Author: Reporter

Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration, aside from declaring himself to be a dictator on day one. The convicted felon and now president-elect often skipped over details but through more than a year of policy pronouncements and written statements outlined a wide-ranging agenda that blends traditional conservative approaches to taxes, regulation, and cultural issues with a more populist bent on trade and a shift in America’s international role. Trump’s agenda also would scale back federal government efforts on civil rights and expand presidential powers. Here is a look at what Trump has proposed: Immigration “Build...

Billboards with the words “STOP Child Gender Surgery.” Pamphlets warning about endangering minors. “PROTECT PARENT RIGHTS” plastered on church bulletins. As voters in nine states determined whether to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitutions, opponents used flawed arguements of parental rights to try and undermine support for the ballot proposals. The issue of parental rights and the potential for a constitutional amendment specifically addressing those rights raised significant concerns about equality and the distribution of legal protections. Advocates for a parental rights amendment often argue that parents should have the primary authority to direct their children’s upbringing, education,...

Over the past four years, judges at Washington’s federal courthouse have punished hundreds of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an unprecedented assault on the nation’s democracy. On the cusp of the next presidential election, some of those judges fear another burst of political violence could be coming. Before recently sentencing a rioter to prison, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said he prays Americans accept the outcome of November’s election. But the veteran judge expressed concern that convicted felon Donald Trump and his allies are spreading the same sort of conspiracy theories that fueled the mob’s January 6,...

Convicted felon Donald Trump is stepping up his demands that the winner of the presidential race be declared shortly after polls close on November 5, well before all the votes are counted. Trump set the pattern in 2020, when he declared that he had won during the early morning hours after Election Day. That led his allies to demand that officials “stop the count!” He and many other conservatives have spent the past four years falsely claiming that fraud cost him that election and bemoaning how long it takes to count ballots in the U.S. But one of many...