2020 presidential race
Updated: The Trump indictments: a seven-year timeline of key developments
Former President Donald Trump is a defendant in four criminal proceedings. Two cases are federal, brought after investigations by Special Counsel Jack Smith. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought the first indictment against Trump, charging him in New York state court. The most recent prosecution, in Georgia state court, is being led by Fulton County […]
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas suit that tried to overturn election results
“Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections,” according to the unsigned court order. “All other pending motions are dismissed as moot.”
Trump’s attacks on Biden’s age play into unfair stereotypes. That will cost him votes among older Pennsylvanians. | Ray E. Landis
The ugliness has reached the airwaves in Central Pennsylvania in the form of campaign commercials. We’ve come to expect Political Action Committees (PACs) that technically are not affiliated with a specific candidate to air misleading and unfounded ads, and we are now seeing those broadcast on local television.
The only plausible excuse for asking women to ‘take one for the team’ | Opinion
Under those circumstances, the following conversation is neither a pure fantasy nor, of greater importance, a concession to some misogynistic trope that women are incapable of getting the job done. While contemplating this hypothetical exchange troubles us greatly as it once again asks women to wait in line, does it not conceivably provide us with a virtual certainty come November and a true national hero to assist the Executive branch in restoring dignity and competence to a severely damaged Presidency.
Warren brings her 2020 campaign to Pennsylvania
Five months ahead of the April 28 primary, Democratic 2020 hopeful Elizabeth Warren is focusing her campaign efforts on Pennsylvania.