Hours before a federal judge decides whether the Postal Service’s mail ballot rule stays blocked through November, a whistleblower inside the agency has told Congress and reporters what the rule looks like from the inside — and the description, in the words of...
Sixty-two days before an election his own advisers privately admit is slipping away, President Trump stood in the Oval Office and described an American economy that does not exist. U.S. growth, he said, could hit “14, 15, 16, 20 percent.” For the record:...
The mail voting fight arrives at its decisive week fully loaded. On Monday, the federal judge whose restraining order blocks the Postal Service’s mail ballot rule denied the administration’s request to pause that order pending appeal — ruling that a...
Congressional Democrats have formed a task force to prepare for the possibility that President Trump attempts to undermine November’s elections — by claiming fraud, by interfering in the voting process, or by contesting results — NPR reported Friday. The...
Last week, a federal judge struck down the State Department’s freeze on immigrant visas from 75 countries, ruling the policy unlawful. The administration’s response was not to narrow the policy. It was to expand it to everyone. On Tuesday, the State...
The economic backdrop to the midterms turned visibly worse this month. Growth slowed to 1.5 percent in the second quarter, down from 2.1 percent in the first. The Conference Board reported that consumer confidence fell in August. Inflation, per The Hill’s...
