Venezuelan migrants prepare to walk along the U.S. border fence after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico to seek asylum with the U.S. Border Patrol on Sept. 22 in El Paso. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images) A divided Supreme Court refused Tuesday to lift the Trump-era rule that has turned away migrants at the border … Read more
Poll workers congratulate first-time voter Hector Escobar Solis on election night 2020 in Los Angeles. Voting by young people surged in many areas last year. (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press) This is the April 23, 2021, edition of the Essential Politics newsletter. Like what you’re reading? Sign up to get it in your inbox three … Read more
Lawrence O’Donnell Jr. might just be the hippest policy wonk ever to don a pair of wingtips. When he’s not at work as the powerful, even feared, staff di rector of the influential Senate Finance Committee, he’s roaring through Washington on his Harley Davidson. On weekends he heads home to Manhattan to be with his … Read more
President Trump speaks in the Oval Office before signing an executive order on social media companies. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) President Trump signed an executive order Thursday targeting social media companies such as Twitter, accusing them of having “unchecked power” and escalating his feud with the popular digital platforms he relies on as a … Read more
Until the moment I reached the Capitol on Monday, I wondered if I had done the right thing. Drawn to the “Million Man March” with conflicted feelings, I got my answer as soon as I witnessed the human tidal wave. There were more faces like mine than I had ever seen in one spot. This … Read more
Protesters are in front of Long Beach City Hall for the nationwide “Not My President’s Day” protest on Monday. (Juliana Yamada/Los Angeles Times) Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Long Beach for a “Not My President” rally on Presidents Day to protest the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s role in it. Outside City Hall, protesters … Read more
“My kid went to bed believing in the best of America,” wrote one of my friends. “I can’t bear to wake him up.” That could be said of many disbelieving supporters of Hillary Clinton. America has elected Donald Trump as its next president. And the question that has surfaced across social media among so many … Read more
Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu arrives with her husband, Frank Snellings, to vote in her runoff election against Rep. Bill Cassidy. Cassidy, a Republican, was expected to defeat the Democratic incumbent. (Gerald Herbert / AP) Louisiana voters trooped to the polls on a sodden Saturday with history on their ballots. At stake: whether to reelect the … Read more
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele said Sunday that he would provide records from his 2006 U.S. Senate campaign to the FBI in an effort to speed an apparent investigation into allegations of improper campaign spending. Steele confirmed that his sister was recently contacted by FBI agents looking into allegations that his campaign paid … Read more
Elizabeth Warren on Nov. 1 at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Liberty and Justice Celebration in Des Moines. (Nati Harnik / Associated Press) In 2014, two years after she was first elected to the Senate, Elizabeth Warren took on President Obama in an unlikely fight that cemented her status as a leader of the Democratic Party’s … Read more
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