POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: WaPo Opinion Editor David Shipley Blames Bezos for Endorsement Drama, Tells Staff They Can Quit as Distraught Journalists Slam Bezos for ‘Conflict of Interest’ and ‘Thumb on the Scale’

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The Washington Post’s opinion editor privately blamed owner Jeff Bezos for barring the paper’s editorial board from publishing an endorsement of Kamala Harris, likening the decision to a “bomb” that “went off and now we are picking up the pieces,” according to an audio recording of a tense and angry Monday editorial meeting. The recording

Trump falsely claims noncitizen voter fraud is widespread. Here are 5 facts.

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During the 2024 presidential race, former President Donald Trump and his allies, including X owner Elon Musk, have promoted an unfounded conspiracy theory that undocumented migrants are being allowed into the U.S. to vote. Trump’s false claims of widespread voter fraud by undocumented immigrants are not new. In 2020, after losing his reelection bid, he

There’s ‘Zero’ Chance of Ivanka Trump Appearing on 2024 Campaign Trail, Jared Kushner Says

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He said his wife ’made the decision when she left Washington that she was closing that chapter of her life. And she’s been remarkably consistent.’ Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump will not join him on the campaign trail, said her husband Jared Kushner on Tuesday. Speaking to the New

Former GOP congressional candidate in Indiana charged with stealing ballots

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CHICAGO (CBS) — A former Republican candidate for Congress in Indiana has been charged with stealing election ballots during a voting machine test earlier this month. Larry Savage, who lost in the Republican primary in the 5th Congressional District in Indiana in May, has been charged with one felony count of destroying or misplacing a

Half of Gen Z Voters Have Lied About Their Voting Preferences: Poll

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Across the political divide, 27 percent of Democrats, 24 percent of Republicans, and 20 percent of independents said they’ve lied about who they’re voting for. Nearly half (48 percent) of Generation Z voters and 23 percent of U.S. voters overall have lied about their voting preferences this year to people close to them, according to

Partial Passwords to Colorado Voting System Accidentally Posted on Secretary of State’s Website

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The Colorado secretary of state’s office said the leak does not pose an immediate security threat to the state’s elections. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office mistakenly posted a spreadsheet to its website that contained partial passwords to some parts of the state’s voting systems, it has confirmed. In an Oct. 29 statement, the