All Politics
- Who did Hillary Clinton meet? We won't know until after Election DayThe detailed daily schedules showing meetings or conversations by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state won't be released until December. Why that may matter.聽
- Donald Trump softens immigration stance because he needs ... white voters?If Trump is to have a shot at winning, the Republican presidential nominee has to win over college-educated whites. Only about a third of them support his immigration policies.
- Bernie's revolution revs up for 2016 election and beyond 鈥 without himSenator Sanders has launched a new group, Our Revolution, calling on supporters to elect like-minded candidates to everything from the local school board to the Senate. But he himself has to step back.
- Politics aside, Americans still feel positive about immigrantsAmericans are deeply split along partisan lines when it comes to policy. But much of the public holds positive opinions about immigrants themselves.
- From Chelsea to Ivanka, a campaign where the (grown-up) kids matterThe 2016 presidential election features two presidential daughters playing outsize roles in their parents' campaigns, a shift from the protective attitude many Americans have about mixing younger children with their parents' politics.
- First Look$32 million Bloomberg-Harvard 'mayor school' supports leaders' changing roleThe new Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Institute, endowed by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Bloomberg Philanthropies, could support mayors' innovative projects.聽
- Why a Brexit leader is campaigning in the US for Donald TrumpAt a Wednesday rally in Jackson, Miss., the former head of UKIP and a聽major force in the Brexit campaign, Nigel Farage gave a speech that all but endorsed Trump's presidential bid.
- A Democrat backs Republicans on gun control? It just happened.Americans for Responsible Solutions, founded by former Rep. Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly after the Sandy Hook school shooting, backed Sens.Toomey and Kirk for their support of gun legislation.
- Facebook labels us as conservative, moderate, or liberal: Does it matter?Experts say the feature on the social media network further shows how targeted campaign advertising has become.聽
- Does the US president need a dream team of historians?Professors have proposed a team of historians who would advise the White House, a dual-purpose plan that would both inform policy-making and improve history education. 聽
- Donald Trump's not-so-secret weapon with women votersDonald Trump trails Hillary Clinton by 21 points among women voters. His new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, is an expert on wooing them. But her real role is to manage Trump.
- Trump, Clinton, Obama: How do their immigration plans stack up?Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's stance on immigration, which he now calls 'fair, but firm,' is still evolving. 聽
- Clinton emails: A political controversy with the lifetime of a Broadway hitA Federal district judge has ordered the State Department to scrub 15,000 newly surfaced emails of classified or personal material on an accelerated schedule. They'll likely be released just prior to Election Day.
- For Clinton, presidency and a foundation may not mixDonors will always push for something, creating controversy 鈥 no matter how often Clinton says she won鈥檛 give them special treatment.
- Judge orders State Department to review 14,900 Clinton emailsThe judge also scheduled a Sept. 23 hearing on when to release the emails, a deadline that raises the possibility some will become public before the November presidential election.
- Rare point of unity: Trump and GOP agree on Supreme Court strategyDonald Trump has made the future ideological balance of the US Supreme Court a key issue in the campaign, promising to nominate a conservative in the mold of former Justice Antonin Scalia.
- What can you do to restore decency in American politics?The last three presidential transitions all had poignant moments of decency. It's time to build anew this foundation of decency, which has kept America united.
- Speaking Politics word of the week: riggedDonald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and American voters have repeatedly cried "rigged" during this election. But the accusation that so many state officials could collude to rig an election is not only unthinkable but has dangerous implications.
- Rising force in Latino turnout: Hispanics who can't voteOnce unwilling to get involved in politics, undocumented workers are now pushing their registered family and friends to use their growing electoral clout in big Hispanic states like Arizona.聽
- 'Fair but firm': Is Trump backing off promised 'deportation force'?The billionaire businessman, who made a name for himself with聽a hard-line approach to聽immigration聽and fierce rhetoric, is now striking a different tone.