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If Donald Trump faces criminal charges, analysts doubt it will hurt him with his base in 2024 David Jackson, USA TODAY © Alex Brandon, AP The New York attorney general’s office is conducting a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s business empire, expanding what had been a civil probe. WASHINGTON – When Republicans talk about whether Donald Trump will run for president again in 2024, many hasten to add it may depend on a big unknown: his legal troubles. Could an indicted ex-president still lead a political party? No one knows, but some Republica...

Print this article President Joe Biden's proposal to hand out grocery vouchers and sports tickets in return for vaccine skeptics taking COVID-19 vaccines may only boost vaccination rates at the margins, experts say. His plan also could create a set of new issues, as the Biden administration races against the spread of new coronavirus variants to reach so-called herd immunity so the country can return to some semblance of pre-pandemic life. "People on the fence" are most likely to be motivated to move "into the vaccine camp" by incentives, according to John Pitney, a Republican operative-tur...

The tally is in. Opponents of California’s progressive governor, Democrat Gavin Newsom, have collected enough signatures – now verified by election officials – to trigger a recall election of the governor this year. Recall elections in the United States are rare. With 19 states allowing them, this will be only the fourth for a governor in U.S. history.  It’s going to be a biggie, and not just because California is a colossus. This is America’s main electoral event of the year, attracting national attention despite the likelihood that first-term Governor Newsom w...

Print this article Education is not typically a high-profile policy area for administrations, but it's proving problematic for President Joe Biden as his team pushes teaching plans Republicans view as dangerously "woke." Biden's first days in office were peppered with concerns he was too prone to the whims of teachers unions as some groups threatened to derail talks over returning to in-person instruction unless their members were vaccinated against the coronavirus. Now, another classroom clash is brewing. However, this time it's over the Biden administration's efforts to incentivize so-call...

Polarized Nation Picks Barack Obama and Donald Trump as Favorite Presidents of All Time Newsweek 3/10/2021 © From Left: George Rose/Getty; Sean Gallup/Getty Ronald Reagan & Barack Obama Americans named Barack Obama their favorite U.S. president of all time followed by Donald Trump while, among Democrats, Joe Biden is already as popular as Bill Clinton, according to a new scientific poll, the results of which were shared exclusively with Newsweek. The poll, conducted by Barna Group, surveyed 2,007 adults of all demographics in early February and, though Biden had only been in office a fe...