Politics

This Could Be a Historic Election—and Not for the Reasons You Think

Amy Richards, a 56-year-old from Texas, told the Associated Press that she used to be a Republican but has voted Democratic since 2016. She said that the president “thinks that the economy is doing...

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Why El-Sayed’s final campaign swing includes a Black church in Detroit

Black faith leaders and elected officials in Michigan who support Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said they're working to overcome a sense of distrust that has hindered the progressive c...

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The Questions Adam Hamawy Won’t Answer

The photograph, from April 1993, shows a burly sheikh sitting on a couch wearing a gray kaftan, a white-and-crimson turban, and black sunglasses. His beard is thick and white. Reporters crowd into ...

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DC and Virginia sue to block Trump arch construction

Washington, D.C., and Virginia filed a lawsuit Saturday seeking to block the construction of President Donald Trump’s planned Triumphal Arch on the outskirts of the nation’s capital.It’s the latest...

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Who are Ilhan Omar’s lawyers? Meet the high-powered Dem attorneys the embattled rep hired

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has tapped two high-powered Washington, D.C.-based attorneys who have previously represented elected officials at the highest echelon of American politics.Amid dueling fed...

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Trump's AI push faces a local ballot test

As voters head to the polls Tuesday, roughly 20 communities will decide whether to ban, pause or limit data center construction — turning local ballot measures into an early test of President Donal...

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In a New Jersey House race, Trump is putting a centuries-old family legacy at risk

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, New Jersey — Tom Kean Jr.’s political career is hanging by a thread. His possible demise could end a powerful political dynasty and close the door, for good, on the aristocratic p...

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As Democrats preach faith, conservative pastors condemn their campaigns from the pulpit

When Robert Jeffress takes the pulpit at First Baptist Dallas on Sunday, he’ll give his 16,000 congregants a not-so-subtle message: Beware of false faith.Jeffress will preach about the Tower of Bab...

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A Pro-Russia Strongman at Mar-a-Lago

In the days after Tuesday’s midterm elections, luminaries of the MAGA movement will gather at Mar-a-Lago to turn their attention to 2028. Speakers will include a Cabinet secretary, the head of the ...

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Right-wing media and the mystery of Texas’ transgender mailers

On Thursday night, the smear at the heart of the mysterious transgender mailers that have rocked the final weeks of the midterm elections in Texas completed its journey. What began as baseless soci...

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Greg Abbott’s Texas Empire Is Showing Cracks

HOUSTON, Texas — On the first day of early voting in Texas, two weeks before the most consequential election Texas Republicans have faced in a generation, Greg Abbott addressed a sweaty crowd of hu...

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Michigan’s messy Senate race spells trouble for Dems in 2028

DETROIT — Abdul El-Sayed stood with his back to the concrete wall of a high-school gymnasium papered over with glossy campaign signs and declared an end to Democrats’ divisions.The progressive Sena...

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Trump’s ICE Crackdown Broke Miami. Will It Tank This Cuban Republican’s Campaign?

MIAMI — For nearly an hour, dozens of the local Republican Party’s most loyal Colombian voters bided their time, piled into a conference room in a small hotel right off the airport near Miami Sprin...

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The Texas Republicans Who Have Had Enough

The tiny Yorkshire terrier in a diaper was not central to my experience in Tarrant County, but she did set the tone.Tia was the first creature to greet me when I arrived at Hillary Shepheard’s town...

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Tel Aviv’s Last Stand

No one talks about the left in Israel anymore. The label itself is essentially a curse word, something spat out by an angry taxi driver after he’s swerved around a guy on a scooter. A measly 12 to ...

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Medicaid work requirements go live in two months. Many states won't be ready.

With a looming Jan. 1 deadline for states to implement Medicaid work requirements, some state officials are warning that they won’t be ready.Some, like Louisiana, still don’t know how to verify whi...

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The DeSantis Loyalist Taking on Big Tech

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier telegraphed what was coming before even saying a word. At his podium, just like his former boss, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, had done s...

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Data centers turn sleepy utility races into political battlegrounds

Once-sleepy utility board races across the South have turned into must-watch contests as Democrats try to wrest power from the Republicans who control energy prices in the region. Even Kamala Harri...

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Carney says he can wait out Trump for trade deal

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday that if his government could not successfully negotiate a suitable trade pact with the Trump administration, he was prepared to wait for a new Americ...

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Tech titans to Heated Rivalry: Takeaways from POLITICO’s sit-down with Mark Carney

Prime Minister Mark Carney has a break-the-glass plan to deal with President Donald Trump: Wait for a new American leader.In a wide-ranging interview with POLITICO on Friday, Carney said Canada cou...

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El-Sayed campaign wants Stevens to stay away after day of back-and-forth sniping

TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN — Michigan's Democratic coalition is fragmenting in real time days before a critical Senate election.After it seemed like former primary rivals Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley...

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