Skip to content
Search
Human content, AI powered search.

Latest Stories

election 2024

Political endorsements: Do they help or hurt trust in journalism?
GZERO North

Political endorsements: Do they help or hurt trust in journalism?

Yanking endorsements days before a close election is like giving yourself a political wedgie, an awkward, painful experience that seems inappropriate and undermines the integrity of the decision — and yet, while the timing looks weak, the merits of the argument are strong, writes GZERO Publisher Evan Solomon. He weighs in on Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos’ last-minute decision to no longer publish political endorsements — and explains why GZERO never endorses candidates.

Graphic Truth: The rising cost of US elections
GZERO North

Graphic Truth: The rising cost of US elections

The 2024 federal election cycle is on course to be the costliest in US history, surpassing record levels of spending in 2020.

Trump likely can’t steal the election, but he can make it dangerous
GZERO North

Trump likely can’t steal the election, but he can make it dangerous

At Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday, he said, while nodding to House Speaker Mike Johnson, that their “little secret is having a big impact.” Democrats are so rattled by the prospect of Republicans trying to game the system on election night that they decided Trump was hinting at a secret plan to overturn the election. Stephen Maher reports on the possibilities for GZERO North.

​Supporters attend a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, in New York, U.S., on Oct. 27, 2024.
What We're Watching

Trump rallies in NYC, Harris hits Philly in star-powered final push

With the US election just eight days away, it’s crunch time for the presidential campaigns. Republican candidate Donald Trump headlined a rally Sunday night at Madison Square Garden in New York, a state that last backed a Republican in 1984. Vice President Kamala Harris, meanwhile, was in Pennsylvania, visiting a barbershop and a Puerto Rican restaurant

​Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled Tuesday that certifying elections is a required duty of county election boards in Georgia, and they’re not allowed to refuse to finalize results based on suspicions of miscounts or fraud.
What We're Watching

Trump faces setback in Georgia

On Tuesday, a judge in Georgia blocked a new rule requiring that election ballots be hand-counted in the state, a change that allies of former President Donald Trump wanted. Opponents of the rule, which the Georgia State Election Board passed in September, said it would cause unnecessary delays in results and lead to avoidable electoral pandemonium.

​Republican Sen. JD Vance and Democrat Gov. Tim Walz greet each other before they square off during the CBS News vice presidential debate in New York City on Oct. 1, 2024.
US Election

Civility wins: Vance and Walz play (mostly) nice, spar on policy

In Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz battled over the biggest issues in the 2024 election. Beyond defending Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s records, the two did something novel: They argued about boring old policy. What’s more, they even found brief moments of agreement and civility along the way.

Independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville, Tenn., on July 26, 2024.
What We're Watching

RFK Jr. to endorse Trump

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. the strongest third-party US presidential candidate in a generation, has reportedly decided to leave the race and cash in his chips – with Donald Trump.

​Attendees walk past a sign at the United Center ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, on Aug. 19, 2024.
Analysis

Democrats are running a campaign built on vibes

Dems chose not to update their party platform despite switching the name atop their ticket from Joe Biden to Kamala Harris. Instead, they stuck with a version approved in mid-July – from before Biden dropped out of the race. The platform frames a battle between “opportunity and optimism” versus “revenge and retribution,” laying bare a fundamental difference between the 2024 Democratic and Republican campaigns: one is about atmospherics, and the other is deeply personal.

​U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves to the crowd during a campaign event in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S., August 7, 2024.
What We're Watching

Is Harris now the favorite?

In the days before President Joe Biden withdrew from November’s presidential election, Republican nominee Donald Trump was widely considered the favorite to win.

​Vice President Kamala Harris attends the opening of a pop-up ice cream shop "Smize & Dream" owned by Tyra Banks, in Washington, US, on July 19, 2024.
Analysis

November’s election is so close and yet so far

Come Nov. 5, will the anti-incumbency, anti-establishment sentiment circling the globe prove decisive? Does age – first Biden’s but potentially now Trump’s – matter? Is the existential threat to US democracy the single and most animating force for voters? Did Harris’s entrance come too late?