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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a navy blazer speaks at a wooden podium with one hand raised as supporters hold up blank placards in the foreground

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Weighing a 2028 Run, Says She Will Decide After the Midterms

Ocasio-Cortez says she will decide on 2028 after the midterms and asks whether a Latina can win. The Democrats' new primary calendar has already answered half of that.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Weighing a 2028 Run, Says She Will Decide After the Midterms

Taxpayers Are Paying for Trump’s Strongman ‘Final Battle’ Ad, Not His Campaign

The Supreme Court Revived Trump’s Voter Citizenship Database, Not the Authority to Purge Rolls

Karl Rove Is Voting for a Texas Democrat Because the GOP Nominee Called Asian UT Students a ‘Problem’

Nate Silver’s Forecast Now Makes Democrats Favorites to Win the Senate. Five Toss-Ups Decide Whether It Holds.

The Supreme Court Left Trump’s Mail Ballot Rule Blocked Through the November Midterms

As Trump’s Approval Hits 32%, Democrats Lead Senate Polls in Texas and Alaska

Wisconsin Governor Candidate Tom Tiffany Swam Out of a Sinking Plane on Lake Wausau

Trump Is Promising $5,000 Checks Funded by Tariffs the Supreme Court Struck Down in February

Missouri’s Map Fell to 300,000 Signatures, a Veto the Elections Clause Could Not Reach

Blocking the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt Now Takes All Five Remaining Parties

Ohio’s Utility Regulator Made Data Centers Pay in 2025, and $45 Million in Midterm Ads Still Promise to Do It

The Supreme Court Locked In Midterm Ad Rates Without Ruling on Whether They Are Legal

Lindell Never Paid the $825,000, and the Court Rejected His Recount Theory Anyway

The Chinese Parts in America’s Voting Machines Are Real, Which Is Why Homeland Security Can Get Away With This

The Supreme Court Unblocked Trump’s Mail-Voting Order Without Ruling It Legal

Byron Donalds Won Florida’s Governor Primary Without the One Endorsement That Should Have Mattered

A Nevada Judge Threw Out the Fake Electors Case Because the Defendants Never Hid What They Did

Wisconsin Democrats Chose Electability by 3,000 Votes, and It Took a Governor to Do It

Minnesota Republicans Spent the Summer Campaigning Against Their Own Front-Runner

AIPAC Spent a Record $30 Million to Stop Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan. He Won Anyway.

Fact Check: Trump’s Five Big Election Claims, and What His Own Documents Actually Say

ABC and NBC Refused to Air Trump’s Election Speech, and His Own Party Begged Him Not to Give It

Trump Fires the Last Election Assistance Commissioners Four Months Before the Midterms

The Supreme Court Saved Mail-Ballot Grace Periods 5-4, and the RNC’s Own Textualism Did the Work

Mamdani’s Candidates Sweep New York Primaries in a Direct Rebuke to Democratic Leadership

Colombia Elects ‘El Tigre’ in a Razor-Thin Runoff That Redraws Latin America’s Political Map

Graham Platner’s Nazi Tattoo Is Back in the Headlines, and Democrats Still Cannot Agree on What to Do About It

Ken Paxton Defeats John Cornyn in Texas Senate Primary: 2026 Runoff Results and What Comes Next

67 Million Voter Records Checked: Inside the Trump Administration’s Controversial Midterm Eligibility Purge