2024 Election
How did racist mass texts bypass some anti-spam guardrails after the election?
Americans across the country received harmful hate messages via text after the election. The communication industry has been trying to figure out how it happened.
As Trump inauguration nears, FCC chief dismisses complaints against TV networks
Outgoing FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has rejected petitions to rebuke four local TV stations. She says they were efforts to punish broadcast networks' coverage of presidential politics.
Under the shadow of the Jan 6. 2021 riot, Congress certifies the 2024 election
Four years after the riot at the Capitol, Congress meets under heavy security and a blanket of snow to certify the 2024 election.
Trump claims a ‘massive’ mandate, but presidents often overread their victories
There's a long history of presidents claiming that their win means the will of the people is behind their agendas. But elections are rarely full-throated endorsements of a candidate's every policy.
Figures and Dobson are in a heated battle for a redrawn Alabama House district
Democrat Shomari Figures, a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, faces Republican Caroleene Dobson, an attorney and political newcomer, in the race for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District.
Biden drops out of 2024 race after disastrous debate inflamed age concerns. VP Harris gets his nod
The decision comes after escalating pressure from Biden’s Democratic allies to step aside following the June 27 debate, in which the 81-year-old president trailed off, often gave nonsensical answers and failed to call out the former president’s many falsehoods.
Alabama finally has a new congressional map after a lengthy legal fight
After a high-profile legal fight, a panel of three federal judges on Thursday picked a map that will be used when Alabamians cast their 2024 vote.
Lawmakers begin redrawing Alabama’s congressional map
On Tuesday, the effort to redraw the map began with a public hearing at the State House. This follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding a lower court’s ruling that Alabama’s congressional map does not reflect the state’s Black population.