California Voters Could Decide Whether Republicans Keep the House

With the GOP’s eight-seat majority at stake, Golden State voters will decide 52 congressional races, 40 of which are currently held by Democrats. Though seen by many as a deep blue state sporting a Democrat trifecta—with the governor’s office and both legislative chambers controlled by the party with supermajority margins—California has millions of Republicans and

Kamala Harris Plagiarized Pages of Congressional Testimony From a Republican Colleague. Plus, a Fictionalized Story About Human Trafficking.

On April 24, 2007, Kamala Harris testified before Congress in support of the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2007. The bill, which was introduced that year but never passed the upper chamber, would have created a student loan repayment program for state and local prosecutors, and Harris, then the district attorney

Pennsylvania Could Determine Control of the Senate as Bob Casey, Dave McCormick Face Off

The presidential race could determine if Casey or McCormick wins. Pennsylvania could not only determine on Nov. 5 which party wins the White House, but also which party wins the Senate. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) is running for a fourth term but will have to beat the Republican nominee, millionaire businessman and military veteran Dave

Early Voting Begins in Wisconsin With 17 Million Ballots Already Cast Nationwide

It’s the fifth swing state where early voting has started. Voters in Wisconsin headed to the polls on Tuesday for the first day of early in-person voting as 17 million voters nationwide have already cast ballots in the contentious election. The onset of in-person absentee voting has drawn campaigns to the state. Former President Barack

Battleground Wisconsin Starts Early Voting

It’s the fifth swing state where early voting has started. Wisconsin is the latest swing state to start a form of in-person early voting—specifically, in-person absentee voting. “Starting on Tuesday, Oct. 22—two weeks before Election Day—municipal clerks can begin to issue in-person absentee ballots at the clerk’s office or another designated location,” the Wisconsin Elections

Angela Alsobrooks Says Public Education Is ‘Personal’ to Her. She Sent Her Kid to a $37,000-Per-Year Private School.

Alsobrooks’s daughter attended elite D.C. private school as public schools in her jurisdiction woefully underperformed standards Angela Alsobrooks (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Prince George’s County executive Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic nominee for Maryland’s open Senate seat, says public education “is personal” to her. But as public schools in Alsobrooks’s jurisdiction woefully underperformed state standards, Alsobrooks chose