Attorney General William Barr began his tenure as the US’s top law enforcement official by putting a positive spin on the Mueller Report for his boss, Donald Trump. The report, compiled over months by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, found that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign had ties to Russian nationals and
Normally, the Monday in mid-December when the Electoral College meets to cast their official vote for president is a muted affair. Americans, generally speaking, don’t give too much consideration to the institution that formally selects the president. In practice, Electors nearly always cast their votes for the candidate they were
In July of 2020, President Donald Trump resumed federal executions after they had spent 17 years as a historical fact instead of standing policy. The move outraged death sentence opponents but was lauded by many members of the president’s dedicated base. Many have noted how Trump’s resuming of the practice
In the United States, the president is not elected by popular vote. Instead, the president is elected when a candidate secures 270 Electoral College votes during the presidential election. While this process is somewhat tied to popular votes in each state, it’s possible for candidates to receive more votes on
A common refrain heard online toward the end of the year was some variation of “okay, 2020 was bad, but it wasn’t the worst year ever, right?” Many have pointed to historical years, like those during the First and Second World Wars or the American Civil War, as other recent
Throughout 2020, pollsters were adamant that national polling indicated a “blue wave” was coming to sweep away the Trump Administration and Republican leadership in the Senate. However, no such wave materialized: while Joe Biden won the presidency, it was by narrow margins in some states. Democrats held the House, but
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1990s by Bill Clinton, passed away on September 18, 2020. Her passing was a serious blow to those on the left, as Ginsburg was regarded by many as a feminist icon. Additionally, her death left a vacant seat on
Following the 2020 election, discussions of voter fraud have gripped much of the nation. Not due to bombshell revelations that the election was somehow compromised by such fraud, but by allegations from the loser, President Donald Trump, that such fraud took place. The president was never able to produce evidence
Many people have been hesitantly beginning to ask “just how long can this whole pandemic thing go on”? While the pandemic began in the US in March, it started in earnest in late 2019 in Wuhan, China. The disease was slow to spread at first, but became a global crisis
The 2020 election now feels like a distant memory for some, but one aspect of it has not been fully resolved yet. Two Senate races in Georgia will decide the fate of the legislature in 2021. The runoffs, which will take place in early January, will have Republicans Kelly Loefler
