Donors Quietly Push Harris to Drop Tax on Ultrawealthy
Vice President Kamala Harris’s fund-raising has benefited from a surge of interest from Silicon Valley and Wall Street. Listen to this article · 8:21 min Learn more Share full article…
August 2024
How Courts Blocked Biden on Immigration, Student Debt and Title IX
Legal challenges have blocked many of the policies that President Biden saw as critical to his legacy, on issues like immigration and student loans. Listen to this article · 10:0
Harris, Before CNN Interview Runs, Presses Attack Against Trump in Georgia
At a rally in Savannah, the vice president hit her rival over familiar topics like abortion rights and Project 20
China Dominates the Situation Room But Not the Campaign Trail
The thorny issues raised by America’s most potent geopolitical challenge are reduced to platitudes. Share full article President Biden, right, meeting with President Xi Jinping of China in California in…
Wes Moore and the Bronze Star He Claimed but Never Received
For years, the Maryland governor has faced questions about whether he had wrongfully said he had a Bronze Star. He insisted no. But an old document proves otherwise. Listen to…
To Beat Trump, Democrats Seek to Help Anti-Abortion Candidate
Randall Terry, a longtime leader in the anti-abortion movement, is running a third-party campaign for president. Share full article Randall Terry outside the Supreme Court in 20
Supreme Court Paves Way for Execution of Prisoner With Parkinson’s
The 57-year-old Florida man, convicted in the 1994 killing of a college student, argued that lethal injection would cause him “needless pain and suffering” because of the disease. Listen to…
How Biden’s Senate Allies Helped Push Him From the Race
The president’s allies in the chamber he so revered feared he would drag them down and spoil his own legacy, and played a more assertive role than was previously known…
Inside U.S. Efforts to Avert War Among Iran, Israel and Hezbollah
A bigger disaster may have been avoided, even as the region continues to teeter on the brink of wider war. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and other U.S. officials…
Flaws Persist in F.B.I.’s Handling of Child Sex Abuse Cases, Watchdog Says
The Justice Department’s inspector general cited significant improvements even as he identified structural issues, like high caseloads, that continue to hamper progress. Listen to this article · 5:10 min Learn…