The surnames Cheney and Palin may for many evoke a bygone era in Republican politics, but on Tuesday night it will be anything but. Both names will be set before voters, but under very different circumstances. In Wyoming, over a…
Despite its deserved reputation as a Democratic bastion, New York state is beginning to feel uneasy about President Joe Biden, according to two new polls. Both find views of the president are closely divided and Democrats’ advantage in the state…
The state of Tennessee managed to count the vast majority of its votes in a single night, a strange occurrence that demonstrates the inadequacy of other states’ election policies. For the most part, Tennessee’s races were a sleepy affair. Gov….
Scores of major corporations filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on Monday in support of affirmative action. The two cases at issue, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina,…
On Tuesday, Arizona Republicans nominated venture capitalist Blake Masters to take on Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly. In the gubernatorial primary, former TV anchor Kari Lake is leading in the Republican nomination to succeed GOP Gov. Doug Ducey, who could not…
Of the five states holding primaries on Tuesday, the most interesting may be Washington because its unique open primary system, in which all candidates appear on the same ballot regardless of party, may give direct insight into the midterm election. …
The Italian elections prompted by the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi might produce the first Western European right-wing populist government in modern history. Brought on by a government crisis, polling suggests that the right-wing Brothers of Italy and League…
Democrats’ argument that Trump-aligned Republican candidates are an existential threat to American democracy has hit a small snag; they don’t appear to believe it themselves. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has reserved $425,000 in advertisements formally opposing Republican John Gibbs,…
A new advertisement released by Rep. Carolyn Maloney on Monday asserted that “you cannot send a man to do a woman’s job.” The statement was widely interpreted as a not-so-subtle dig at her opponent in New York’s 12th District Democratic…
When HBO’s prequel series to Game of Thrones airs on August 21, the streaming service will have something that the original series never did: the entire story is already written. Based on George R. R. Martin’s Fire and Blood, House…