4+ hour, 29+ min ago   (132+ words) “The 2028 race for the White House will give new political clout to a long-overlooked constituency: Native American voters,” Axios reports. “Driving the news_ New Mexico now holds an influential early spot as one of the first states to vote in the…...

5+ hour, 51+ min ago   (161+ words) “President Donald Trump dropped his largest reported spend so far this weekend, sending $21 million to candidates in competitive races as pressure ramps up for Republicans two months before the midterms,” the Washington Sun reports. “The president’s Senate spending before Sept....

7+ hour, 30+ min ago   (102+ words) “Prominent Texas Republicans are denouncing Bo French, a Republican nominee to join the state’s railroad commission, after he made a xenophobic post describing a group of Asian American students attending a University of Texas football game as a ‘problem,'” Politico…...

11+ hour, 17+ min ago   (114+ words) “President Donald Trump messing with the 2026 midterms beforehand — as he’s trying to do by sharply restricting mail ballots — is only part of the potential threat he’s posing to U.S. elections,” CNN reports. “The other is his demonstrated tendency for…...

13+ hour, 26+ min ago   (163+ words) “The U.S. Postal Service for years has endured one headache after another, from declining mail volume and financial shortfalls to uneven leadership. Now it is facing a uniquely daunting challenge at the center of American politics,” the Wall Street Journal…...

12+ hour, 55+ min ago   (152+ words) “David Crowley, the Democratic nominee for Wisconsin governor, ranks as the most surprising winner in this year’s turbulent primary season. But the Milwaukee County executive’s against-the-odds story began long before election night,” the Washington Post reports. “Crowley’s parents became addicted…...

13+ hour, 2+ min ago   (123+ words) “Brandon Johnson will seek a second term as Democratic mayor of Chicago, likely facing an uphill battle to stay in office as his opponents have raised millions ahead of next year’s race,” Bloomberg reports. “Ending months of speculation, Johnson announced…...

17+ hour, 21+ min ago   (65+ words) A new CBS News/YouGov poll finds Democrats leading Republicans on the generic congressional ballot, 54% to 46%. Generic Congressional Ballot Democrats 54% Republicans 46% CBS News/YouGov poll · adults · ±2.3% A new CBS News/YouGov poll finds Democrats leading Republicans on the generic congressional…...

18+ hour, 31+ min ago   (211+ words) Washington Post: “For the last year and a half, Trump and his administration have disparaged long-standing voting practices, dismantled federal agencies that protect elections, impounded ballots from past elections, amplified conspiracy theories, threatened to prosecute election officials, tried to limit…...

18+ hour, 33+ min ago   (171+ words) New York Times: “The mainstreaming of anger on the left at systemic economic and political conditions has in some ways been a slow train coming, although not apparently one with the kind of force that destroyed the old Republican Party....