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Troubling discovery on state voter rolls sparks action days before midterms: ‘Should have been fixed’

A conservative legal group's complaint alleges 3,181 potentially dead voters and 693 duplicate registrations remain on Maine's voter rolls.

It took four years, but Karen Bass finally shows flashes of common sense

After a rough four years as mayor, Karen Bass showed flashes of common sense...

Dems’ dire warnings about threats to democracy face an uncomfortable reckoning after Alaska election report

Democratic Party lawmakers who endorsed Mary Peltola stayed silent when asked to denounce the alleged voter confusion scheme in Alaska's Senate race.

Federal judge blocks Trump DOJ threats against election workers ahead of 2026 midterms

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from threatening election workers with prosecution over ballots tied to suspected noncitizens.

Hochul helped pile $37K of debt on every New Yorker — and the bill’s coming due

New York's leaders have been spending money on a credit card that nobody ever...

Fed holds interest rates steady before Election Day, though December hike possible

The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, deciding against a hike days before midterm elections that pivot on inflation and affordability concerns.

Katie Zacharia blames media, D.C. politics for her ouster as White House press secretary

President Trump's short-lived former press secretary, Katie Zacharia, says the media and D.C. politics are to blame for her being ousted from the role.

Dem AG’s ‘too many golf courses’ remark goes viral as critics tee off

Arizona Senate president Warren Petersen slammed Kris Mayes after she said the state has "too many golf courses" during a water conservation debate.

Dueling rallies thrust deep-red Lone Star town into the center of the political universe

Dueling rallies in Lubbock put the Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico on full display as Trump joined the Republican side.

‘Radical Left Lunatic’ judge Trump wanted impeached takes up Ilhan Omar warrant fight

Judge James Boasberg, a frequent Trump legal foe, now oversees the fight to unseal the FBI search warrant used in the raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar's home.

Mary Peltola’s campaign, Dems backed covert scheme to field spoiler candidates in Alaska Senate race: report

Mary Peltola's campaign allegedly ran a covert "ballot composition project" to recruit namesake candidates and split the vote against Dan Sullivan.

Peltola campaign’s alleged Dan Sullivan spoiler plot takes new turn as DOJ faces major legal hurdle

The Department of Justice's Alaska Senate race lawsuit faces hurdles as legal scholars debate whether anonymous ballot analysis can prove confusion.

A List of Things Democrats Might Do If They Retake Power

This agenda should terrify conservatives.

In Alaska, the World’s Least Surprising Scoop

Kudos to Kellen Browning and the Times for not letting Elisa Rios kill the story after they’d confirmed it.

Mao and Mbappé

Add Beijing’s touchiness to the list of reasons why western companies should, if possible, not do business in China.

Peltola allies recruited spoiler candidates in Alaska Senate race: Report

Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola's allies worked with operatives trying to recruit spoiler candidates into Alaska's Senate race to siphon votes from Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, according to a report.

Lawsuit seeks to block ICE from hiding locations of detainees with final removal orders

Groups that provide legal services to immigrants filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop the Trump administration's new policy of hiding the locations of tens of thousands of detainees with final deportation orders.

Georgia’s Keisha Lance Bottoms navigates the challenges of Black women battling political barriers

Keisha Lance Bottoms talks a lot about the policies she would pursue as Georgia governor. The Democratic nominee is less likely to talk about the history she would make by winning the job.

Trump, Vance and Obama are making closing stretch appeals to midterm voters in pivotal states

President Donald Trump's campaign to keep Republicans in control of Congress in the Nov. 3 midterms is returning to Ohio for the third time in a month on Wednesday, while former President Barack Obama is set to rally Democrats in Georgia.

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