Nearly 47.5 million Americans have already voted in the 2024 election with 24.24 million doing so in-person and more than 23.38 million casting ballots through the mail, according to 9 p.m. (EDT) Oct. 28 tabulations by the University of Florida Election Lab. That’s nearly a third of the 158.4 million Americans who voted in the […]

Nearly 70 percent of the more than 154.6 million Americans who voted in the 2020 election did so by “non-traditional means” with 43 percent voting by mail and 26 percent casting ballots in-person prior to Election Day in the 47 states that offer early voting, according to the United State Census Bureau. About 67 percent […]

According to FiveThirtyEight’s Oct. 22 aggregate of opinion polls, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump are in a tight race—49 percent to 51 percent respectively—for the presidency. Although presidential race opinion polls have always been close, until recently, Harris has consistently held slight advantages of around 2 percent since she […]

When Nevada’s early voting period kicks off on Oct. 19, both parties will aggressively seek to secure their base votes, but the biggest prize in the smallest of the nation’s seven battleground states will be getting nonpartisan voters to the polls. At stake in the triple-tier battleground state are Nevada’s six electoral college votes and […]

The House Foreign Affairs Committee will formally initiate contempt-of-Congress proceedings against Secretary of State Antony Blinken for failing to comply with its subpoena to appear for a Sept. 24 oversight hearing on the calamitous August 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal. Committee Chair Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) opened the hearing, titled “An Assessment of the State Department’s Withdrawal […]

The decisions that led to the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal in August 2021 are being investigated by Congress and debated in contentious campaigns, but for one day—or one morning, anyway—Capitol Hill paused to praise and honor 13 young Americans who gave their lives protecting the defenseless. During a Sept. 10 ceremony in the cathedral-somber Capitol rotunda, […]

The Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee has released findings from its three-year probe into the United States’ chaotic August 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, and Democrat committee members have issued their own minority staff memorandum on the investigation. The committee’s report places responsibility for events leading up to the Aug. 26, 2021, Abbey Gate bombing—which left […]

Former President Donald Trump laid wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to mark the third anniversary of the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan. Thirteen U.S. service members—11 Marines, one Navy corpsman, and one soldier—were among more than 170 people killed in a terrorist bombing at Abbey Gate […]

The primary slates in Florida, Alaska, and Wyoming don’t offer many competitive contests on Aug. 20, but they do feature some drama—notably in the Sunshine State, where House Freedom Caucus firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) bid for a fifth term is being challenged by a moderate backed by former Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). While […]

Americans are projected to travel in record numbers, spend more than ever, and endure searing temperatures and violent thunderstorms in many areas when they commemorate the nation’s 248th Independence Day on Thursday. Heat and storms aside, they will, nevertheless, celebrate. From Boston’s Harborfest to San Diego’s Big Bay Boom, from Seattle’s Seafair to Miami’s Celebration […]

The Biden administration, on June 28, submitted a $4 billion emergency funding request to Congress, which includes $3.1 billion for a federal highway disaster relief program to fully pay for rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and more than $725 million to boost federal disaster responses to the 2023 Maui wildfire and tornado recoveries in […]

Nurse practitioner and Air Force National Guard officer Sheri Biggs has edged evangelical minister and televangelist Mark Burns in their June 25 runoff election in South Carolina’s Congressional District 3 (CD 3). Ms. Biggs had garnered 51.1 percent of the tally, 27,649 votes, to Mr. Burns’ 48.9 percent, 26,474 votes when the race was called […]

The 303-mile, $7.85 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline has received final federal approval and is set to begin piping 2 billion cubic feet of fracked shale natural gas a day from West Virginia into Virginia this summer. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Energy Projects Director Terry Turpin officially ended a decade of regulatory and legal […]

Voters made their voices heard in primaries and other important contests in Ohio, North Dakota, Nevada, South Carolina, and Maine. Not all of the many June 11 races warrant close scrutiny. However, a relatively narrow GOP victory in the Ohio district that includes East Palestine and a close contest between a Trump-backed incumbent and a […]

Days after clinching an endorsement from former President Donald Trump, U.S. Army Afghanistan War veteran Sam Brown has won Nevada’s June 11 Republican U.S. Senate primary and will meet incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) in November’s general election. “Thank you, Nevada!” Mr. Brown said on X moments after he was declared the winner. “Next stop: […]

Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.) won North Dakota’s GOP gubernatorial primary, setting the stage for a strong performance in the heavily Republican state’s November general election. He defeated Lt. Gov. Tammy Miller in the June 11 contest. Mr. Armstrong’s running mate for lieutenant governor was Josh Teigen, commissioner of the state’s Department of Commerce. Ms. Miller’s […]

June 4 saw a series of closely watched primaries in New Jersey, Iowa, and Montana. The results signaled everything from the power of Democrats’ “uncommitted” protest vote against President Joe Biden to the strength of a conservative Republican challenger in one of Iowa’s competitive congressional districts. In the Mountain West, a young ex-Navy Seal Republican […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—Three states hold primary elections on June 4 in a pair of Senate contests and a handful of House races that could impact the balance of power in the next Congress. Voters in New Jersey and Montana will nominate candidates for the U.S. Senate, where the Democratic Party will attempt to preserve its […]

There are two recovery efforts in Baltimore Harbor: the urgent one below the destroyed Francis Scott Key Bridge and the methodical “pay-and-chase” one unfolding in Congress and, eventually, in courtrooms around the world. Although progress is being made in clearing 50,000 tons of bridge debris from a massive containership pinned 30 feet deep into riverbed […]

On May 14, three states—Maryland, Nebraska, and West Virginia—held primary contests for Democrats and Republicans. On the presidential level, the contest was largely uneventful, despite some warning signs for both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. In other races down-ballot, the results were largely predictable, with a few unexpected shake-ups. Here are the […]