Americans are becoming increasingly intolerant with each other over politics, and have special wrath for people who do not stay in identifiable partisan and even geographical lanes. This does not end well, people.
By careening towards populism, the GOP handed over to the Democrats modern, growing, diverse and prosperous suburbs such as Orange County.
Reitman and his co-writers, Matt Bai and Jay Carson, on what their new film reveals about today's politics.
There's no reason to celebrate collective ownership.
A law signed in August will eliminate cash bail entirely in the Golden State, and quite a few jobs in the process.
After years of opposition, Kennedy has finally jumped on the pro-weed legalization bandwagon.
Censoring politicians' racist, sexist, and abhorrent behavior on social media does a big favor to racist, sexist, and abhorrent politicians.
Amicus brief on electoral college discretion
Plus: lawmakers move to allow headscarves on the Hill and private landlords protect from lead better than city Health Department.
The latest trial balloon from the perennial White House Hamlet contains more lead than the paint of a New York public school.
Though not as hotly contested as the U.S. Senate race, Florida's gubernatorial race has a clear winner.
GOP Rep. Bruce Poliquin fails to get a majority vote. Jared Golden joins the House's new Democratic majority.
Baffled by and fearful of each other, the political tribes remain consumed by loathing and dedicated to total victory.
Also, are people putting on disguises so they can vote more than once?
Should the Senate majority leader really be celebrating more reckless spending?
Florida's Senate race is far from over.
Bruce Poliquin is currently ahead. But a new requirement that he get a majority vote could unseat him.
The porn wars haven't died, they're just packaged differently.
Journalists, like other Americans, will have an easier time only when the struggle for control of government stops mattering so much.
The Trump rebranding of the GOP as a working class party coincides with a number of super-rich Democrats winning high-profile elections.
Plus: menthol cigarettes may be banned, Big Tech warms to new regulation, and NYC building raided over illegal Airbnb listings.
In the next two years, Congress will probably do next to nothing. That's a good thing.
Why we should not let fears about inequality stand in the way of technological progress that could potentially make the next generation healthier, happier, and smarter.
North Carolina capped income tax rates at 7 percent, while Florida will now require a supermajority to increase taxes or fees.
No blue wave, no "Trump bump." We're still waiting for politics to catch up with a world of increased individual autonomy.
Barring an early release, Rep. Ron Reynolds will miss the entire 2019 legislative session.
Plus: The FDA will ban flavored e-cigarette sales at most places, and Chris Christie is being floated as Jeff Sessions' replacement.
Donald Trump's candidates didn't do particularly well on Tuesday, but he continues to succeed at making himself the center of attention.
Before the news cycle spins forever into crazy-land, Reason editors pause to assess the deep meanings, and lack thereof, of this week's elections
The Trumpening of the Republican Party continues apace. What will principled conservatives do now that it's clear they have no home in the GOP?
For Democrats-and bookmakers-the 2020 election is already underway.
"He was releasing everybody. Apparently he was saying that's what the voters wanted."
Amendment 9 bundled two seemingly unrelated prohibitions into one ban-happy ballot initiative.
The justice prevailed by a lopsided margin of 71 percent to 29 percent.
But a few of Tuesday's big races indicate he did more harm than good.
Prop 10 is dead, but support for rent control is alive and well in the Golden State.
Taking redistricting power away from lawmakers isn't a foolproof strategy for ending gerrymandering, but it's probably a modest step in the right direction.
If the Space Force goes down before it ever got up on its feet, that's probably for the best.
Two-thirds of the states have now legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use.
Candidates who channeled Trump on immigration got roundly smacked.
Outcoming Gov. Jerry Brown was no gun rights advocate, but if Newsom's voting record is any indication, he's likely to be even worse.
Did voters recognize it as a green pork-barrel scheme?
Meanwhile, Fargo citizens adopt a different way to choose winners of citywide races.
Democrats can't stop her, but they can hold a lot of hearings.
The biggest shock from yesterday's midterms was that everything went more or less as expected.
To the extent that this is even a thing, it's no surprise the Democrats won it, since they won most of the seats that were up yesterday.
He's not the first dead person to win an election.
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