CHICAGO– Unless a judge steps in, Illinois is poised to become the first state to completely eliminate cash bail, expanding an approach that has seen some success across the country even as it’s been vilified ...
As we approach the November election Americans are overwhelmed with the amount of campaign ads flooding their television and social media feeds. It is estimated that by election day over $9.7 billion will have been ...
Government oversight of sports betting offers scant consumer protections and looks to the industry to police itself, The Times found. Nov. 20, 2022 David Hummel placed his first sports bet in January 2021, wagering $250 ...
The sun sets on the Arizona State Fair on Oct. 8. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post) November 2, 2022 at 11:33 a.m. EDT Comment on this story Comment Ah, the state fair. It’s as American as ...
Who uses social media in the United States? At the beginning of 2022, almost 55 percent of social media users in the US were women. Meta Platforms, which owns social media giants such as Facebook, ...
ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER Last week, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a 15-week federal abortion ban, to the consternation of many of his Senate colleagues. Republicans at every level of government are splintering over how ...
Democrats have spent nearly $19 million across eight states in primaries this year amplifying far-right Republican candidates who have questioned or denied the validity of the 2020 election, according to a Washington Post analysis, interfering ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four more Republican-led states will ban almost all abortions this week as yet another slate of laws severely limiting the procedure takes effect following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn ...
Comment on this story Comment In this edition: A primary day cheat sheet, GOP worries about political oppression, and a talk with the CEO of AIPAC. The “Dark Brandon” meme got awful serious awful quickly, ...
This is Texas now: While the Lone Star State has long been a bastion of Republican politics, new laws and policies have taken Texas further to the right in recent years than it has been ...
