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Biden still leads among young voters, but there’s now a big gap between young men and young women, a Harvard polls found.
Trump may be napping during his trial, but a few weeks in court may be better than time spent on the campaign trail.
Backing a bill in the California Senate, Paris Hilton is after abusers who pose as helpers, and I would not get in her way.
Even as the country has become more racially and ethnically diverse and religious attendance has declined, the relative size of the two big political-party coalitions has stayed almost identical.
In politicizing the death of Ruby Garcia, the Republican former president is stoking fear for votes — and ignoring the many women killed in a crisis of violent men.
Trump announced he would not pursue a federal abortion ban if elected. Please tell me you’re not buying that garbage.
Nelson Peltz apologized for supporting Trump after Jan. 6. Now he’s fundraising for the former president. The reason he and so many billionaires may have fallen back in line? Taxes.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a moratorium on executions in 2019 and ordered death row to be dismantled. More than 100 condemned prisoners have already been moved. By the end of summer, death row will be no more.
The Supreme Court appears unlikely to create further abortion restrictions in its upcoming ruling about the safety of mifepristone. But another threat to abortion access — from a Trump White House — is far more likely to succeed.
