and betrayal between Trump and Cohen, his former…

After a year of getting roundly humiliated by Donald Trump and failing to unseat him as the leader of the Republican Party, Ron DeSantis finally dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump’s bid to reclaim the White House. But while the former president publicly retired his “DeSanctimonious” nickname, Trump has privately made clear over the past two weeks that he’s not ready to let go of his grudge against the Florida governor and former ally.  According to two sources with knowledge of the matter and another…