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Debate commission says it will make changes to format
The presidential debate commission says it will soon adopt changes to its format to avoid a repeat of the disjointed first meeting between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.
Voting lawsuits pile up across US as election approaches
They've been fighting in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania over the cutoff date for counting mailed ballots, and in North Carolina over witness requirements. Ohio is grappling with drop boxes for ballots as Texas faces a court challenge over extra days of early voting.
Americans’ desperate need for relief on drug prices is lost in a season of political theater
he high price of prescription drugs makes good election year politics. Until the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg muddied the future of the Affordable Care Act, drug prices were the major health policy issue going forward —outside of COVID-19. Government inaction over the high price of prescription medicines resonates with voters who are unable to keep up with constantly rising prices for their drugs.
Ethics experts see national security concern in Trump’s debt
Revelations that President Donald Trump is personally liable for more than $400 million in debt are casting a shadow over his presidency that ethics experts say raises national security concerns he could be manipulated to sway U.S. policy by organizations or individuals he’s indebted to.
On National Voter Registration Day, Voters Urged to Make a Plan
September 22, 2020 was National Voter Registration Day, and good-government groups say it's more important than ever. Millions of citizens have not yet registered. So Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director at California Common Cause, is working to spread the word: Every vote counts.
