June 2019

What Is Gerrymandering? And Why Did the Supreme Court Rule on It?

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the federal courts cannot decide a question with momentous political consequences: Whether congressional district maps in Maryland and North Carolina that were drawn specifically to tilt political power in favor of one party — a practice known as partisan gerrymandering — are acceptable. District courts had thrown the

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Facebook Did Not Address Hacking Attack on Popular Grief Support Page for Weeks, Moderators Say

A popular Facebook grief support page reclaimed control of its account Thursday after a hacking attack that page administrators say went unaddressed for seven weeks. The case is the latest knock on Facebook’s efforts to monitor content on its platform. The moderators of the page, Grief the Unspoken, which has more than 500,000 followers, said

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Democratic Debate 2019 Live Updates: A High-Speed and Spirited Contest

Follow along with our live chat. The biggest fight of the debate so far is over universal health care. The Democratic field sparred over health care policy, eliminating student loan debt and generational change in the opening minutes Thursday, with a debate marked by notably sharper disagreements between the top tier candidates, including Mr. Biden

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