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HHS lawyer: Trump’s drug cards could violate election law
Health department’s legal concerns about the drug-card plan for seniors could delay plans to promote it beyond Election Day
In final sprint, Trump makes stops his team never expected to need
The president is spending considerable time campaigning in once-impenetrable red states.
Top takeaways from Senate Democrats' fundraising bonanza
In the top 14 races across the country, Democrats more than doubled Republicans' fundraising haul.
Dem chairman's race tightens as GOP 'hero' pulls in millions
Some Democrats worry that a loss by Rep. Peter Defazio could hurt Joe Biden’s infrastructure plans if he wins the White House.
DOJ likely to file Google antitrust suit with no Democratic support
Democratic AGs are ditching the Trump administration's Google suit, which is likely to be filed early next week.
Crazy Nancy, Crooked Donald — two linked Facebook pages show the allure of political discord
The now-vanished pages, which didn’t disclose their connections to each other, amassed big traffic while pushing anti-Trump and anti-Biden messages to Spanish speakers in the U.S.
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Q&A
How the Pandemic Is Worsening America’s Racial Gaps
Covid isn’t just disproportionately killing people of color; it’s sticking them in a feedback loop that exacerbates economic and racial inequity, says Chicago economist Damon Jones.
Justice Reform
How One Police Chief Kept Her City from Blowing Up This Summer
To demonstrators in Winston-Salem, Catrina Thompson seemed like an ally. Then protests turned against her own department.
OPINION | 2020
Dueling Town Halls Revealed There’s No Substitute for Tough Questions
And we need more of that relentless questioning if we expect worthwhile answers from either presidential candidate.
OPINION | fourth estate
Facebook and Twitter Have Bitten Off Too Much
With the New York Post controversy, everyone's worried about the power of the big platforms to police speech. Actually they’re too small for the task—and it’s time to back off.
Altitude
Trump Is Suffering From Trump Derangement Syndrome
The president’s abnormal comments may be the best evidence that, deep down, he really is normal.
letter to washington
‘The Sleeping Giant Is Finally Awake’
After decades of lackluster turnout, Hispanics could turn Arizona blue.
Justice Reform
Democrats’ Coming Civil War Over Police Unions
How far is the party of labor willing to go to confront them in the name of racial justice?
Justice Reform
How One Police Chief Kept Her City from Blowing Up This Summer
To demonstrators in Winston-Salem, Catrina Thompson seemed like an ally. Then protests turned against her own department.
Justice Reform
Can Politics Handle Police Reform in 2020? An Expert Roundtable
We invited an ex-cop, an AG, a law professor and two advocates for a reality check on how you reform a public service that's also its own power base.
Justice Reform
6 Places Where Police Reform Is Going Straight to the Voters
After the George Floyd killing, reformers took a big swing at transforming their local police. One key weapon they’ve turned to: ballot measures.
OPINION
Confirmation Hearings Shouldn’t Be So Worthless
It’s one thing to commit to vote a certain way in a given case; it’s another to conceal basic views on the law behind a curtain of judicial impartiality.
OPINION | on the bench
How to Get Amy Coney Barrett to Say What She Really Thinks
Democratic senators have been stonewalled by Barrett’s refusal to talk about important cases. Here are four ways they might get better answers.
gen-z rising
With weeks left until the election, we explore how Generation Z is interacting with the political parties, technology and the electoral process.
California gears up for blockbuster year of ballot measures
Expect fireworks throughout the fall as powerful interest groups compete for airtime and attention during an unprecedented presidential election in a pandemic year.
‘Your credibility... will die in this room’
Senate Democrats vow the GOP will regret confirming Barrett to the Supreme Court on the eve of the election.
Trump gets grilled as Biden coasts: Takeaways from the dueling town halls
Trump pleaded ignorance to QAnon, and Biden punted on court packing — but nothing happened that's likely to change the race. So, advantage Biden.
The inside story of how Ice Cube joined forces with Donald Trump
An unlikely partnership on a plan to lift Black Americans economically was months in the making.
Not just Obamacare: How Supreme Court's conservative majority could remake American health care
The court will soon weigh cases that could shrink Medicaid or undermine Obamacare's marketplaces if the health care law survives.
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