Voters pressed President Donald Trump on his response to the coronavirus, racial tensions and health care at an ABC News town hall in Philadelphia. Trump deflected criticism of how he has handled the pandemic. Even as the death toll — about 200,000 — moves toward the higher end of initial forecasts, Trump said he took […]
The rules for voting by mail throughout the United States cannot be squeezed onto a postcard. The U.S. Postal Service just learned that the hard way. The Postal Service mailed out a postcard across the country with tips for voting by mail. The tips, however, have drawn bipartisan criticism because some are wrong for particular […]
A new ad from the American Principles Project, a conservative political action committee, claims that incumbent Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is “too extreme for Michigan.” “All female athletes want is a fair shot at competition, at a scholarship, at a title, at victory. But what if that shot was taken away by a competitor who […]
Scientists, and many Californians enduring this summer’s smoky and sweltering heat, wish President Donald Trump’s latest prediction — that “it’ll start getting cooler, just watch” — would come true. The problem? There’s nothing to back it up. “We have very clear evidence that California is warming,” Stanford University climate scientist Noah Diffenbaugh said Monday in […]
In early August, more than 460,000 tourists poured into a small South Dakota city for a motorcycle rally over 10 days. Few wore masks or practiced social distancing as attendees gathered at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally for bike shows, races, performances and other events, according to the Associated Press. At one concert, the lead singer […]
Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have released ads accusing each other of cozying up to China, and President Trump even went so far as to tell a conservative radio host that Americans would have to “learn to speak Chinese” if Biden was elected. The increasingly adversarial U.S.-China relationship has become a central issue on […]
President Donald Trump made a series of false attacks on voting by mail at a Nevada rally, wrongly suggesting that Gov. Steve Sisolak, a Democrat, is in charge of millions of mail ballots and can “rig” the election. In broad attacks on voting by mail, Trump falsely suggested that mail ballots will only be sent […]
A postcard sent out nationwide this week by the United States Postal Service created confusion among some who plan to vote by mail in California, leading state and county election officials to set the record straight. The postcard urges Americans who plan to vote by mail in the general election to “plan ahead.” Specifically, it […]
The Jewish Democratic Council of America, a political action committee that advocates for Jewish priorities, is targeting Michigan Republican Senate candidate John James with an ad that links him to anti-Semitism. The ad points to two examples as evidence that James has been “caught red-handed trafficking in anti-Semitism,” which the ad says is “at an […]
A group concerned about the safety of vaccinations is suing PolitiFact in a California federal court, saying PolitiFact censored a truthful public health statement about vaccines through PolitiFact’s fact-checking relationship with Facebook. The group, Children’s Health Defense, says PolitiFact wrongly ruled false a claim that the flu vaccine was “significantly associated” with an increased risk of […]
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden evokes President Donald Trump’s response to violence in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017 as the catalyst for his decision to run for president. After clashes in Charlottesville between white supremacists and counter-protesters, Trump “assigned a moral equivalence between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it. And […]
On Aug. 4, Michigan held its primary election. The races before Michigan voters included primaries for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House, state Legislature and local offices. Michiganders also cast their vote on a number of local propositions. “By all the metrics we’re looking at, it was a success,” Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said […]