The triumph of anti-identity-politics identity politics

The 2024 presidential election has been framed as a rejection of “identity politics.” At best, that’s half right. Read More

Senate Republicans advance Trump’s tax and spending cuts bill after dramatic late-night vote

Senate Republicans cleared a key procedural step as they race to pass Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his July Fourth deadline. Read More

The race to replace Mitch McConnell is already on: From the Politics Desk - MSN

At the bottom end of the income spectrum, people who claim the earned-income tax credit — low- and moderate-income taxpayers — are audited at a rate of 0.78%, which is greater than those ... Read More

The decline of prosecutor politics: Yoon's exit and the end of an era - MSN

What began as a call for justice and rule of law has morphed into a contest of egos and authority. The era of the “prosecutor republic,” as some have called it, appears to be drawing to a close. Read More

OPINION | Claybourn: The end of the 'identity politics' era - Courier & Press

In the end, identity politics failed because it tried to do too much. It sought to explain the world and to remake it. But the world is too messy for neat categories and simple narratives. Read More

Where the polls of the Harris-Trump race could be off: From the Politics Desk - NBC News

Where the polls of the 2024 presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump could be off after overestimating Joe Biden in 2020. Plus, Harris sits down with NBC News, and Democrats fear a ... Read More

The New Driving Force of Identity Politics Is Class, Not Race

The New Driving Force of Identity Politics Is Class, Not Race The nation is increasingly voting along class lines, not racial ones. That could upend how we have thought about politics for decades. Read More

How to Move On From the Worst of Identity Politics

D onald Trump’s 2024 victory was about much more than a backlash to left-identity politics. Inflation, among other matters, loomed larger. Still, Trump gained significant ground with Latino ... Read More

Transportation Department to end affirmative action in contracts - USA TODAY

The Trump administration agreed to end the U.S. Transportation Department's use of race or gender when awarding highway and transit project funding. Active sniper in Idaho kills 2 firefighters in ... Read More

How the Iran-Contra Scandal Impacts American Politics Today

Patrons at a pub watching TV to see Lt. Col. Oliver L. North's testimony before the joint Congressional hearing into Iran-Contra affair. Patrons at a pub watching TV to see Lt. Col. Oliver L ... Read More

Read Biden’s full letter announcing the end of his 2024 reelection bid | PBS News

President Joe Biden announced he’s dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, following mounting calls from Democrats in recent weeks.. READ MORE: What political leaders have said about Biden ... Read More

The race to replace Mitch McConnell is already on: From the Politics Desk - NBC News

At the bottom end of the income spectrum, people who claim the earned-income tax credit — low- and moderate-income taxpayers — are audited at a rate of 0.78%, which is greater than those ... Read More