US midterms
Darline Graham’s inherited Senate seat revives the ‘widow’s mandate’ with a sibling twist
Though Graham’s appointment may seem unusual, political inheritance has never been fully absent from American democracy.
Republicans control Congress, so why is Trump’s SAVE America Act stuck?
Republicans hold both chambers and publicly back the president’s signature bill that would curtail mail-in voting and enforce strict voter ID laws. Here, a public policy and politics scholar explains why it still isn’t law.
Republicans have beef with Texas Rep. James Talarico – why does meat matter in US politics?
Two communication scholars explain how what Americans eat became shorthand for who they are.
For the first time in a decade, the next election could be less secure than the one preceding it
The federal task force that defends US elections has been largely absent this election cycle, and the threat-sharing hub it relied on has been defunded.