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If the good news for Democrats is that they lead in almost all of the tossup Senate races, the good news for Republicans is that the margins are typically small, and if the GOP vote is underestimated by the pollsters, the way it has often (but not…
Recalling 2022, I’m not convinced that this election will be much of anything.
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An Alaska voter who considered voting for former Rep. Mary Peltola, said he "switched" and would vote for incumbent GOP Sen. Dan S. Sullivan.
The trillion dollar Anthropic IPO will enrich Google and Amazon, who are ostensibly competitors. How does that make sense? It doesn't, unless Anthropic is four flailing monopolies in a trench coat.
Prepare for “mirages,” midnight swings and long counts. And, of course, the Needle can cut through the noise.
After an inconclusive election, Israel’s Arab parties hold the balance of power—but a renewed war with Iran may yet hand Netanyahu another chance.
The anonymous chronicler of the Islamic State’s occupation talks to Pamela Paresky about growing up under Saddam, the 1941 Farhud, and why he believes antisemitism unites every jihadist movement.
Some media folk have lost interest in frauds against taxpayers except as a tale of Republicans pouncing on Democratic policy failures. But there's still some actual news occurring, including in the land of 10,000 fakes.
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democr…
This looks like a big blue wave — maybe a huge one. That’s no cause for despair just yet. But brace yourselves, because a bumpy ride might be coming.
As recently as Saturday night, the prospect of Democrat Haley Stevens endorsing Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan's Senate race had seemed implausible.
If voters feel like they’ve been falling behind for a while, it’s probably because many of them have been.
It has been a nasty and disappointing midterm election campaign and whatever the result, few will be unhappy to see the end of it. The irrational and almost sociopathic hatred of President Trump even in civilized, ostensibly Republican circles is …
Westchester County Board of Elections confirms voting machines are rejecting paper ballots countywide as officials scramble to resolve the issue.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
A former Democrat backs Mike Rogers while a lifelong Republican holds his nose to vote for Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's pivotal Senate race.
It is not often that seven judges storm a country’s constitutional tribunal with a police escort.
The son of Nicolas Sarkozy on the riots, the rise of Marine Le Pen, and why he thinks France may have to burn before it can rebuild.
Susan Collins' Biddeford, Maine, office was hit with red paint and the message "BLOOD on her HANDS," marking the second vandalism incident in a month.
In a new book about the Carolingian Empire, historian James T. Palmer argues that its founder was more than just a brutal warlord. He was also ‘a savant with a large library and a taste for the obscure.’
Two recent films offer very different portraits of Chris Hansen, the controversial journalist behind America's hit TV show ‘To Catch a Predator.’
Midterm election voters in seven Florida counties face temporary polling location changes after heavy rainfall triggered flash flood warnings.
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All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
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Inflation outpacing wages, gas prices above $4, and mortgage rates past 7% are squeezing voters even as the S&P 500 surges over 26% under Trump.
Though President Trump’s name is not on the ballot, voters are weighing the effects of his agenda in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Lisa Lerer, a national political reporter for The New York Times, describes how three crucial issues are affecting th…
‘You can’t blame Haley Stevens for failing to keep the coalition together. It was not her job to do that.’
Both parties will need to reckon with a rising generation consumed by cost-of-living concerns in ways that could challenge the status quo and force new compromises.
The Supreme Court considers whether Catholic preschools in Colorado that decline to enroll families with gay and transgender parents can participate in a state program.
President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts.
A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit against Harvard University over admissions records, citing procedural deficiencies.
Over the past decade, former mommy blogger Rowan (née Amanda) Jetté Knox has come out as bisexual, pansexual, polyam, a ‘giant lesbo,’ a ‘non-binary queer person,’ a polyamorous ‘trans guy,’ and, as of last month, ‘two-spirited’ (and Indigenous).
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
A 9th Circuit panel briefly lifted a block on DOJ noncitizen voting investigations in California, but the full 11-judge court reversed course overnight.
If the administration had a more plausible theory of victory, those who argue for more airstrikes haven’t articulated it.
Some administration officials suggested Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to draw President Trump back into military action.
It’s not about American aid. It never was.
The attack on refrigeration was a reminder to ponder the vulnerability of equipment bought from manufacturers based in unfriendly countries.
Trump's approval rating in January was about 44 percent in the RealClearPolitics average: not great, but survivable. Indeed, the GOP had a decent story to tell. Economic growth was solid, unemployment and gas prices low, the Southern border sealed…
We treat every hour as preparation for some future payoff, but some of the best ways to spend a life accomplish nothing at all.
The picture is not pretty.
Just 236 people have been charged with voting-fraud-related offenses by the Trump administration, despite its unsubstantiated claims that fraud is widespread.
President Trump has repeatedly reminded Americans of a losing campaign issue just as voters head to the polls. Why?
‘I don’t trust them when they say it is temporary.’
A monthslong G.O.P. effort culminated in a scathing report about emails and other exchanges within the American Psychological Association.
President Donald Trump says Benjamin Netanyahu raised the idea of ending $4 billion in U.S. military aid to Israel by the end of the year.
Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out.
Viewers will be flooded with options, including 13 straight hours of NBC footage and a continuous livestream of Steve Kornacki and his big board.
Podcast host Jonathan Kay discusses the underlying societal factors that caused his country's journalists, politicians, and academics to uncritically accept false claims that the bodies of 215 Indigenous children had been found on the grounds of a…
Researchers have found that bad weather can deter certain voters.
The Trump administration's policies are helping bring down prescription drug costs and expand access to popular medications like GLP-1s.
The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marria…
Michigan Republican Mike Rogers' campaign touted Haley Stevens' endorsement as a breakthrough with Black and Jewish voters before Election Day.
The former deputy mayor of Jerusalem on her family’s Sephardi history, 7 October, and why she wants Jewish students to study in Israel.
Republican leaders have urged voters to ignore polls warning of big losses on Election Day - and for some downballot races in Florida, that message is resonating.
The president’s announcement on Election Day, which he said was part of an agreement reached months ago, was a sign of how quickly the politics surrounding Israel have shifted.
Much of the press coverage of Kagan’s interview exaggerates how much hostility she displayed toward her conservative colleagues.
Since October 2023, four-fifths of the encyclopedia’s article on Zionism has been replaced, and the historians it cites—Benny Morris among them—are misrepresented.
The Democrats had a bad weekend before the midterm elections, but for Republicans it could be too little, too late.
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As the Chinese Communist Party hurtles headlong into the AI dilemma, its successes and failures will leave behind some kind of rudimentary map for the rest of us.
James Talarico told the "Diary of a CEO" podcast he'd work with Trump on healthcare, housing and childcare despite months of attacks from the president.
A suspect was arrested by the FBI’s Oklahoma City field office in connection to hundreds of suspicious letters sent to government and election offices.
A law to end surprise medical bills has generated millions of high-dollar payouts for doctors. Health plans are now fighting back by frequently withholding money.
Throughout American history, political combat has remained subject to legal limits. The boundary between shady and illegal activity isn't always clear, but there is a zone that, when entered, can expose political operations and operatives to accus…