Congress Is Obsessed with a Book About the Post-Civil War Era
Jonathan Martin is POLITICO’s senior political columnist and politics bureau chief. He’s covered elections in every corner of ...
POLITICO’s hour-by-hour guide for watching election returns
The nation is again staring down a presidential race that could very well go into overtime. The election in 2020 introduced ...
Inside the House GOP’s struggle to recruit more women
House GOP women still have a numbers problem. Four years after a wave of elected conservative women reshaped the ranks of the House GOP conference, Republican women have watched their gains in the ...
Election officials threaten consequences for counties trying to stop certification
Battleground state election officials say their offices have prepared for a swift certification process — and warn of consequences for any county officials who try to disrupt it. Some states have ...
A Trump Field Director Was Fired for Being a White Nationalist
Amanda Moore is a writer and researcher who focuses on far-right extremism. A white nationalist worked on the Trump campaign ...
States prepare for Electoral College violence: ‘The threat of domestic terrorism is too great’
Even as they enter the final sprint of the presidential election, U.S. officials are preparing for violent challenges to the ...
A wave of private energy spending is coming — but may be too late to help Democrats
Democrats’ climate law launched a huge surge of manufacturing initiatives across critical swing states — but only a fraction ...
Florida’s election could have long-lasting impact on local school boards
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ mission to remake the state’s education system has shifted local school boards, and Florida voters get one ...
Trump’s Gains With Pennsylvania Latinos Are Real. Maybe Enough to Withstand ‘Island of Garbage.’
Jack Herrera is an independent reporter. He’s a former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, where he covered a ...
Early voting only deepens the mystery of who will win this election
More than 78 million people have already cast their ballots across almost every U.S. state and Washington, D.C., In some key ...
Here’s how Donald Trump can win
Donald Trump’s once-unlikely electoral comeback would actually make perfect sense. Voters are deeply dissatisfied with the ...
Here’s Harris’ path to winning
That’s why Kamala Harris could defeat Donald Trump, despite a national mood and an issue set that is helping pave the way for ...