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Op-Ed: Bezos Is Compromised. He Needs to Give the Post Away

Steven Waldman suggests Washington Post owner should donate the paper to a charity or trust

(Newser) - Jeff Bezos' decision to quash a Kamala Harris endorsement from the Washington Post editorial board had nothing to do with restoring trust in the media , writes Steven Waldman at the Columbia Journalism Review . In truth, Bezos' companies have "so much riding on the decisions of the federal government" and...

Washington Post Subscription Cancellations Hit 250K

According to sources with insider knowledge

(Newser) - A full 10% of the Washington Post's subscribers, which numbered 2.5 million prior to the newspaper's announcement that it would not endorse a presidential candidate, have canceled their subscriptions in the wake of the announcement. Sources on Tuesday told NPR more than 250,000 people have ended...

Chain of More Than 200 Papers Won't Make Presidential Endorsement

CNN reports that Gannett decision was made last year

(Newser) - The trickle of major newspapers that won't endorse a candidate for president this year is now a flood. Gannet says more than 200 newspapers in its USA Today Network, the nation's largest newspaper chain, will not be making an endorsement in the White House race. The publications still...

Daughter of George W. Bush Picks Her Candidate

Barbara Pierce Bush is endorsing—and campaigning for—Kamala Harris

(Newser) - Former Republican President George W. Bush's daughter isn't just endorsing the Democratic candidate for president, she's campaigning on her behalf. Barbara Pierce Bush, 42, backed Vice President Kamala Harris in an exclusive statement to People on Tuesday, adding she spent time over the weekend campaigning for the...

Washington Post Columnist Quits Over 'Terrible Mistake'

Michele Norris speaks out against decision not to endorse candidate

(Newser) - Michele Norris, calling the Washington Post's decision not to endorse a candidate a "terrible mistake," has become the latest columnist to quit the paper. In a post on X Sunday, Norris said she was resigning from the newspaper she loves because the "decision to withhold an...

In Surprise, Washington Post Won't Endorse

Newspaper follows the lead of Los Angeles Times , and not everyone is happy

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times isn't the only major US newspaper steeped in Election 2024 controversy . Now, the Washington Post has also stepped into the fray, like its West Coast counterpart refusing to endorse a presidential candidate—something the paper hasn't done since the late '80s. "We...

LAT Loses Subscribers, More Staff After Endorsement Uproar

2 more members of editorial board step down after paper's owner refuses to let it endorse Kamala Harris

(Newser) - Fallout from the news that the owner of the Los Angeles Times blocked the paper's endorsement of Kamala Harris continues, with further resignations and a slew of canceled subscriptions. The Guardian reports that on Thursday, a day after editorials editor Mariel Garza stepped down over the commotion, two other...

LA Times Is Missing One Big Endorsement

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the paper's owner, has decided there will be no presidential pick

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times dropped its Election 2024 endorsements last week, giving the green light to various propositions, charter amendments, and candidates for local and state offices, including a "yes" for Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff for the US Senate. But despite noting that "this may be the most...

Swift Urges Fans to Vote, 337K Move to Obey

Hordes visit registration site vote.gov through superstar's custom link

(Newser) - " The Swift Effect " is real, as evidenced by the more than 330,000 people who clicked on Taylor Swift's link directing them to vote.gov, which helps with voter registration. Swift shared the custom URL while endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris immediately following Tuesday's debate. She...

'Childless Cat Lady' Endorses Kamala Harris

And yes, that's how Taylor Swift signed her post

(Newser) - Well, she may not have made a surprise appearance at the DNC , but Taylor Swift firmly endorsed Kamala Harris immediately following Tuesday night's presidential debate between the vice president and former President Trump. Swift, who signed her Instagram post " Childless Cat Lady ," said she watched the debate,...

A Former Dem Candidate for President Backs Trump

Tulsi Gabbard endorses the former president

(Newser) - Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has endorsed Donald Trump, furthering her shift away from the party she sought to represent in the 2020 presidential election and linking herself to critiques of Vice President Kamala Harris and the chaotic Afghanistan War withdrawal . Gabbard, a National Guard veteran who served two tours...

Barack, Michelle Obama Endorse Kamala Harris

He says they'll do 'everything we can' to get her into the Oval Office

(Newser) - It arrived later than endorsements from some other key Democrats, but Vice President Kamala Harris now has the endorsement of Barack and Michelle Obama. In a post on X Friday, the former president said they called "our friend" Harris earlier this week. "We told her we think she'...

RFK Jr. Responds to His Family Endorsing Biden

'I love my family, either way,' presidential candidate says

(Newser) - Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sunday acknowledged endorsements from more than a dozen of his relatives who are backing Democratic President Biden, noting that he feels no ill will over the family political divide, the AP reports. "Some of them don't like the fact that I'...

Biggest Test in Tuesday's Voting: Trump's Clout

Former president is backing Bernie Moreno in Tuesday's Ohio contest

(Newser) - It's another voting day in a handful of states, and the big race to watch is the GOP primary in Ohio for Senate. For one thing, the race will have national implications come November when the winner faces off against incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown. For another, the race is...

Pence Answers on Whether He's Endorsing Trump

Ex-VP says he can't 'in good conscience' give his former boss a thumbs-up for November

(Newser) - Mike Pence hasn't shied away from criticizing his old boss, former President Donald Trump, especially regarding the debacle of Jan. 6, but many have been waiting to see if the ex-vice president would offer his thumbs-up to Trump for the upcoming election. Now, we have our answer—and it'...

Blaming Death Threat, Lawmaker Quits Another Race

GOP Rep. Matt Rosendale dropped Senate candidacy last month

(Newser) - For the second time in a month, Rep. Matt Rosendale has dropped out of a congressional race. The Montana Republican, who earlier ended his Senate campaign, posted Friday that he will no longer seek reelection to the US House. Rosendale said he's been the subject of defamatory rumors and...

Denied One Endorsement, Trump Scores Another

Mitch McConnell gets behind the man he once called 'disgraceful'

(Newser) - On the heels of Nikki Haley dropping out of the 2024 race, and notably refraining from endorsing rival Donald Trump , the former president has picked up the endorsement of Mitch McConnell, reports the Washington Post . Calling it "abundantly clear" that Trump "has earned the requisite support of Republican...

Nikki Haley Exits but Doesn't Endorse Trump

She urges him to 'earn' the votes of her supporters: 'This is now his time for choosing'

(Newser) - Vermont wasn't enough on Super Tuesday. Nikki Haley confirmed her exit from the 2024 race on Wednesday with a brief speech in Charleston, South Carolina. Notably, she didn't endorse Donald Trump in her remarks, but she urged him to embrace the more moderate voters who backed her campaign:...

Here's What Trump Had to Say About Taylor Before the Game

'There's no way she could endorse Crooked Joe Biden'

(Newser) - The part of the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce far right conspiracy theory where the Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl did in fact come to pass, but no endorsement of President Biden was forthcoming during or after the big game—which Donald Trump had predicted would be the case. Posting...

Judge Judy Has Made Her 2024 Endorsement

Judith Sheindlin says former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley has her vote

(Newser) - Nikki Haley is closing what once seemed an insurmountable gap in New Hampshire between herself and former President Trump, with one poll showing her just single digits behind the former president in the race for the GOP nomination. Now, the ex-South Carolina governor has another boost—this time, from a...

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