Addy Baird
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Some Republicans Have Celebrated Kyle Rittenhouse's Not Guilty Verdict
A cohort of Republicans rushed to praise Rittenhouse after he was found not guilty of murder. → Read More
Madison Cawthorn Classmates Allege Sexual Misconduct
BuzzFeed News interviewed more than three dozen people as part of an investigation into allegations that Madison Cawthorn harassed women in college. → Read More
Trump Impeached For The Second Time After Capitol Attack
10 Republicans joined Democrats in voting to impeach Trump again. His Senate trial is expected to begin next week. → Read More
Democrats Lost House Seats In Election, No Reckoning
Democrats were expected to gain seats in the House and Senate. There doesn’t look to be much soul-searching coming for the party. → Read More
Democrats Lose Another Senate Race Despite Money Advantage
Democrats officially lost another Senate race on Tuesday in North Carolina, leaving their path to controlling the Senate incredibly slim despite a huge financial advantage. → Read More
Senate Republican Leaders Question Whether Joe Biden Even Won The Election
He did. → Read More
Democrats Have Won Control Of The House Again
Republicans never stood much of a chance of taking the House away from Democrats this year. → Read More
Arizona: Democrat Mark Kelly Defeats Sen. Martha McSally
Astronaut Mark Kelly came out on top, gaining Democrats a Senate seat. → Read More
Trump Lies About Presidential Election Fraud
With Joe Biden in the lead, the president laid out an imaginary system of voter fraud targeted specifically at him. → Read More
Susan Collins Wins Reelection In Maine
Collins, the sole Republican to vote against Trump’s recent SCOTUS nominee, is headed back to Washington. → Read More
Trump Wins Florida, Keeping Best Path To Reelection Open
The result is a vital one for the president, but leaves Joe Biden with other ways to win. → Read More
Democrats Have Spent Millions Trying To Oust Susan Collins In Maine — And It’s Actually Helping To Save Local News
The Bangor Daily News has seen a 3,000% increase in political ad spending this cycle, which has helped offset losses that were exacerbated by the pandemic. → Read More
Voting By Mail Deadlines For Every State
Many states recommend sending in your ballot a week out from the election; that’s today. → Read More
When Will We Know Who Won The Election?
It’s complicated. Be patient. → Read More
The Electoral College System, Explained
The founders laid out a system for electing the president in the Constitution. But today, it means some voters are much more powerful than others. → Read More
How The Supreme Court Could Overturn Roe V. Wade
More than a dozen cases are just one step away from the Supreme Court. They could allow the court to overrule Roe — or to restrict abortion for hundreds of thousands of people. → Read More
Pelosi Announces A Bill To Determine If A President Is Still Fit For Office Following Trump’s COVID Diagnosis
A section of the 25th Amendment that has never been used allows for a president to be removed from office if they are determined to be unfit to serve. → Read More
Republicans Who Traveled With Trump Are Testing For COVID
Sen. Mike Lee of Utah also announced Friday morning that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. → Read More
Mitt Romney Supports Replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg Before the Election
Republicans are now almost guaranteed enough votes to replace the late justice before November 3. → Read More
Democrat Mondaire Jones Wants To Pack The Supreme Court
Progressive candidate Mondaire Jones wants Democrats to add four new justices to the Supreme Court. “This is a constitutional crisis that has existed for years now.” → Read More