Ben Kamisar 7m ago / 6:00 PM UTC WASHINGTON — With November’s presidential election shattering TV and radio ad spending records, it’s worth pointing out how big of a role outside groups played, particularly in the final months of the election. On top of the $485 million former Vice President […]
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August 8, 2019: He tells the Asian & Latino Coalition in Des Moines, Iowa, that ‘poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.’ He attempted to clear up his statement, adding: ‘Wealthy kids, black kids, Asian kids — no, I really mean it. But think how […]
WASHINGTON — Shannon Dingle, a Christian and a mother of six from Raleigh, North Carolina, says she voted for a presidential candidate who supports abortion rights for the first time four years ago. Now, in 2020, she is among a critical bloc of voters that Joe Biden’s campaign has been […]
BRUSSELS — Covid-19 is ravaging tiny Belgium, the home to NATO and the headquarters of the European Union. With a rate of 1,735 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 14 days, it has the highest rate of coronavirus infections in Europe. Many hospitals are overwhelmed, with some doctors being told to […]
Barely two weeks into the school year, the Wisconsin social science teacher, had overheard some of her students at Cooper Elementary in Burlington talking about the city that was nearly 30 miles away. “It seemed like a good time to talk about racism and what it is,” Statz, who had […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested during a campaign rally in Florida on Sunday night that he might fire Dr. Anthony Fauci after the election. The comment came during his fifth and final rally of the day in Opa-Locka, when he promised that a vaccine is coming and the country […]
LONDON — Hollywood star Johnny Depp on Monday lost his libel case against British tabloid The Sun after it described him as a “wife beater.” Depp, 57, took legal action against News Group Newspapers, which publishes The Sun, and one of its journalists, Dan Wootton, over a 2018 article that […]
Gunmen traded fire with Afghan security forces in Kabul University’s campus following a blast in the area, and at least six people were wounded, Afghan government officials said. The Taliban denied their fighters were involved in the assault, and the identity of the attackers was unknown. “Gunshots still can be […]