by Anna Waters | Nov 7, 2016 | Politics
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by Anna Waters | Nov 2, 2016 | Featured, Politics, Topics
Vincent Natale, a 29-year-old from Washington, was a registered Democrat who cried with joy when President Barack Obama beat Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 election. He even threw a party to celebrate, elated in part because he was sure Obama would help fight for...
by Ben Din, Rishika Dugyala & Fallon Schlossman | Nov 1, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics
CARY, N.C. — It’s hard to find empty space in the cozy Democratic field office here, where the walls are adorned with signs promoting Democratic candidates across the ballot and messages of support for presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. “I’m with...
by David Gernon & Ross Krasner | Nov 1, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics
DURHAM, N.C. — Every four years, College Republicans around the country rally around the GOP nominee for president. But this year, Donald Trump has turned the tradition into a moment of reckoning, pitting club members against club members and chapters against chapters...
by Darby Hopper and Marissa Page | Nov 1, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics
BOULDER, Colo. – In this battleground state, young voters can be the key to a candidate’s success. In 2012 and 2008, they turned out in droves and Barack Obama carried the state that had gone red in the three prior elections; in 2012, the voting rate for 18- to...
by David Gernon | Nov 1, 2016 | Business, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A book released Tuesday details how the political climate today in many ways resembles the time immediately preceding the Franklin Roosevelt presidency and the opportunities that presents American democracy. Sabeel Rashman, a former official at the...
by Eunice Lee | Oct 31, 2016 | Business, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court spent part of its Halloween listening to arguments on whether chevrons, zigzags, and color patterns worn on cheerleader uniforms can be copyrighted under federal law. The problem is determining where the functional design of the uniform...
by Jason Mast | Oct 31, 2016 | Featured, Politics
RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina NAACP is preparing to take legal action against the state Board of Elections for suppressing voter registration. Just months after the NAACP won a three-year legal battle against a North Carolina voter identification guide,...
by Ben Din & Fallon Schlossman | Oct 28, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — First lady Michelle Obama dismissed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s allegations of a rigged election, saying Thursday that the outcome on Nov. 8 will be determined by the will of the voters. She urged Americans to ignore any...
by David Fishman and Dan Waldman | Oct 26, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Living, Politics, Topics
DC Trump hotel opens amid demonstration With two weeks until Election Day, Trump formally unveils new DC hotel By David Fishman WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is coming to Pennsylvania Avenue, one way or another. With just under two weeks to Election Day, the...
by Andrew Merica | Oct 26, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Fewer than one out of every four millennial voters will cast a ballot for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in November because the Republican Party has been “asleep at the wheel,” a top Republican pollster said last week. Some young...
by Eunice Lee & Andrew Merica | Oct 26, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The federal government seems incapable of dealing with the major challenges America faces, said 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney Wednesday in a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Video by Andrew Merica/MNS Romney, the former...
