President Donald Trump admitted Democrats will likely win the North Carolina Senate seat, signaling a Republican retreat that proves populist rallies cannot overcome poor candidate viability.
By Dana Whitfield ·
By calling Vladimir Putin a humanitarian to secure a prisoner's release, Steve Witkoff traded American credibility for a tactical win that rewards Russian aggression.
By Tom Beckwith ·
After Troy Jackson snapped at Susan Collins during their debate, the race became a choice between institutional delivery and populist anger, making Collins the necessary choice for Maine.
By Dana Whitfield ·
Donald Trump spent millions in public funds on "educational" ads that are actually campaign propaganda, a theft of public resources that treats the treasury like a personal piggy bank.
By Maya Ellison ·
A narrow vote in the Senate preserves executive war powers over Iran while rising economic costs and midterm anxiety fracture party discipline.
By Tom Beckwith ·
I’ve spent my life around men who knew the difference between being exhausted and being finished.
By Grant Colby ·
The border is never just a line on a map; it’s where people live, where families are built and broken by policy.
By Alma Cordero ·
The American system, I suppose, has become so accustomed to being bent that its outright breaking is now treated as merely another administrative hurdle.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
The American political system has always been built on ledgers—the ledger of tax filings, the ledger of water usage, the ledger of who pays for whose data center.
By Imani Sutton ·
The whole spectacle surrounding Todd Blanche’s nomination is a textbook case study in institutional weakness.
By Grant Colby ·
The American system of law, which is supposed to be the load-bearing wall of this republic, has been reduced to a negotiating chip—a commodity exchanged for cash.
By Emilio Quesada ·
The American system, at its heart, is built on a ledger—a set of rules and principles that dictate how power should be exercised.
By Grant Colby ·
The fundamental problem with Washington is that competence has become optional, replaced by performance art.
By Dana Whitfield ·
When you’re out in the fields or standing behind the counter at the feed store, you learn quickly that nothing comes free. Every bushel has its cost—the seed, the diesel, the labor.
By Ruth Behrens ·
You learn early in this border region that everything—the harvest, the wage floor, the right to simply exist—is predicated on trust.
By Alma Cordero ·
The current political theater—a sprawling series of primary elections across 34 Senate seats—is less an election cycle and more a performance designed to obscure a fundamental…
By Emilio Quesada ·