3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1390+ words) This story was originally reported by Chabeli Carrazana of The 19th. Meet Chabeli and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Congressional candidate JoAnna Mendoza can quickly rattle off prices from the grocery store in the small town…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (1488+ words) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have violated federal ethics law in significant ways when filing recent disclosures of his assets and liabilities, creating confusion about his net worth and holdings, a review by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (545+ words) Top U.S. Postal Service officials tasked with issuing new regulations on mail voting expressed concerns in internal meetings about how the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (710+ words) A U.S. Postal Service whistleblower is warning that the agency’s efforts to develop systems to restrict mail ballot delivery for the November election have been rushed through testing, are unreliable, and could prevent millions of Americans from receiving mail ballots this…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1016+ words) Salon.com Texas and Georgia races show voters are finally sick of MAGA corruption Jon Ossoff and James Talarico are polling well with a clean government message It’s easy to see why Ken Paxton thought he could waltz right into…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1176+ words) Voters approved Amendment 3 anyway, overturning the near-total abortion ban enacted by Missouri’s GOP-dominated legislature that had taken effect after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in 2022. This month, that disconnect became an electoral humiliation for Republican leaders....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (300+ words) Salon.com Supreme Court gives Trump green light to restrict mail-in voting It's not yet clear how this will affect the midterms On Monday, the Supreme Court approved the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to enact a nationwide crackdown on mail-in…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago   (1064+ words) This article originally appeared on The Texas Tribune. WASHINGTON — With under nine weeks to go until early voting begins in Texas’ U.S. Senate race, both Ken Paxton and James Talarico have been campaigning around the state, meeting voters everywhere…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (708+ words) It was a punch delivered in Atlanta on Sunday and felt all the way in Washington, smooth and fluid, like one of Sugar Ray Robinson’s left hooks or Muhammad Ali’s left jabs. With one word — actually, one name: Natalie — Sen....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (678+ words) Tensions between state election officials and the Trump administration are rising as we head into the heart of the midterm election season. Frustrations boiled over on Monday during a rare election security call hosted by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security…...