42+ min ago   (1129+ words) The socialists did not swallow the old Clinton Democrats; those Democrats were already gone. The primaries are over, and the November general election looms. Clinton-era Democratic politicos such as Rahm Emanuel and James Carville insist that Democrats have divorced themselves…...

3+ hour, 44+ min ago   (454+ words) ‘Shake off the aura’: Novelist Amitabha Bagchi on originality and borrowing in literary writing Flu shots prevent serious illness but why don’t many Indians take them? Why do anti-reservation ideologues love the creamy layer so much? Indonesia asks India to…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (880+ words) Home News Highlights Elections Trump wants to make this midterm year ‘special’ to avoid losing Republican control of Congress Republicans at their midterm convention know that history is not on their side this election season, but they are counting on…...

7+ hour, 28+ min ago   (349+ words) The majority of Democrats support the Democratic Socialists of America, a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday found. The latest survey shows that among Democrats, 59% consider themselves DSA supporters, compared to just 30% who do not. Out of total voters polled just…...

7+ hour, 45+ min ago   (53+ words) The U.S. is staring down a looming disaster that could explode into a "national security threat," one conservative writer warned for The Hill, but one that is also entirely "preventable."John Mac Ghlionn is a conservative writer and researcher described as…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (442+ words) Aug 17 (Reuters) - Betting on November's U.S. midterm elections has already hit $133 million, surpassing the $92.4 million wagered during the 2024 congressional election cycle, the Anti-Corruption Data Collective said on Monday. The non-profit ‌research and advocacy group forecast that total wagers on the 2026 midterms…...

13+ hour, 51+ min ago   (171+ words) The Economist: “As the midterms approach, America’s two main parties are conducting opposite experiments. Republicans march in lockstep behind Donald Trump, who summoned his troops to Dallas this week to celebrate his awesomeness…” “Democrats, by contrast, are bickering over their…...

13+ hour, 46+ min ago   (724+ words) Christopher Chestnut says his mother Cynthia Chestnut’s endorsement of Republican Byron Donalds isn’t about “kickbacks,” and that he’s endorsing the Republican over Democrat David Jolly in the Governor’s race also. “We’re not the sellouts. We’re being sold out,” he said…...

14+ hour, 54+ min ago   (208+ words) Jonathan Chait: “Donald Trump’s new promise to give a $5,000 check to every adult American citizen if Republicans win the midterm elections may be an effort to answer a variant of an age-old riddle: Can Trump devise a policy so ill-conceived…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (336+ words) A court battle over control of the Brooklyn Democratic Party could determine who leads the organization this fall, after reform-minded district leaders challenged a rule change that could affect the party’s upcoming leadership election, according to Patch.com. The dispute…...