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There Is No COVID Plan

The 2020 campaign for president has been surprisingly empty of substance since Joe Biden became the nominee. The Republicans notably didn’t even bother updating their party platform. Donald Trump’s team has spent many of the last days of the campaign making personal attacks, focused on the alleged financial ... Read More

NR PLUS Elections

There Is No COVID Plan

By Michael Brendan Dougherty

The 2020 campaign for president has been surprisingly empty of substance since Joe Biden became the nominee. The Republicans notably didn’t even bother updating their party platform. Donald Trump’s team has spent many of the last days of the campaign making personal attacks, focused on the alleged financial ... Read More

Elections

What Trump Needs to Win

By Jim Geraghty

On the menu today: walking through President Trump’s not-so-implausible route to 270 electoral votes, state by state, and taking a look at the gubernatorial races this year -- where GOP candidates from deep red states to a few blue ones are polling considerably ahead of Trump this cycle; and how the country ... Read More

Elections

What Trump Needs to Win

By Jim Geraghty

On the menu today: walking through President Trump’s not-so-implausible route to 270 electoral votes, state by state, and taking a look at the gubernatorial races this year -- where GOP candidates from deep red states to a few blue ones are polling considerably ahead of Trump this cycle; and how the country ... Read More

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Media Criticize Amy Coney Barrett’s ‘No Notes’ Moment

During her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Judge Amy Coney Barrett revealed her empty notepad to Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas). Read More

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Media Criticize Amy Coney Barrett’s ‘No Notes’ Moment

During her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Judge Amy Coney Barrett revealed her empty notepad to Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas). Read More

Law & the Courts

Senate Votes to Confirm Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court

By Zachary Evans

The Senate voted on Monday evening to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, cementing a 6-3 majority of conservatives on the Court bench. The final tally was 52-48 with almost every Republican senator voting in favor of confirmation. "By any ... Read More

Law & the Courts

Senate Votes to Confirm Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court

By Zachary Evans

The Senate voted on Monday evening to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, cementing a 6-3 majority of conservatives on the Court bench. The final tally was 52-48 with almost every Republican senator voting in favor of confirmation. "By any ... Read More

Media

Changing Times: The Last Push toward Canceling My Subscription

By Jessica Hornik Evans

From my father I inherited a love of reading and my conservative politics. National Review and Commentary were always on the coffee table, and the Sunday New York Times was a ritual. I remember discovering the Arts and Leisure section for myself when I was ten. I’ve subscribed to the Sunday Times for my entire ... Read More

Media

Changing Times: The Last Push toward Canceling My Subscription

By Jessica Hornik Evans

From my father I inherited a love of reading and my conservative politics. National Review and Commentary were always on the coffee table, and the Sunday New York Times was a ritual. I remember discovering the Arts and Leisure section for myself when I was ten. I’ve subscribed to the Sunday Times for my entire ... Read More

Politics & Policy

Biden Isn’t Staying Home . . . Completely

By Jim Geraghty

Perhaps Joe Biden has no Monday events because he thinks the best thing to do is to stay out of the news and to let President Trump generate his own controversies. Then again, Jill Biden will travel to Macon and Savannah, Ga., today, and Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris’s husband, will travel to Winston-Salem and ... Read More

Politics & Policy

Biden Isn’t Staying Home . . . Completely

By Jim Geraghty

Perhaps Joe Biden has no Monday events because he thinks the best thing to do is to stay out of the news and to let President Trump generate his own controversies. Then again, Jill Biden will travel to Macon and Savannah, Ga., today, and Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris’s husband, will travel to Winston-Salem and ... Read More

Law & the Courts

Senator Ed Markey Slams Judicial ‘Originalism’ as ‘Racist,’ ‘Sexist,’ and ‘Homophobic’

By Zachary Evans

Senator Ed Markey (D., Mass.) slammed judicial originalism in a Senate floor speech hours before the expected confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Monday. Originalism is a mode of legal interpretation by which a judge considers a legal document's original meaning at the time the ... Read More

Law & the Courts

Senator Ed Markey Slams Judicial ‘Originalism’ as ‘Racist,’ ‘Sexist,’ and ‘Homophobic’

By Zachary Evans

Senator Ed Markey (D., Mass.) slammed judicial originalism in a Senate floor speech hours before the expected confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Monday. Originalism is a mode of legal interpretation by which a judge considers a legal document's original meaning at the time the ... Read More

Regulatory Policy

Court Ruling Could Kill Uber and Lyft in California

By Sean Higgins

Just days before Californians themselves were set to decide on the matter, a state appeals court has ruled that app-based ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft must comply with state law AB5 and classify all of their drivers as employees rather than contractors. The ruling raises the possibility that the companies ... Read More

Regulatory Policy

Court Ruling Could Kill Uber and Lyft in California

By Sean Higgins

Just days before Californians themselves were set to decide on the matter, a state appeals court has ruled that app-based ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft must comply with state law AB5 and classify all of their drivers as employees rather than contractors. The ruling raises the possibility that the companies ... Read More

Politics & Policy

Pence Will Not Preside Over Amy Coney Barrett Vote after Possible Coronavirus Exposure

By Mairead McArdle

Vice President Mike Pence will not preside over Monday's Senate vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Pence is currently on the campaign trail and is scheduled to make a stop in Minnesota on Monday despite an outbreak of coronavirus cases among people in the the vice president's inner ... Read More

Politics & Policy

Pence Will Not Preside Over Amy Coney Barrett Vote after Possible Coronavirus Exposure

By Mairead McArdle

Vice President Mike Pence will not preside over Monday's Senate vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Pence is currently on the campaign trail and is scheduled to make a stop in Minnesota on Monday despite an outbreak of coronavirus cases among people in the the vice president's inner ... Read More

Elections

Wisconsin Democrats Are Already Thinking about the 2022 Senate Race

By Jim Geraghty

Politico informs us that Wisconsin Democrats can’t wait to run against incumbent GOP senator Ron Johnson next cycle. Tom Nelson, a former state assembly majority leader, already announced he'll run in 2022. We shouldn’t be too surprised about that. Johnson is a conservative senator (lifetime ACU rating 90) ... Read More

Elections

Wisconsin Democrats Are Already Thinking about the 2022 Senate Race

By Jim Geraghty

Politico informs us that Wisconsin Democrats can’t wait to run against incumbent GOP senator Ron Johnson next cycle. Tom Nelson, a former state assembly majority leader, already announced he'll run in 2022. We shouldn’t be too surprised about that. Johnson is a conservative senator (lifetime ACU rating 90) ... Read More

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