Politics
‘Different from the Other Southerners’: Jimmy Carter’s Relationship with Black America
ATLANTA — Without Black voters, there would have been no President Jimmy Carter.In 1976, African Americans catapulted the underdog Democrat...
Lawmakers Propose Legislation to Tighten Rail Safety Regulations
WASHINGTON — Two House Democrats plan on Tuesday to introduce a bill to tighten federal regulation of trains carrying hazardous materials,...
Biden Dispatches Yellen and Blinken to Bolster Support for Ukraine
A week after President Biden traveled to Ukraine to pledge American support in the fight to repel Russia, he has...
Where Did Covid Originate? Here’s What We Know and Don’t Know
WASHINGTON — The Energy Department’s conclusion, with “low confidence,” that an accidental laboratory leak in China most likely caused the...
Murdoch Acknowledges Fox News Hosts Endorsed Election Fraud Lie
Using text messages and emails sent by Fox employees and prominent hosts like Mr. Hannity and Tucker Carlson in the...
Indian Americans Rapidly Climbing Political Ranks
“Within the Indian American community, political involvement wasn’t really a high priority, because I think people were much more focused...
Elissa Slotkin Announces Senate Run in Michigan
Representative Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat and former C.I.A. analyst who has notched several high-profile victories in a challenging district,...
As Oil Companies Stay Lean, Workers Move to Renewable Energy
Emma McConville was thrilled when she landed a job as a geologist at Exxon Mobil in 2017. She was assigned...
Ron DeSantis ‘The Courage to Be Free’: Review
DeSantis’s attempts at soaring rhetoric are mostly too leaden to get off the ground. “During times of turmoil,” he intones,...
James Abourezk, the First Arab American Senator, Dies at 92
James Abourezk, who was elected by South Dakotans as the first Arab American senator, and who used his prominence to...
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