Skip to main content
KnowGovUnderstand. Power. Act.
← Data Lab

The Library

New

Every story we've collected, grouped by story. Search it, filter it, go deep.

169 articles, grouped into stories

Obama is to appear with El-Sayed in Detroit as the ex-president gets more involved in the midtermsFormer President Barack Obama plans to appear with Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit this month. Obama will attend an Oct. 24 rally. Other Michigan Democrats on the ballot also will be there, including Jocelyn Benson, the nominee for governor. Obama is upping involvement in the midterm election. He taped two dozen ads last week for…
Top crypto group to pour millions into bipartisan slate of House races after key legislation stallsA major cryptocurrency spending group is backing 32 House candidates from both parties ahead of the November midterms. Fairshake will spend $1 million each to support six candidates, including several in competitive races. All 32 backed a major crypto bill that stalled in the Senate this year. Fairshake is emphasizing its bipartisan approach, but its…
Brazil heads to a runoff election after Bolsonaro and Lula fail to garner a majority of votesSen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s veteran President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy. The country’s electoral court in Brasilia said neither the 80-year-old incumbent, seeking his fourth non-consecutive term, nor the 45-year-old son of…
Jeffries says House Democrats reaching to flip Trump districts in attempt to repeat their 2018 sweepHouse Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says his party is on track to win back control of the House. In a call with reporters on Sunday, Jeffries said Democrats can overcome a fundraising disadvantage and reach deep into conservative areas to flip congressional districts President Donald Trump won just two years ago. It's similar to what happened in 2018…
The Latest: Brazil heads to runoff presidential election between Bolsonaro, LulaPolls have closed in Brazil in a pivotal presidential election featuring incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro. Preelection polls suggest both have a chance of an outright victory. A runoff will occur on Oct. 25 if neither secures a majority. Polls closed at 5 p.m. Brasilia time, and nearly 159 million Brazilians were eligible to…
A Black community in Louisiana faces a future without a champion in Congress after redistrictingScotlandville is a predominantly Black community in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, that's facing challenges in its political representation. The area has been moved into a majority white congressional district for the second time. The change follows a U.S. Supreme Court decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act. The local congressman is Democrat Cleo Fields,…
Pro-Ukraine governing coalition wins 35% in Latvian electionLatvian lawmakers plan to start negotiations to form a new government after a parliamentary election. Pro-Ukraine Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs's four-party coalition emerged with 35% of the vote. A political crisis in May over stray drones suspected to be from Ukraine brought down the previous coalition. The parliament then approved the coalition led…
Trump stumps for candidates in deep red Alabama and says he'll be back again next weekPresident Donald Trump continued his midterm campaign swing with a rally in deep red Alabama Friday, returning to the place where he drew his first mega crowd but is hardly considered a top midterm battleground. With just weeks to go before elections that will determine control of Congress, Trump urged his supporters to back Republicans including Sen.…
Trump heads to Alabama: 'I go there because they want to see me there'President Donald Trump will continue his midterm campaign swing with a rally in deep red Alabama Friday, returning to the place where he drew his first mega crowd. Trump will be stumping for Republican candidates, including Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who is running against former Democratic Sen. Doug Jones for Alabama governor. The rally will also give Trump…
Trump administration says it has no plans for ICE officers at polls. Activists are preparing anywayAs midterm elections approach, some voters are worried about immigration enforcement officers at polling places. Department of Homeland Security officials say they don't plan to send officers en masse to patrol the polls. They dismissed concerns as “fear-mongering.” Election law experts say federal law bars the government from deploying armed troops,…
Trump and Vance hit the campaign trail in deep-red areas where GOP candidates seek a boostPresident Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance both hit the campaign trail to boost Republican enthusiasm ahead of the midterm elections. Trump was traveling to Texas and Oklahoma, kicking off a 32-day campaign blitz he says will do a better job of promoting his administration's accomplishments. Vance campaigned in Florida. A recent poll shows only…
Data center bill falls short in Senate as lawmakers take final votes before the midtermsThe Senate has failed to advance a bill that attempts to address voter worries about data centers and their impact on energy bills. The bill fell victim to an election-year clash on how best to address a growing concern. The measure needed 60 votes to advance, but fell short, 57-43.  The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Jon Husted, a Republican from Ohio, is in a…
Democrats eye Wisconsin Republican incumbent as congressional map expands in hopes of a blue waveAs Democrats' optimism for the midterms grows, their map of potential pickups in congressional races is expanding to places like southeast Wisconsin. First-time candidate Mitchell Berman pitches himself as a “working class nurse” in his first run for office against four-term Republican congressman Bryan Steil. Republicans have held the district for more…
Rivals for LA mayor set to meet in forum as city struggles with homelessness, Hollywood job lossesTwo Democratic rivals seeking to become the next mayor of Los Angeles are meeting on the same stage just days before mail ballots go to voters. Mayor Karen Bass and challenger Nithya Raman are scheduled to appear at a forum Tuesday sponsored by the Jewish Federation Los Angeles. Bass — the first Black woman to hold the post — is fighting to keep her job…
GOP doubts about Georgia and North Carolina have Republicans shifting focus in battle for SenateRepublican hopes of winning Senate races in Georgia and North Carolina have been fading, and the GOP is increasingly focused on playing defense elsewhere with five weeks until the midterm elections. Republicans haven’t abandoned the Southern battlegrounds, which President Donald Trump carried narrowly in 2024, though they are shifting greater resources…
Trump can't force election changes by blocking counterterrorism funds to states, judge saysA federal judge is blocking the authority of President Donald Trump’s administration to withhold some federal counterterrorism funding from states that don’t meet its election administration demands. The U.S. district judge in Washington, D.C., wrote Monday that federal agencies didn’t have the authority from Congress to add such conditions to the…
Democrats keep coming to South Carolina to stump for midterm candidates. It's all about 2028Democrats are flocking to South Carolina to campaign for midterm candidates, even though Republicans dominate state politics. The state is the first in Democrats' next presidential nominating process, so potential 2028 hopefuls are eager to visit. In the coming weeks, figures like California Rep. Ro Khanna, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Arizona Sen.…
In GOP Speaker Mike Johnson's district, the political mood is mixed for the party in powerLegislation the GOP called its “Big Beautiful Bill” is rolling out different ways in Speaker Mike Johnson’s home district. Steakhouse servers are getting a tax break on their tips, but there's a long line of hungry people waiting for a hot lunch as food stamps are in jeopardy. In this rough-and-tumble corner of northwest Louisiana, the legislation can be…