I did this Q&A with Mike Albertus on the ongoing battle over mid-decade re-redistricting. Here are some excerpts: Texas is trying to redraw its congressional district plan, in the middle of the decade ...

Illinois, a Democratic state, was supposed to be a haven, but Texas Democrats have been unable to escape escalating legal and political threats that have gone further and come faster than many of them ...

Politico: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into a political organization led by former presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke for helping Texas Democrats block newly proposed ...

Politico: Redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms is at the center of the political universe this week, and Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Indiana on Thursday is a big signal the White House ...

MAGA Inc., the main super PAC supporting President Trump, raised $198.9 million between the election and the end of June. The fundraising spree is unprecedented just months into a president’s term, ...

As President Donald Trump looks to increase the Republican majority in Congress, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun confirmed on Tuesday that Vice President JD Vance will come to Indianapolis — likely to make a ...

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Great conversation with Jane Coaston. You can listen here. We discussed my recent Slate piece, The Just Signaled Something Deeply Disturbing About the Next Term.

I joined Archon Fung and Stephen Richer on the Harvard Kennedy School’s “Terms of Engagement” podcast to talk about the brewing battle over mid-decade re-redistricting. Texas GOP lawmakers recently ...

On first blush, the fund-raising solicitation sure looked like it was coming from US Senator Adam Schiff, the California Democrat well known for tangling with Donald Trump. “Hi — this is Adam Schiff,” ...

NPR: Contrary to decades of precedent, Republican state officials in at least 15 states contend that private individuals and groups do not have the right to sue to enforce Section 2 because they are ...

Politico: A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a California law restricting AI-generated, deepfake content during elections — among the strictest such measures in the country — notching a win for ...