Some other recent surveys have asked voters about their second choices and have similarly found Savage supporters preferring Gideon to Collins, but none we’re aware of have included third choices in order to replicate the entire process. At a debate last week, all four candidates said they would respect the outcome of any instant runoff, […] More
President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Don Jr., tried to falsely downplay the COVID-19 death rate in the U.S. on Thursday night. During an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Trump mocked critics of his father’s crowded, mostly mask-free campaign rallies as “truly morons” and claimed that the critics were only focusing on infection rates […] More
NY Times: Biden’s Call for ‘National Mask Mandate’ Gains Traction in Public Health Circles A presidential order would almost certainly face a legal challenge. But if elected, Joseph R. Biden Jr. would have other levers at his disposal to make mask wearing a cultural norm. Over the past week, a string of prominent public health […] More
LONDON — It was looking like a typical day at the office for Alexandra Wilson as she arrived at a London courthouse ready to defend someone accused of theft. She tied her hair into a neat knot, shrugged on her black robe and pulled on a white horsehair wig — the official garb of Britain’s […] More
Part of that was because of a drop in Democratic support among Latino voters. In 2016, 62 percent of Florida’s Latino voters broke for Mrs. Clinton, according to exit polls; two years later, just 54 percent voted for the Democratic governor and Senate candidates. Mr. Trump has worked to strengthen his support among Cuban-Americans in […] More
LONDON — When President Trump called the pro-Brexit politician Nigel Farage to the stage during his rally in Goodyear, Ariz., on Wednesday, it was a reminder that Britain’s bombshell vote to leave the European Union in June 2016 was seen as a harbinger of Mr. Trump’s victory in the United States that fall. And yet, […] More
Economic output in the eurozone could continue to sink as Germany, France and other countries order restaurants and theaters to close and restrict travel.Credit…Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters Growth in Europe rebounded sharply in the third quarter of the year, according to data published Friday, but hardly anyone was celebrating. Economic activity remains well below what it was […] More
Want to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up. Good morning. The U.S. hits 90,000 daily infections. The wine industry has a sexual harassment problem. And the political map has shifted. American politics can sometimes feel static. For the last two decades, the two parties have each won at least 45 percent of the […] More
In the swing state’s conservative retirement communities, some voters have switched sides. And some of them have reason to worry about what the neighbors might think. View the Original Article More
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter. At 4 o’clock on a Thursday afternoon, the lobby of Dragonfly Wellness is almost completely full. Clients perch expectantly on the lobby sofas, waiting to be buzzed through the locked door marked PATIENTS ONLY. This might not […] More
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter. A year into his presidency, Donald Trump stood in the Roosevelt Room of the White House next to towering stacks of white paper wrapped in a bright red ribbon. Flanked by Cabinet members, he explained […] More
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter. When the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, published its review of all the immigration changes made by the Trump administration, it needed 126 pages to do the job. What unites the hundreds of executive orders, rules, and […] More
