On Tuesday, as Americans across the country headed to the polls, a few dozen members of the MAGA faithful flocked to the road ...

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D onald Trump’s decisive victory may proclaim an unpredictable new era for American government and society, but it also ...

In signaling their commitment to an extreme and debatable idea of trans rights, Democrats hemorrhaged other constituencies.

In 2016, when Hillary Clinton’s loss sent thousands of women into the streets of Washington, D.C., with their signs and their ...

It was a fittingly weird start to a weird night in North Carolina politics. The Old North State delivered a series of results ...

Americans have been jaded about their leaders for decades.

The booming right-wing influencer ecosystem helped reelect Donald Trump—and the other side may not have an answer.

Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...

Is it possible to resensitize an electorate to scandal and cruelty?

Voters seemed willing to back both state referenda enshrining reproductive rights and the candidate whose Supreme Court ...

When it comes to foodborne illnesses, onions have long been considered especially safe. Not anymore.