The Justice Department accused Yale University of discriminating against Asian American and White applicants in its undergraduate admissions process. “Yale rejects scores of Asian American and white applicants each year based on their race,” disfavoring applicants from those races compared to African American applicants with similar academic credentials, the Justice Department alleged in a statement…… MORE
2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Thursday that if President Donald Trump loses the presidential election this fall, she believes he won’t go “silently into the night.” “I don’t want to scare people, but I want you to be prepared. I have every reason to believe that Trump is not going to go, you…… MORE
Last week, the President of the United States again lamented one of his most commonly referenced beefs. No, it wasn’t about the coronavirus, nor millions of out of work Americans, not even Joe Biden. “You turn on the shower — if you’re like me, you can’t wash your beautiful hair properly,” said President Donald Trump…… MORE
The US Postal Service plans to remove hundreds of high-volume mail-processing machines from facilities across the country, leading some postal workers to fear they may have less capacity to process mail during election season. Documents obtained by CNN indicate 671 machines used to organize letters or other pieces of mail are slated for “reduction” in…… MORE
President Donald Trump spent years pushing lies about the birthplace and presidential eligibility of President Barack Obama, the first Black president. On Thursday, he started floating a new birther lie about Sen. Kamala Harris, who, if elected, would be the first Black and Asian American vice president. Trump’s incendiary nonsense about Harris was part of…… MORE
Sen. Kamala Harris’ selection as the first Black woman to be named to a major party’s presidential ticket has brought attention to her alma mater, Howard University, one of the country’s most prominent historically Black universities. Howard University has a history of producing trailblazing political and civic leaders. Founded in 1867 on one of the…… MORE
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday warned Americans that President Donald Trump is “going to do everything he can to suppress the vote” in a searing response to Trump’s opposition to much-needed funding for the US Postal Service. Trump had admitted earlier in the day that he opposes the additional funding in a coronavirus relief bill…… MORE
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump requested mail-in ballots for Florida’s primary election on Tuesday, according to Palm Beach County records, despite the President’s frequent attacks on voting by mail. The records from the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections website show the ballots were mailed Wednesday to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club, which he…… MORE
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to announce as soon as Friday that the state’s November election will be conducted largely through mail-in ballots, a source familiar with the move confirmed to CNN. The expected announcement will make New Jersey — which conducted its primaries almost entirely by mail — the latest state…… MORE
Pennsylvania officials said Thursday that they are willing to count mail-in ballots up to three days after the November general election, provided they are mailed by November 3, a significant change in a key swing state. “Ballots mailed by voters on or before 8:00 p.m. on Election Day will be counted if they are otherwise…… MORE
