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For the architects of the novel billionaire tax on the ballot in California this week, the strategy was supposed to be relatively straightforward.First, harness widespread frustration…

In Kansas, Senator Roger Marshall, a vulnerable Republican, baselessly said his Democratic opponent “probably is grooming” children.In Texas, Republicans have cast James Talarico, the Democratic Senate…

Stacking a ballot is when a little-known candidate runs for election to divert votes from a more prominent opponent. It is widely considered a legal, if…

The downtown streets of Mason, Mich., yield to vast stretches of open fields, where developers want to build a $1 billion data center a few miles…

They are both from storied New Hampshire families (one best known for governing, the other for its famous Manchester restaurant). They are both veterans of Washington.…

When I was Politics editor of The Times in 2018, polls indicated that Democrats were likely to ride a wave of anti-Trump energy to win big…

For the second time in just over a week, Ken Paxton and James Talarico were on opposite sides of the same city at dueling rallies Tuesday…

Troy Jackson, a logger from northern Maine, quickly assembled the support he needed to secure his state’s Democratic Senate nomination after scandal derailed the campaign of…

The equalities watchdog has updated its guidance on how to implement the supreme court ruling on gender after the government requested changes to the original proposals…

Updated March 23, 2026, 5:14 a.m. ETAn Air Canada Express regional jet collided with a Port Authority fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing the plane’s…