New data shows the GOP’s money advantage has narrowed because it relies too heavily on super PACs, which pay more for broadcast ads.
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Six Overlooked Reasons California’s Community NEWS Act Is ‘A Big Deal’
The new law offers newsrooms tax credits for retaining and hiring journalists. Its backers hope it can do much more.
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Big, Ugly Changes to SNAP Are Hitting County Budgets
For many local governments, administering federal food benefits is increasingly becoming an unfunded mandate.
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Taming the AI Monster
Here’s some of the collective action we need to make artificial intelligence work for everyone’s benefit.
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Why Democrats Should Be Most Worried About Troy Jackson (And It’s Not the Consultants)
Maine’s Democratic Senate nominee has a weakness in today’s throw-the-bums-out environment—a long record in state government.
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The Red Undertow in the Midterms
Charlie Cook on how the toxicity of Trump may pull his party down.
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Why Won’t the Clean Energy Industry Play Dirty?
Since sweeping to power in 2025, Republicans have waged an all-out war on clean energy. Congress gutted major clean energy and electric vehicle subsidies enacted under Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, killed state-level rules to spur electric vehicle adoption, and blocked legislation to ease permitting for wind power projects. The Trump administration has gone further, […]
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This Is the Biggest Reason Why a Blue Wave Is Probably Coming
Nothing makes voters angrier at the party in power than having less money in their pockets, and real disposable income is down.
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If You Don’t Like Polls, Follow the Money
Campaign spending data from party-affiliated committees show that Democrats are playing offense in some surprising places.
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Never Forgetting 9/11 Means Learning Lessons
In the 48 hours before the devastating terrorist attacks, the Bush administration was insisting we spend enough on counterterrorism and not enough on national missile defense.
