Politics

The breakout Democratic candidate of the midterms is…a Kansas megachurch pastor

ELLSWORTH, Kansas — David Rankin has never been one for putting up campaign lawn signs. As a lifelong Republican in a town of 3,000 — where Donald Trump has won by 50-point margins s...

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The Democrat capturing Christian voters in the Trump era

ELLSWORTH, Kansas — David Rankin has never been one for putting up campaign lawn signs. As a lifelong Republican in a town of 3,000 — where Donald Trump has won by 50-point margins s...

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Australia’s new electoral laws hand $25M windfall to major parties over independents

CANBERRA — If the donation rules agreed by Labor and the Liberals in February 2025 had applied at the last federal election, Labor would have received an extra 15.4 million Australian dollars and t...

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Losing the ‘Big-Ass Truck’ Vote

Photographs by Brian Finke for The AtlanticAlong the highways and farm roads of the southern tip of Texas, the bright-red campaign signs for Eric Flores are impossible to miss. Flores, the Republic...

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How a megachurch pastor gave Democrats a prayer in Kansas

ELLSWORTH, Kansas — David Rankin has never been one for putting up campaign lawn signs. As a lifelong Republican in a town of 3,000 — where Donald Trump has won by 50-point margins s...

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Some Parents Are Rejecting Trump’s Free Money

When Eloise, a veteran who lives in Michigan, first heard about Trump Accounts last year, her mind immediately turned to other projects that had borne the name of the businessman turned president: ...

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Why Dems’ late House reaches don’t usually pan out

House Democrats are pushing into redder and redder territory. History shows those last-minute moves don’t usually pan out, even in favorable cycles.Since 2018, Democrats haven’t flipped any Republi...

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Anthropic warns investors of political risks as it prepares to go public

Anthropic is preparing to go public. But its warning investors that its stance on artificial intelligence safety and regulation could expose the company to backlash from the public — and a Trump ad...

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Hochul and Mamdani unite for final campaign sprint

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul is turning to the Democratic Party’s disparate wings to help push her campaign over the finish line.Hochul campaigned Friday and Sunday with New York City Mayor Zohran ...

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Lula wins reelection in historic runoff, setting up tense political battle

Brazil’s incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a historic fourth term Sunday, denying U.S. President Donald Trump greater sway over Latin America’s largest economy.With over 99% of ball...

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Anthropic are the Good Guys

I’m writing these lines in Alamogordo, New Mexico. I’m about as close as a civilian can get to the site of the Trinity test, the first nuclear bomb detonation in history. I fled here from the San F...

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Frances Lee on American elections

More likely than interference with the election is that unsuccessful office-seekers will refuse to concede, claiming their opponents cheated. Nothing is more basic to democratic legitimacy than the...

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Spurned by Trump, these outgoing Republicans aren’t helping their potential successors

Republicans spurned by President Donald Trump aren't interested in rescuing their would-be replacements.Instead, a growing number of retiring or ousted GOP incumbents from Nevada to North Carolina ...

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Bernie Sanders could soon get a powerful perch to help shape 2028

Bernie Sanders probably isn’t going to be president. But he might be about to get one last chance to define his legacy in Washington.The Vermont independent is poised to lead the Senate Health, Edu...

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Electric vehicle tax credits losing their luster for Democrats

Democrats hoping to regain power in Washington next year are seeking to revive a clean energy agenda rolled over by Republicans and President Donald Trump. But first they’ll need to decide whether ...

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Why the midterms could be a defining moment for prediction markets

America’s political class is hurtling toward an election that some fear could turn into yet another public opinion polling flop.Enter the prediction markets.Wall Street’s buzziest startups — Kalshi...

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‘We don’t need 50 more data centers.’ Arizona AG declares war on AI.

Arizona leaders want the state to be a high-tech hub for making semiconductors, clean energy components and artificial intelligence software.But the desert state’s water shortage is pushing some of...

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AI has a language gap. That could be a problem for some voters.

AI chatbots are feeding non-native English speakers inaccurate information about the election, community activists and researchers warn, creating a barrier for some voters ahead of the midterms.The...

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Justice Department faces skeptical appeals court panel in California ballot fight

A federal appeals court appears poised to reject the Justice Department’s last-minute bid to force California election workers to set aside ballots the Trump administration claims may be cast by no...

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Blanche on Alaska suit: 'There could be a crime'

Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Justice Department's newly filed lawsuit to prevent Alaska state officials from certifying election results if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan lose...

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Health care shakes up the Iowa election

WAVERLY, Iowa — Gas and grocery prices have dominated the midterms, but November is shaping up to be a health care election too.Few places see the convergence of health care fights as intimately as...

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