US Election & Culture Brief

The Washington Education Association has spent over $5 million this year, including $3.2 million in the past six weeks, to defend the state's new...

The plan prioritizes protecting voter rights by ensuring all eligible voters can participate in early voting, mail-in voting, and Election Day voting free from discrimination.

Rep. Andy Harris blamed Democrats for high gas prices during a debate, prompting audience laughter that he called rude. Afterward he falsely accused a...

66% of Americans support ranked-choice voting in congressional elections, including 70% of Democrats and 64% of Republicans.

• Majorities back the...

National polling and Iowa voter outreach reveal widespread frustration with Trump that could hurt Republicans in November.

• Cost of living tops...

A federal judge extended the block on Trump administration commercials using $20 million in taxpayer dollars for campaign-style messaging, ruling they...

Democratic gains in state races could reshape both immediate governance and 2028 election safeguards.

• Flipping governorships in Iowa, Georgia,...

Trump shared footage of mentally ill Briton William Chapman’s fatal tiger mauling on Truth Social, offering only the quip “don’t mess with nature!”....

FC Barcelona is weaving music and streetwear into its public image through a Spotify collaboration featuring Tyler, the Creator and GOLF WANG. The...

The U.S. voting story has always mixed expansion and exclusion, from state-controlled qualifications at founding to later amendments and the 1965...

A federal judge halted the Trump administration’s plan to relocate 2,600 USDA employees and consolidate offices, ruling that the department improperly...

Federal probes into Rep. Ilhan Omar's childhood immigration paperwork include home raids and family subpoenas, yet experts stress denaturalization...

Trump and Republicans claim he delivered the biggest drop in drug prices in 63 years through company deals and TrumpRx, yet the 3.1% decline lacks...

Over 3.76 million early votes cast nationally in the 2026 midterms so far, with mail-in ballots making up 3.1 million and in-person at 689K. More than 51.7 million mail-in ballots requested or sent, leaving 21 days until Election Day.

The White House has formally asked Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign after she allegedly sought $100,000 from a Trump donor for presidential...

The FCC's Oct. 29 proposal would bar Chinese labs—currently handling 83% of U.S. device certifications—from testing electronics for the American...

Arizona voters face a stark choice in the secretary of state race that will shape administration of the 2028 presidential contest in this swing...

Boulder City residents successfully blocked a private-land data center only for developers to secure adjacent federal land with BLM approval, leaving...

• Republican election officials in Ohio, Iowa, and 14 other states complied with federal requests for sensitive voter data.
• Democratic secretaries...

• International enrollment: A survey found 80% fewer students would likely stay under the fee, dropping to just 15% among STEM students.
• University...