Category : Opinions
In Ohio, a Printing Company Is Overwhelmed and Mail Ballots Are Delayed
As the presidential election headed into the final stretch in late summer, counties in Ohio and Pennsylvania worried that a deluge of absentee ballot requests...
Lindsey Graham Leads Jaime Harrison in South Carolina Race, Poll Shows
WASHINGTON — President Trump and Senator Lindsey Graham have established clear but not overwhelming advantages in South Carolina, a heavily Republican state that is showing...
Trump and Biden Spar From Afar at Town Halls
President Trump spoke positively about an extremist conspiracy-theory group, expressed skepticism about mask-wearing, rebuked his own F.B.I. director and attacked the legitimacy of the 2020...
North Carolina Voters Distrust Trump and Tillis, Poll Finds, Imperiling G.O.P.
With a half-million votes already cast, President Trump and Senator Thom Tillis trail their Democratic challengers in North Carolina, according to a new poll from...
Barrett’s Testimony Is a Deft Mix of Expertise and Evasion
WASHINGTON — In 1995, Justice Elena Kagan, then a young law professor, wrote a law review article calling Supreme Court confirmation hearings “a vapid and...
Amid the Barrett Hearing Choreography, a Near-Certain Outcome: Confirmation
WASHINGTON — The outcome of the Senate struggle over President Trump’s high court nominee was evident from the moment Senator Lindsey Graham convened the proceedings...
Trump’s Virus Treatment Revives Questions About Unchecked Nuclear Authority
President Trump’s long rants and seemingly erratic behavior last week — which some doctors believe might have been fueled by his use of dexamethasone, a...
Rooted in Faith, Amy Coney Barrett Represents a New Conservatism
On a winter afternoon in 2018, Judge Amy Coney Barrett rose to speak in Notre Dame Law School’s wood-paneled courtroom and thanked the people gathered...
Parties Offer Divergent Portraits of Barrett as Senate Opens Hearings
The Senate on Monday will dive into an extraordinary week of Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, with Republicans and Democrats offering...
Election Less Than a Month Away, Trump Leans on Barr and Pompeo for a Lift
WASHINGTON — President Trump forced the State Department on Friday to commit to releasing at least some of Hillary Clinton’s emails before next month’s election,...