Outgoing Harvard president Claudine Gay described the "campaign" that led to her resignation as a symptom of a larger "war" in the U.S. on expertise and trusted institutions.
Driving the news: Writing in the New York Times a day after stepping down as Harvard's first Black president, Gay said she had received death threats and been "called the N-word more times than I care to count." She also argued that the issues at stake are bigger than "one university and one leader."
Attorneys for former President Trump on Wednesday appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court the ruling from Colorado that barred Trump from the state's 2024 primary ballot under the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause.
Why it matters: The appeal raises the pressure on the Supreme Court to settle whether the 2024 Republican presidential primary front-runner should be allowed to serve as president again.
President Bidenwill mark the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol at a key site in the Revolutionary War, kicking off the campaign year with a speech on the fate of American democracy, AP reports.
Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haleyraised $24 million during the fourth quarter of 2023, more than double what she raised during any other period of the campaign, her campaign said Wednesday.
Around one billion voters will head to polls all over the world this year, while wily campaigns and underfunded election officials will face pressure to use AI for efficiencies.
Why it matters: Conditions are ripe for bad actors to use generative AI to amplify efforts to suppress votes, libel candidates and incite violence.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that Texas can prohibit emergency abortions despite the Biden administration arguing that federal guidance trumps state laws.
The big picture: The state had sued the Department of Health and Human Services over its guidance on the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires that health providers perform abortions in emergency situations.
The Biden administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to permit Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire at the U.S. border with Mexico that Texas officials constructed to prevent migrant crossings.
The big picture: The Justice Department's filing of an emergency motion is the latest turn in a legal stoush between the Biden administration and officials in the Republican-led state, which follows an appeals court last month temporarily blocking the removal of the wire.
It was around this time four years ago that Chinese officials began hunting for the cause of a mysterious respiratory illness in Wuhan, an outbreak that upended the 2020 election and transformed our world forever.
Why it matters: Political predictions are a dangerous game, especially in an era of perennial black swans. Instead of pretending we have a crystal ball, here are five 2024 X factorswe're watching for their potentially explosive impacts on the election.
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was hit with another superseding federal indictment on Tuesday alleging that he took bribes in exchange for helping the government of Qatar.
A senior White House official said Tuesday that several border crossings that were shut down so authorities could deal with an influx of migrants are reopening this week.
Why it matters: The closures, which caused headaches for locals who travel between both countries regularly, were expected to cost a significant amount of money in trade and sparked backlash against the Biden administration.
