World leaders gathered virtually Tuesday for this week’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), with the UN’s historic 75th anniversary overshadowed by strongmen leaders, fraying relations and a sense of intensifying international crisis. The summit was forced online this year due to the pandemic and the 14-day quarantine regulations in New York City. Covid-19 loomed heavily…… MORE
President Donald Trump’s former top Russia adviser said Tuesday that the United States is increasingly seen as “an object of pity” and its standing on the world stage is eroding. “We are increasingly seen as an object of pity, including by our allies, because they are so shocked by what’s happening internally, how we’re eating…… MORE
Maine’s Supreme Court has sided with the state’s Democratic secretary of state and rejected a Republican challenge to ranked-choice voting in the upcoming election. Your big questions about voting and the 2020 election, answered The ruling means Maine residents will use the voting method in the November election between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger…… MORE
The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has tilted the Supreme Court further rightward at a time when voting access cases or even a contested presidential election could head to the high court. But court experts are mixed on whether the loss of Ginsburg would play a significant role in shaping the court’s handling of…… MORE
President Donald Trump will lay out his vision for health care in the coming two weeks, the White House claims, after blowing through a number of self-imposed deadlines to produce a long-promised plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. “The President in the next week or so will be laying out his vision for health…… MORE
The presidential debates are around the corner, with Democratic nominee Joe Biden and President Donald Trump set to square off for the first time on stage next week. All debates are scheduled to take place from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ET on their respective dates without commercial breaks. Here’s what we know about the…… MORE
Despite repeated warnings from intelligence officials and his own FBI director that Russia is carrying out a blatant attack on American democracy, President Donald Trump summed up his views at a rally on Monday in very simple terms, “I like Putin, he likes me.” Trump has consistently expressed a personal affinity for his Russian counterpart,…… MORE
Kanye West’s presidential campaign has shelled out nearly $1.5 million to a secretive consulting firm in Arizona — a brand new one, explicitly devoted to independent campaigns but run by a man with a long history of controversial work for Republicans. Though the firm shows up in campaign finance reports with an address in downtown…… MORE
A bipartisan bill aimed at addressing cases of missing and murdered Native Americans has been sent to President Donald Trump‘s desk for final approval. Savanna’s Act, a bill named for 22-year-old Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, passed the US House of Representatives on Monday after passing the Senate earlier this year. LaFontaine-Greywind, a member of the Spirit Lake…… MORE
Philadelphia’s top election official is warning that thousands of mail-in ballots could be thrown out in November unless changes are made to rules around “secrecy envelopes” — second sleeves that help prevent poll workers from seeing how someone voted. The Pennsylvania Supreme court ruled last Friday that officials can reject so-called naked ballots that are…… MORE
