US Politics Tracker

Vermont's Global Warming Solutions Act turned emission goals into binding legal requirements, prompting debate over costs for families and...

California’s proposed tax credits could deliver over $50 million yearly to sustain local newsrooms.

Key lessons for other states:

• Build broad...

China-aligned TA419 impersonated former White House OSTP Principal Deputy Director Lynne Edwards Parker and economist Heidi Crebo-Rediker in July 2026...

• Lawsuit filed: American farmers sued the USDA after it retroactively cut solar program funding, leaving them with tens of thousands in debt for...

Missouri's congressional map has bounced between courts in a rapid timeline of conflicting rulings. State lawmakers passed a new Trump-backed map in...

The Congressional Review Act lets Congress overturn certain federal agency actions. Enacted in 1996 and codified at 5 U.S.C. §§801-808, it gives lawmakers a direct mechanism for reversing rules.

In Georgia's Republican-leaning 3rd District, incumbent Brian Jack stresses border security votes, Trump tax cut extensions, and record constituent...

A 1990 SEI report from the AGGG first established limiting global warming to 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels as the core target for...

Craig Jelks positions his independent Senate run as a direct response to Alabama voters' dissatisfaction with limited partisan options.

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U.S. forces completed their final withdrawal from Iraq more than two decades after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. Iraq marked the day as...

The White House is weighing a diesel export ban to ease record U.S. prices, but the move pits immediate consumer protection against energy-market...

Gov. Phil Scott faces his tightest reelection fight yet, with Amanda Janoo closing in amid strong Democratic turnout and outpacing his September...

Democratic challenger Ace Parsi’s “Neighbors, Not Servers Act” would pause new large data centers for a national study and require local votes before...

The swift removal of a 90-plus-page climate science section from the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence leaves judges without an authoritative...

Boulder is suing Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil to recover costs from wildfires and severe weather, framing it as compensation for fossil fuel...

• In most countries with trend data, the share saying social media harms democracy has risen significantly since 2022 or 2023.
• The US leads with 64%...

The administration defines its Grow the Economy priority as built on tax relief, deregulation, and private-sector investment, citing 39 S&P 500...

A federal judge ruled the U.S. can deport the president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque on foreign-policy grounds invoked by Secretary of State Marco...

• Election strategy: Reps. Salazar and De La Cruz released ads distancing from ICE operations to court centrist voters ahead of midterms.
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Virginia Tech political scientist Cayce Myers discusses how AI shapes stakes in U.S. midterm elections.