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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

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

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at night, its colonnade lit in color and reflected in the Potomac

Politics The Kennedy Center has a water problem and a half-empty house. Tuesday’s vote treats them as one. In February 2025 President Trump removed most of the Kennedy Center's board and had the rest elect him chairman. Ticket… 16 Sep 2026

The Ohio Statehouse building in Columbus under a blue sky

Politics Most people who lose Medicaid to the new work requirement are already working One side points to a person who cannot work and still needs the card. The other points to someone clocking… 13 Sep 2026

A pile of red, white and blue I Voted stickers.

Politics How to Vote in Person Early in the 2026 Midterms Vote early and in person this year. It leaves time to fix a registration or ID problem before November 3.… 8 Sep 2026

An 1812 political cartoon showing a Massachusetts voting district drawn into the shape of a winged salamander.

Politics They draw the map. You live in the leftover. I think both parties do this, and the word that matters is power. Pull up a chair. I want to… 7 Sep 2026

The west front of the United States Capitol under a blue sky, its white dome and steps seen straight on.

Politics IndyCars on Pennsylvania Avenue: What the Freedom 250 Actually Is, and What It Costs The first IndyCar race through Washington runs Sunday past the Capitol. Underneath the spectacle sit real questions about who pays,… 21 Aug 2026

The deep history behind America’s birthright citizenship battle and why the Supreme Court’s recent ruling didn’t settle the argument for everyone.

Politics Birthright Citizenship Survived Its Supreme Court Test. Both Sides Were Reading the Same History. Birthright citizenship survived the court. The striking part is that both sides were reading the same history. 7 Jul 2026