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There is complicated news about voter suppression tonight out of Wisconsin. It has overridden today's news of the extraordinary outburst of Trump’s act…
Heather Cox Richardson
2 hr
The storm is upon us. America has at least 337,274 coronavirus cases and at least 9,633 dead, and the numbers are climbing. The next two weeks will be …
Heather Cox Richardson
Apr 6
In an interview on the Fox News Channel on Monday, Trump explained his objection to Democrats’ efforts to appropriate billions of dollars for election …
Heather Cox Richardson
Apr 5
Quite the Friday night news dump today. At about ten o’clock tonight, Trump notified Congress he has fired the Intelligence Community Inspector General…
Heather Cox Richardson
Apr 4
Behind the confusion and foot-dragging as the White House confronts the global pandemic is the administration’s desire to dismantle the federal governm…
Heather Cox Richardson
Apr 3
After a very long day of teaching on-line (which I find exhausting) and celebrating the new book’s publication date (woo hoo!) I fell deeply asleep on …
Heather Cox Richardson
Apr 2
Our coronavirus numbers continue to climb. Today America has more than 185,000 known infections and Covid-19 has killed 3,768 people, more than those w…
Heather Cox Richardson
Apr 1
Tonight the top of the Empire State building flashed red and white like an emergency beacon, and the interpretations of that new signal encapsulated th…
Heather Cox Richardson
Mar 31
For all that Trump gave a press briefing tonight, backing off the suggestion that the country could reopen for business on Easter, April 12 (perhaps af…
Heather Cox Richardson
Mar 30
People are asking how it is that Trump’s approval ratings are higher than ever: an average of all the polls has him at 47%, a three-point increase. Two…
Heather Cox Richardson
Mar 29
Today the House of Representatives passed the Senate’s massive coronavirus relief and stimulus bill, the CARES Act. This $2.2 trillion bill is an attem…
Heather Cox Richardson
Mar 28
The United States now leads the world in confirmed coronavirus cases. At least 83,377 people have tested positive for the virus, a leap of 17,166 cases…
Heather Cox Richardson
Mar 27
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