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Schumer and Jeffries Sue Trump Over Threats to Jail Election Officials

Schumer and Jeffries sued over Trump's threat to jail election officials. DHS's Nevada noncitizen…

By Mark Masterson · Oct 22

Two election workers in gloves sort stacks of returned mail-in ballot envelopes on a long table in a county election office, one looking toward the camera

28 Noncitizens Charged With Voting in California After DHS Said 190,000 Were on the Rolls

“I will not disenfranchise thousands of Californians based solely upon an unsupported and likely…

By Mark Masterson · Oct 20

A woman in a fleece jacket holds a paper ballot beside cardboard voting booths in a community hall polling station

Is Alberta Voting to Leave Canada Today? Not on This Ballot

Nobody in Alberta is being asked to leave Canada today. They are being asked…

By Mark Masterson · Oct 19

Evacuated office workers stand in a wet parking lot behind yellow caution tape outside a low-rise government building while a firefighter and a responder in a white protective suit confer beside a fire engine

White-Powder Letters Hit Election and Senate Offices in a Nationwide Wave, Not One-Off Scares

The FBI is investigating powder letters sent to election offices in at least eight…

By Mark Masterson · Oct 15

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Trump Pardoned Two Alaska Diesel Mechanics Onstage, Men He Said Faced ’10 Years’ for Fixing an Engine

Donald Trump stood at a podium in Wasilla on Tuesday night, signed pardons for…

By Mark Masterson · Oct 14

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Trump Calls His Top Political Aides ‘Outside Consultants’ After They Were Paid by Bosnia’s Pro-Russian Serb Government

President Trump spent part of Wednesday in the Oval Office explaining that two of…

By Mark Masterson · Oct 8

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20.8 Million Seniors Will Get $90 From Medicare Followed by a Letter From Trump

The $90 Part B rebate lands via Social Security around Oct. 8. CMS says…

By Mark Masterson · Oct 6

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…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 28

A black-and-white TV ad of Donald Trump walking down a portrait-lined hallway plays on a living room television behind a couch and a bowl of snacks

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

The White House spent Sunday’s NFL broadcasts airing a black-and-white Donald Trump promising “a…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 28

A continuous-feed voter registration printout open on a county election office desk, several rows marked with red highlighter and paper tabs, a defocused American flag on the wall behind

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

The Supreme Court on Friday let the Department of Homeland Security resume running state…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 25

Karl Rove, in a charcoal suit and green tie, gestures while speaking in a wood-paneled Austin dining room, with seated lunch guests around him and the Texas State Capitol dome through the window

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

Karl Rove will vote for a Democrat in November, only the second of his…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 17

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

Nate Silver's model puts Democrats at 58.6% to win the Senate. Treat the five…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 15

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

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

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

Donald Trump pointing while speaking at a lectern in front of a packed arena crowd lit in blue and red stage light

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A blue United States Postal Service collection mailbox with white ballot envelopes resting on top stands on the sidewalk in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington under a heavy overcast sky.

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

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

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

Two poll workers in cardigans lean over a long tabulator printout unspooling onto the floor of a fluorescent-lit county canvassing room, ballot bins stacked on folding tables beside them

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

Rows of grey voting privacy booths with small lamps stand on a wooden gymnasium floor in cold morning light

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

A near-empty campaign ballroom in the early morning with folding chairs, scattered blank placards on the floor and a bare lectern under a single spotlight

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

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

Donald Trump speaking at an East Room lectern while a bank of television monitors in the foreground shows mostly static, with only one screen carrying his live feed

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