With the wind at their backs, Democrats are aggressively expanding the battlefield not just to take the House but to grab a substantial majority in the midterms. Emily Cochrane &
Reid Epstein look at the reaches that could move into their grasp. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...
“We live in a republic!" For years now, Red State politicians have been foiled by citizens' referendums on abortion, minimum wage & Medicaid expansion. Now the legislators are striking back with ways to stop voter initiatives. Kate Zernike looks at how. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/u...
Young Latino men were a key part of the Trump coalition in 2024, but places like Lexington, Neb., have been hit hard by the economy. Dan Osborn is testing how secure that coalition is now. Sabrina Tavernise finds a new political awareness in the Heartland. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/u...
In a party once run by octogenarians, the push for generational change spans the country, from Denver to Maine. Nowhere is the Democrats' fight quite so personal as Memphis, where Steve Cohen is being challenged by a former intern, Justin Pearson. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/u...
Took awhile but AP has called the West Tampa state senate seat for a Democratic electrician and union leader, meaning Democrats won 2 of 3 specials last Tuesday, all in Republican territory. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/u...
For years, CPAC has been strictly a pro-Trump, America First gathering, with anti-interventionism the creed. This week, as President Trump pursues war in Iran, organizers tried to make a shift, with mixed results. @richardfausset.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...
The showdown btwn Graham Platner & @janetmillsforme.bsky.social is part of a larger generational fight for Democrats. The irony in Maine, the state with the oldest population in the country, may be that many older voters are drawn to the party’s youth movement, too. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...
Alaska, a petrostate on the edge of failure, is entering a political season with a wide-open governor's race and 1 of the most closely watched Senate races between Dan Sullivan and MaryPeltola. The outcomes will determine the state's future. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u...
Whelp, the Democrats just grabbed a special election to represent the Palm Beach district that includes Trump's Mar-a-Lago. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...
Republicans and Democrats are arguing over the potential impact of requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. They could just look at Kansas where a similar law saw 31,000 eligible voters, about 12% of all those who had tried to register, kept from the rolls. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...
I assume you mean "plutocrat."
Although unlikely, a similar dynamic is possible in the Illinois’ Ninth District. Ads attacking Mr. Biss as a hypocritical politician who cut Medicaid could drive voters not to AIPAC's candidate, Ms. Fine, but to Ms. Abughazaleh, a fierce critic of Israel and another front-runner in the race.
In New Jersey, AIPAC poured funds into ads attacking Tom Malinowski, who supported Israel but said U.S. aid should not be unconditional. Instead of helping a more pro-Israel opponent, the attacks turned voters from Malinowski to a pro-Palestinian progressive, Analilia Mejia, who won the race.
While AIPAC has rarely been involved in a race with dueling Jewish candidates, this one, with Ms. Fine and Mr. Biss, is an exception. And the differences between them, on AIPAC and on Israel, mirror some of the divisions tearing through the wider Jewish community. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...
In 2019, the State of New Mexico launched an investigation of Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch, then the Trump 1 Justice Department demanded the state stop and turn it over to the feds. The probe then fizzled. Awesome reporting from
Reis Thebault.
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Meanwhile at the Labor Department: "On Jan. 24, Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department filed a report about forced sexual contact in December at the Labor Department, according to their report, which was viewed by The New York Times." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/b...
For Amy Acton, service in for the DeWine administration could be a perfect bipartisan calling card for her run for governor. But that service, as Covid czar, brings up a lot of intense emotions. Can she get past what Kate Zernike called "long political Covid"? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...
Far from the glare of big city media and the whistles of protesters, Trump's immigration agents are active in small towns and exurbs, and the impact can be even more dramatic where resources are already stretched and folks aren't prepared for the chaos. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
“There is no compromise. There are lawless, masked, armed men." Pooja Salhotra on why the coming DHS shutdown could be very long. After Minneapolis, Dem voters don't want to give Kristi Noem another penny, even if ICE is funded. The GOP base is just as dug in. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
He raised alarms among colleagues at Labor for social media posts that echoed white supremacists and neo-Nazis. So now he will handle social media for Homeland Security. A great scoop by Evan Gorelick on the 21-yr-old behind all those weird memes on gvt accounts. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
“He’s my first born,” Susan Pretti said. “He’s the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day.” Alex Pretti's parents talk to the
@nytimes.com Jack Healy.
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A beautiful story by Anna Griffin and Loren Elliott on an ICE raid in tiny, deep red Wilder, Idaho, and how it shattered the town's idyllic view of itself. Trump's campaign of mass deportation is everywhere, not just in the headline-grabbing urban centers. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Good news for @aipac1.bsky.social? More ballots have been counted in New Jersey and the candidate AIPAC dumped money against, @tommalinowski.bsky.social, is now down slightly fewer votes, 485, to the candidate who is really critical of Israel that AIPAC boosted, @analilia-mejia.bsky.social. Congrats
“I cry every day,” Judeson said in a shelter 2 days after his release, clutching head in hands and gazed at the ground. “It’s a really bad situation right now.” ICE sweeps people off the streets of Minneapolis, flies them to El Paso, then they're on their own. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
From the former Washington Post executive editor, Marty Baron:
Comet was robbed.
Folks, as David Goodman foretold in the @nytimes.com, Republicans were worried that even a narrow GOP win in this State Senate runoff in Tarrant County, TX, would be ominous for them. With half the votes counted Democrat Taylor Rehmet
leads by 13 points. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
"Everybody’s afraid," said Oklahoma City's Republican mayor, David Holt. "Let’s get back to an era of immigration enforcement that is manageable, legal and acceptable to a majority of Americans." Clyde McGrady talks to the mayors. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Tricia McLaughlin conceded it would be “morally repugnant” for DHS to be promoting a white supremacist anthem, but “I’m telling you it’s not there." Less than 40 minutes after being shown it was, the Instagram post — including audio — disappeared from social media. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
