The Harris campaign said it welcomes Cheney’s endorsement. Former Vice President Dick Cheney said that he is endorsing Democratic nominee Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump in the presidential election. Cheney, the father of former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), served as Republican vice president under the George W. Bush administration. “As citizens, we
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office defends the state’s efforts to stop illegal immigration. AUSTIN—Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas criticized Texas’s attempts to stop illegal immigration while praising Vice President Kamala Harris’s role in addressing the “root causes” of the border crisis. Mayorkas spoke Sept. 6 at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin. The
The former president suggests a change to the U.S. Constitution and a pledge to increase by 10-fold the number government regulations to eliminate. Former President Donald Trump proposed a modification to the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and promised an executive order barring federal employees from engaging in domestic censorship at a campaign rally
New team seeks to secure Kennedy ‘a seat at the table at the White House’ and give him a platform to achieve several campaign goals. Intent on helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “get a seat at the table at the White House,” a new political action committee that debuted earlier this week urges supporters of
Sean McMeekin’s new book about the trajectory of the most consequential political movement of the 20th century, To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism, is an ambitious effort to chronicle an ideology birthed in the early 1900s by a heretofore obscure exile that managed to seize power in Russia, inspire
Prolific author, historian, and former senior government official Tevi Troy is out with a new book about politics. This one takes a close look at 18 iconic CEOs—men like Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, Bill Gates, Lee Iacocca, and Elon Musk—and their interactions with multiple presidents. Troy (a friend) is the author of
In Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words, Anne Curzan tackles a pile of hard questions about grammar and usage. Her tone, however, is upbeat. A linguist, a language historian, and a writing professor, Curzan is the anti-vigilante of usage critics. For years, she has been writing and talking