Politics

Georgia Voters Could Decide If There’s Any Hope For Raising The Federal Minimum Wage

But even if Democrats win both Senate races next month, they still need additional moderate members to back their $15-an-hour plan. By Dave Jamieson and Igor Bobic | HuffPost The federal minimum wage ...

DOJ investigates pay-for-pardon bribery probe as Trump slams ‘fake news’

By Dave Goldiner | New York Daily News President Trump is shrugging off the bombshell news that the feds are investigating a scheme to score a pardon in exchange for a political donation, calling it “...

Prediction: Trump will resign, Pence will pardon Trump

By Brent Budowsky | The Hill With high confidence, here is what I see as the most likely ending to the Trump presidency. First, President Trump has been defeated for reelection. The campaign...

From the Court

By AIDS United In a blog post titled “How Recent SCOTUS Rulings Will Impact the HIV Community,” AIDS United explains the importance of three Supreme Court decisions, which the group views as two wins ...

Millions Will Lose Unemployment Aid This December Unless Congress Acts Fast

Benefits for 12 million end the day after Christmas if lawmakers can’t agree on coronavirus relief. By Arthur Delaney and Igor Bobic | HuffPost Nearly 12 million workers will lose federal unemployment...

Biden’s First 100 Days: Here’s What To Expect

By Elena Moore | NPR President-elect Joe Biden will take office in January with a lot of promises to keep. He has pledged to enact new policies swiftly that veer the U.S. off President Trump’s c...

‘Best Day of Our Lives’: Weekend Plans Scrapped Nationwide to Celebrate Biden Win

Donald Trump was always deeply unpopular in large cities like New York and Washington, D.C., but this was something else. By Will Sommer, Kelly Weill, Sara Sheridan, Tom Perkins | Daily Beast Thousand...

Joe Biden Closes In On 2020 Election Victory, While Trump Lashes Out With Flood Of Lies

As Trump’s path to a second term grew steadily more improbable, he delivered a dishonest press conference to undermine the legitimacy of the election. By HuffPost Staff Democratic nominee and former V...

Facebook’s Political Ads Ban Has Been An Ominous Disaster in Favor of Trump

Just days from the election, the tech giant wrongly blocked thousands of Biden ads due to “technical flaws” — and that’s only the beginning. By Jesselyn Cook | HuffPost Under mounting pressure to quel...