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Sheets of official election ballots moving through a commercial printing press.

Politics Every Party Has Its Bad Actors. Check the Candidate Before You Vote A national count found statehouse harassment accusations split almost evenly between Republicans and Democrats. Here are five ways to check… 21 Oct 2026

A U.S. Army soldier views the IRS website on a desktop computer during tax season.

Politics Proposition 40 Sent Me Back to the Flat-Tax Question I still believe one rate can be fair. The harder work is deciding what counts as income and how one… 20 Oct 2026

Rep. Ilhan Omar smiling in a patterned navy and red head scarf and dark jacket in front of an American flag

Politics Omar Search: Her Age in 2000 and the Time Limit on a Case Agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's home on Oct. 12. Reports say the question is whether she was 17 or 18… 15 Oct 2026

The limestone Ohio Statehouse in Columbus beneath a blue sky, with its columned west front facing the lawn.

Politics Only One of Five Ohio Governor Campaigns Answered Our Question Our one-sentence question asked each campaign to name a first bill and the Ohio household cost it is meant to… 11 Oct 2026

Entrance of the Government Accountability Office Building in Washington, with its name carved above granite columns and security bollards

Politics Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads and past presidential PSAs, side by side Three government-paid ads starring President Trump began airing last week. The White House says earlier presidents ran the same kind… 30 Sep 2026

Workers install a blue tarp on a Florida Keys roof damaged by Hurricane Irma

Politics Amendment 3 would cut your Florida property tax. Nothing in it limits your water bill or your insurance premium. Florida's DOGE combed city budgets to build the case for Amendment 3. Nothing in the amendment limits what your city… 28 Sep 2026

Rows of observers at desks with laptops and country name cards face a panel of eight ODIHR staff under a screen reading Limited Election Observation Mission, General Elections, USA, 5 November 2024

Politics For the first time in 12 U.S. federal elections, no invitation for OSCE observers The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has observed every U.S. federal election since 2002. This year Washington has… 26 Sep 2026

Seven foreign ministers stand in a row in front of national flags in Vienna after announcing the Iran nuclear deal

Politics What the Iran nuclear deal capped, and why Iran’s uranium can’t be verified now Inspectors reported Iran within the 2015 limits until 2019. The deal never covered missiles or armed groups, and since the… 25 Sep 2026

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order beside Education Secretary Linda McMahon in the East Room, with schoolchildren at desks and state flags behind them

Politics The Education Department does not run your kid’s school Federal money has usually covered less than a tenth of public school revenue. Since March 2025, other agencies have taken… 24 Sep 2026

Map of Greenland marking Pituffik Space Base on the northwest coast as the one operating U.S. base, with Kangerlussuaq on the west coast and Narsarsuaq in the south marked as sites the Pentagon has sought access to, and Nuuk marked as the capital.

Politics Three governments announced a Greenland deal. Only one calls it control. President Trump says the agreement hands the United States permanent control over security in Greenland, forever and at no cost.… 20 Sep 2026