A California Democrat held back tears earlier this month when a Republican lawmaker said it would be unfair to make Asians and Latinos pay slavery reparations to African-Americans. The exchange happened on June 11 during a meeting of the California Assembly Committee on Judiciary. The lawmakers were discussing SB 1331, a bill that would establish the “Fund for Reparations and Reparative Justice” in the state treasury — the...

President Biden’s campaign chose to reserve the stage-right podium at Thursday’s debate over the opposing lectern. By doing so, the Democratic nominee gave his Republican opponent, former President Trump, a choice of offering his closing statement first or last.  Trump chose to go last in offering a closing statement at the Atlanta debate. Meanwhile, Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., was informed he did not qualify for...

Thanks to a tidal wave of fundraising following his conviction in the first criminal trial of a former or current president, Donald Trump has all but erased President Biden’s once massive fundraising advantage in their 2024 election rematch. In May, for a second straight month, the former president and the Republican National Committee significantly outraised Biden and the Democratic National Committee. And the president’s formidable cash-on-hand advantage over Trump...