Category Politics

Voters cast their ballots at an early voting location ahead of the upcoming general election in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on October 25, 2024.Ellen Ioanes covers breaking and general assignment news as the weekend reporter at Vox. She previously worked…

Nevada’s six electoral votes could play a big role in the outcome of this election.The Today, Explained podcast is taking a deep dive into the major themes of the 2024 election through the lens of seven battleground states. We’ve heard…

A supporter holds up the flag of Puerto Rico as Joe Biden delivers remarks at a drive-in event in Coconut Creek, Florida, on October 29, 2020. Republican officials are panicking after a comedian made racist jokes about Latinos and the…

If you’re dealing with election-related stress, you’re not alone.Feeling jittery and unsettled about the upcoming election? If you’re anything like the 69 percent of American adults who said the 2024 presidential election was a “significant” source of stress in their…

Former Trump lawyer John Eastman.The fight over who will become the next president is unlikely to end on Election Day if Vice President Kamala Harris prevails in the upcoming election. We know this because of former President Donald Trump’s behavior…

SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk speaks at a town hall on October 20, 2024, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Musk awarded an attendee $1 million during the event.It’s not an overstatement to say that Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X…

If lawmakers are serious about lifting people out of poverty, clearing unnecessary obstacles out of the way of existing welfare programs would be a good start.When I began planning this newsletter, I thought through what kind of antipoverty solutions I’d…

Who’s going to win the presidential election? My answer, as a journalist writing about politics who gets asked this a lot, is always, “It’s a coin flip.” That’s certainly what forecasting models based on polling suggest. As I write this,…

Beyoncé at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards on April 1, 2024 in Hollywood, California. Beyoncé wasn’t just on the playlist at Vice President Kamala Harris’s Houston rally on Friday, she was also a special guest. The question is just how…

A mural honoring women in Erie, Pennsylvania.A massive gender gap has been evident in poll after poll of this election — a significant trend that underscores the pivotal role women could play this November. Most recently, a late October Quinnipiac…