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Election 2026

Greg Abbot on the left, Gina Hinojosa on the right | Elvis Martinez-Cartagena/TNS/Newscom/Scott Coleman/ZUMAPRESS

Election 2026

Hinojosa Hates the Culture War

Plus: Decline in gubernatorial debates, thin-skinned commies, and more...

Liz Wolfe | 9.25.2026 9:30 AM

ICE agents | Benjamin Hanson/Middle East Images/StringersHub/Sipa USA/Newscom.

Department of Homeland Security

Homeland Security Agents Are Harassing American Voters of Foreign Origin

A campaign against noncitizen voter fraud is sweeping up U.S. citizens. California counties are suing to stop it.

Matthew Petti | 9.24.2026 3:13 PM

Matt Gaetz in the middle of the screen with a cluster of people holding a pride flag on the right and the aftermath of a bomb on the left | Gage Skidmore/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom/Iakov Filimonov/Mowj/MEI/SIPA

Donald Trump

'Bro We Need Your Vote': Matt Gaetz and a Desperate GOP Wrestle With Trump's Unpopularity

The disgraced former congressman is imploring voters not to abandon Republicans over gas prices and war with Iran.

Nick Gillespie | 9.23.2026 2:30 PM

Gas prices | Yap Kee Chan/Tacettin Ulas/Dreamstime/Fatima Ruiz

Oil prices

No, Banning Diesel Exports Won't Lower Gas Prices

It would actually make a bad situation worse in the long run.

Eric Boehm | 9.22.2026 1:45 PM

Donald Trump walking on a fiery background featuring the Argentine flag's 'Sol de Mayo'. | Fatima Ruiz/Midjourney

Donald Trump

Trump Takes Page From Leftist Playbook With $5,000 Dividend Proposal

The Trump administration is willing to use public money for campaigning and gamble the country’s fiscal future, just like the leftists in Argentina who ran against Milei.

Agustina Vergara Cid | 9.21.2026 1:35 PM

President Donald Trump on the left, Ashley Hinson (centered) | Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom/Sean Pavone/Dreamstime/Sipa USA

MAGA

MAGA Loyalty in Iowa

Plus: Warsh's relationship with Trump; Democrats' midterm prospects; pregnancy is apparently a spectrum; and more...

Liz Wolfe | 9.18.2026 9:30 AM

President Donald Trump in a white USA cap | IMAGO/Dan Clohessy/IMAGO/Inpho Photography/Newscom

Donald Trump

Trump's $5,000 'Dividends' Are a Brazen Vote-Buying Scheme

Tariffs won’t begin to fund the effort to purchase voters’ good will.

J.D. Tuccille | 9.16.2026 7:00 AM

President Donald Trump looms over a portrait of the Supreme Court | CNP/AdMedia/Newscom/Fatima Ruiz/Midjourney

Supreme Court

Trump Again Condemns His Supreme Court Nominees As Too Cowardly To Agree With Him

The president's latest tirade against recalcitrant justices reflects his open contempt for judicial review.

Jacob Sullum | 9.15.2026 4:55 PM

Vote by Mail | NA

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Refuses to Block Lower-Court Ruling Against Trump's Mail-in Ballot Executive Order

The decision was 7-2.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.14.2026 11:41 PM

Missouri Statehouse | Wayne Mckown/Dreamstime

Gerrymandering

Supreme Court Blocks Missouri's Messy, Trump-Backed Gerrymandering Fight

The decision ends a yearlong legal war spanning multiple lawsuits, contradictory state and federal court orders, and repeated appeals to the Supreme Court.

Ryan Curtis | 9.11.2026 5:00 PM

Trump speaks at the GOP midterm convention; a protester is seen with a Mexican flag; balloons fall at the American Airlines Center | Billy Binion

Election 2026

I Tried To Find Out What Republicans Think of Trump's $5,000 Checks. Then I Got Trapped.

At the GOP midterm convention in Dallas, looking for answers meant an unexpected escort, a Palestine-Mexico protest flag, and a front-row seat to the spectacle.

Billy Binion | 9.11.2026 3:48 PM

Rent control | Photo: Tom Wang/Cammeraydave/Dreamtime. Illustration: Fatima Ruiz.

Housing Policy

In Rhode Island's Dem Primary, DSA Challenger Unseats Providence Mayor Who'd Vetoed Rent Control

Voters in Providence, Rhode Island, signaled that they want binding price controls.

Christian Britschgi | 9.11.2026 12:45 PM

Vote by Mail | NA

Voting

First Circuit Refuses to Stay District Court Injunction Against Trump's Executive Order on Mail-In Voting

The Court rightly ruled the executive branch has no authority to restrict mail-in voting.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.10.2026 5:10 PM

Donald Trump is seen speaking at the RNC midterm convention next to MAGA merchandise | BONNIE CASH/UPI/Newscom/Billy Binion

Politics

The GOP Midterm Convention Is the Campiest Apocalypse I've Ever Seen

Inside the first event of its kind, where the end of the world is coming, but the sequins are fabulous.

