“voting to keepmortgage rateslow.” What the Fed is really doing is voting on measures that may influence the rates. Mortgage rates are set by a complex set of economic factors including the state of the housing market, secondary markets, investor demand, federal intervention and other factors...
Early voting has come under fire from Trump, who has previously pushed for all voting to happen on a single day. But the Republican National Committee has embraced early voting in 2024, leading to some inconsistencies in the party’s messaging. “They have early voting, late voting, e...
There might be a thousand particular answers, but the broader reason seems clear: a lot of people are sick of the political-media-cultural establishment, and they want to blow it up. This is the same reason people voted for Brexit in 2016 and continue voting for ‘populist’ parties across...
You’ve been a tremendous help in my journey to the truth. I’m certain we may disagree on some things but I will never look upon you with anger or distain. I’d rather think of you as colleagues in the eternal voyage.Tom Vandemerkt, Chicago, Illinois...
Not addressed in the exhibition are thepoliticization of mail-in votingand suspicions,generally unfounded, about mail-in voter fraud. “We don’t have anything in the collection related to fraud, so it’s a question we don’t go deep into,” Villar...
But with the Democrats not voting at their Iowa event this year - and Donald Trump's multiple brushes with the law, this year's proceedings may not be straightforward. Here we look at what happens in Iowa, what a caucus is, and whether the winners will be the ones to watch. ...
Vote on every election, because they are not going to stop here. They are already attacking marginalized groups, including trans kids who in any one state can be no more than a couple of dozen kids at most. They’ve been doing this because we’ve let them get away with it. No more....
General advice: Truck stops are more likely to have large, fully automated restrooms. Restaurants. We ate seven meals during the trip, all outdoors. The only time I felt vaguely concerned was in Savannah at the Crab Shack, a 200-person seafood place on Tybee Island. We were outdoors, on ...
Maine uses ranked-choice voting for legislative primaries with more than two candidates on the ballot, but most races on the ballot Tuesday have only two candidates to choose from. One state legislative race in Cape Elizabeth, where three candidates are running for District 123, could go...
In 1914, the Babe signed on with the (then minor-league) Baltimore Orioles of the International League. There are several accounts on how Ruth obtained his nickname “Babe” but most sources center on the fact that at that time, “Babe” was a common nickname for baseball players. ...