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Kamala Harris can only envy JD Vance

Berating Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. Eulogizing Charlie Kirk. Babysitting the Middle East peace accord. Profanely defending the aquatic obliteration of (possible) drug smugglers. He's loud, he's obnoxious...

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Five predictions shaping 2025 key election races

For most of this year, the only evidence that public opinion has turned against Trump was an occasional special election or a judicial race in Wisconsin — approval ratings,...

Mamdani-like nominee tests Seattle’s breaking point on taxes

Anna Edgerton, Tribune News Service Seattle is about to find out how progressive it really is as a surprisingly close mayoral election pits the moderate incumbent against a community...

Early voting opens for New York, New Jersey elections

Polling places opened on Saturday for the start of in-person voting for two of the year’s most closely watched elections: the New York City mayor’s race and the contest...

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Blue-collar voters could affect GOP

In the 2024 election, Donald Trump mapped an escape route for Republicans from the greatest long-term challenge facing the party. Less than a year later, that path looks much...

How the Mamdani win could shape the 2026 midterms

Traditional Democrats are keeping New York City mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani at arm's length out of fear that his hard-left policies will hurt their chances of reclaiming seats in...

Voters lose in redistricting game in the United States

There are two actions that are both anti-democratic and anti-Democratic that Texas Republican state lawmakers and Gov. Greg Abbott are doing in messing around with the lines of the...