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That could be bad news for the health of the political system since distrust in American election integrity is higher than at any other point since researchers began measuring it. That is largely ...

November 1, 2024 • On their final Friday roundtable before election day, Marisa, Scott and Guy share their top under-the-radar races they're following and discuss the biggest burning questions ...

The 2024 presidential election cycle came to a close in the early morning hours on Wednesday, capping off a wild campaign cycle with President-elect Trump projected to win the presidency and go ...

He endorsed Trump, she endorsed Harris — noteworthy because, in 2024, our brains are so broken that we can’t conceive of admiring or befriending someone with opposing politics. “In a truly ...

Donald Trump has pulled off an astounding political comeback and regained the White House as he's declared the winner of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. He becomes the first president in ...

Tamara Keith and Jasmine Wright on the closing messages from Harris and Trump NPR’s Tamara Keith and Jasmine Wright of NOTUS join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including ...

If you just ignore the political news and Wall Street, Elon Musk had an incredible week. His company SpaceX pulled off an engineering marvel on Sunday when it launched the largest, most powerful r ...

Mary Ellen Klas, a politics and policy columnist at Bloomberg, discusses the potential future of women’s rights during the second Trump term. ABC News contributor Mike Muse breaks down the ...

Washington CNN — American voters are divided in many ways – by gender, by race, by region – and any of these can be used to explain the current state of politics. More women support ...

More than one-quarter of college applicants have ruled out a school solely because of the political climate in its state, a new survey finds. And those concerns span the political spectrum.

Maryland’s competitive race between Republican Larry Hogan and Democratic Angela Alsobrooks has cost at least six times more than the state’s last contest for an open seat. The settlement ...