POLITICS

Smugged By Reality

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In What This Comedian Said Will Shock You, comedian Bill Maher distills decades of political and cultural insight into a single volume with the goal of tackling the most important issues of our time while remedying any loss of “philosophical coherence” for longtime viewers of his HBO show, Real Time with Bill Maher. Across 24

With political conventions done, campaigns gear up for final stretch

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With political conventions done, campaigns gear up for final stretch – CBS News Watch CBS News The race to the White House has turned into a sprint following the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention. The Harris campaign wants to build on its momentum, expanding its appeal to moderates and independents, while supporters of former

Colorado GOP removes party chair after he sent email attacking LGBTQ people

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Colorado Republican leaders vote to remove GOP Chair Dave Williams Colorado Republican leaders vote to remove GOP Chair Dave Williams 00:29 Colorado Republicans overwhelmingly voted to remove state party chairman Dave Williams by a vote of 161.66 to 12 on Saturday. Some people’s votes only counted for a fraction of a full vote. The move

Judge Allows Exclusion of Word ‘Abortion’ From New York Ballot Measure

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A New York judge ruled against requiring the word ‘abortion’ in a ballot measure description for an anti-discrimination amendment. A New York judge has declined to compel state election officials to explicitly mention the word “abortion” in the description of a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at expanding anti-discrimination protections, dealing a setback to Democrats who

For Tim Walz, a Pattern of Prevarications Stretches Back Almost Two Decades

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When Tim Walz launched his 2006 campaign for Congress in rural Minnesota, he boasted in his public biography that in 1993, he “was named the Outstanding Young Nebraskan by the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce for his service in the education, military, and small business communities.” That was not true. It was a small lie about