Billy Binion | 9.10.2026 4:40 PM

Donald Trump speaks at the RNC midterm convention | Laura Brett/Sipa USA/Newscom

Trump Administration

Some Bribes, as a Treat

Plus: Data center backlash, Anthropic job-loss predictions, and more...

Liz Wolfe | 9.10.2026 9:30 AM

People use booths to vote | Envato/RawPixel/Adani Samat

Elections

The Trump Administration's Long, Fruitless Hunt for Voter Fraud Comes to Rhode Island

The Justice Department’s election integrity tour has turned up nothing, while ignoring the threats to elections that voters actually fear.

Tosin Akintola | 9.9.2026 4:17 PM

Vote by Mail | NA

Elections

Trump's Executive Order on Mail-in Ballots is an Assault on Federalism and Separation of Powers

It seeks to usurp state and congressional power over election administration.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.8.2026 6:06 PM

Dan Sullivan | US Senate

Political Ignorance

Voter Ignorance and the Problem of Confusion Caused by Candidates With Similar Names [Updated]

Voter confusion caused by candidates with similar names - as in the current Alaska Senate race - is part of the much larger problem of political ignorance.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 8.18.2026 6:45 PM

Francesca Hong and a hand with a ballot | LaShawnda Jones/Bizoon/Dreamstime

Election 2026

Pollsters Do Their Autopsy

Plus: Eggs on ice, Chicago's teachers unions, and more...

Liz Wolfe | 8.13.2026 9:30 AM

Francesca Hong | Wikimedia Commons

Wisconsin

Hong's Swan Song

Plus: Rebecca Cooke wins, possible Houthi attack, inflation rises, and more...

Liz Wolfe | 8.12.2026 9:37 AM

Max Miller on left and Brian Poindexter on the right | Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom/poindexterforcongress

Election 2026

Poindexter Ascendant

Plus: A setback for Mamdani's second-home tax, Jones Act waiver extended, Ross Douthat's final column, and more...

Liz Wolfe | 8.11.2026 9:35 AM

Members of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) march with protest signs that say "Tax the Rich" and "Stop the Cuts." | Andrew Schwartz/SIPA/Newscom

Socialism

The Socialist Surge Revives Failed and Hateful Ideas

Socialism, totalitarianism, and bigotry find a receptive audience among the young and disillusioned.

J.D. Tuccille | 8.10.2026 7:00 AM

Francesca Hong | legis.wisconsin.gov

Socialism

Friends Like These

Plus: Groypers on the Hill, HOA lawsuits, and more...

Liz Wolfe | 8.3.2026 9:30 AM

An illustration of the Capitol building, with the left half colored in blue and the right half colored in red | Illustration: Midjourney

Elections

There Are 150 Completely Uncompetitive House Races in This Year's Midterms

That's more than one-third of the House. Those districts include more than 84 million Americans, whose input doesn't matter.

Eric Boehm | 7.28.2026 10:10 AM

Campaigns/Elections

My New Boston Globe Article on Trump's Bogus Election Fraud Claims

It explains why Trump is wrong and how federalism can help counter his efforts to subvert the 2026 midterm elections.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.17.2026 2:07 PM

President Donald Trump | SAUL LOEB/UPI/Newscom

Campaigns/Elections

Election Vulnerability

Plus: measuring decline, tariffing Brazil, and more...

Liz Wolfe | 7.17.2026 9:30 AM

The U.S. Capitol floats in water in front of a Social Security backdrop | llustration: William Perry/Dreamstime/Midjourney

Social Security

A 22% Social Security Cut Is Coming. Will the Senate Act?

Once the trust fund is empty, Social Security can pay out only what it collects. Yet few candidates are talking about this in any serious way.

Veronique de Rugy | 7.16.2026 12:25 PM

Robby Soave and Amber Duke talk about Abdul El Sayed | Illustration: Adani Samat

Socialism

Abdul El-Sayed Exposed After Rejecting Socialism Label

Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss U.S. Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed's socialist beliefs.

Robby Soave and Amber Duke | 7.14.2026 4:45 PM

Graham Platner | Troy R. Bennett/ZUMA Press/Newscom

Democratic Party

Graham Platner Dropped Out, but His Shadow Lingers Over Democrats and U.S. Politics

Democrats passed over the opportunity to be the sane party in favor of bad people and worse ideas.

J.D. Tuccille | 7.10.2026 8:30 AM

Robby and Christian discuss Graham Platner | Illustration: Lex Villena

Democratic Party

Democratic Establishment Rages at Graham Platner

Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi talk about Graham Platners' downfall and all of the internet rumors surrounding the health of Sen. Mitch McConnell.

Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi | 7.8.2026 3:55 PM

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