Democrat Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency on Saturday, emerging the victor over Republican President Donald Trump in a tight election that was not decided until days after the polls closed on ...
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Why the U.S. Doesn’t Elect Its President by Popular Vote

Every four years, millions of Americans vote for president - but it isn’t their votes that directly decide the outcome. Instead, a system created more than 200 years ago, known as the Electoral ...
During the 2024 campaign, voters were repeatedly told that democracy in America was under threat. Polls show that voters believed that — albeit for different reasons based on their political ...
When Donald Trump’s razor-thin victory in key swing states in 2016 enabled him to win the electoral college vote despite his receiving fewer national ...
President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden made a last-ditch push for votes in battleground states on Monday as their campaigns prepared for post-election disputes that could prolong a ...
Donald Trump had lost the election. The January 6th Capitol riot was seen as an irredeemable scandal. The pandemic was raging ...
The House speaker is blaming the Republican-led government shutdown on Americans protesting Donald Trump. Make that make ...
Tim Miller left the GOP for The Bulwark, where he’s helping lead a postpartisan movement resisting Trump’s grip on politics.
This was the impression left on one participant in the Deschutes Civic Assembly on Youth Homelessness after spending a total of five days in September and October 2024 with fellow community members to ...
In every age of human history, technology has reshaped the way people live, work, and understand themselves. The printing ...
The government shutdown is barreling forward, with few signs of a resolution over the weekend. It’s normal for these shutdowns to feel intractable, right up until the moment one side suddenly caves.
The Army’s transformation from largely a ceremonial role to a fighting force cannot be examined without taking into ...