A High-Stakes Election In The Midwest’s “Democracy Desert”
The race for control of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court could change the course of the entire country. Last month, Mary Lynne Donohue drove me along Superior Avenue, a long artery that…
In Michigan, An Agenda Countering The Anti-Woke GOP Frenzy Takes Shape
Democrats who control the Michigan state legislature scored a huge win last week by repealing the state’s “right to work” law, which helped decimate unions’ ranks by letting workers opt…
Israel’s Embassies Shutter Abroad As Diplomats Strike Against Netanyahu
While the strike itself is likely temporary, the government’s judicial overhaul has already started to inflict significant damage on Israel’s reputation abroad, former Israeli envoy says Israeli embassies and consulates…
DeSantis Shows State Strength In Iowa, N.H.
Two new polls from a top Republican polling firm — provided exclusively to Axios — find Florida Gov. DeSantis is running more competitively with former President Trump in Iowa and…
The Worst is Yet to Come
After an especially deranged weekend news cycle, let’s take inventory: What we don’t know: Whether Trump will actually be indicted. What he will be charged with. Whether he will be…
Trump Calls for Alvin Bragg to Be Criminally Charged for ‘Interference in a Presidential Election’
As Donald Trump awaits possible indictment and his reported arrest over the Stormy Daniels hush money scandal, he claimed that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg should be indicted instead. The…
Playbook: Scoop: House GOP targets Manhattan DA
This morning, we can report two things: 1. In the short term, Republicans are discussing firing off letters summoning employees of the Manhattan DA’s office for sworn testimony, according to…
Ben & Jerry’s Founder Is ‘Top Donor’ of Group Campaigning Against U.S. Military Support for Ukraine
A group funded by Ben & Jerry’s founder Ben Cohen is running a media campaign against U.S. military support for Ukraine. The organization—Eisenhower Media Network (EMN)—has been reaching out to…
Looming Trump charges threaten to inject chaos into 2024 campaign
In a matter of days, a grand jury in Manhattan could turn the 2024 campaign on its head by making Donald Trump the first former president in U.S. history to…
Trump’s Prosecution Primary Has Already Begun: It’s Going to Be Wild
A strange and volatile early stage of the 2024 presidential race has already begun, where investigations in Atlanta and Washington D.C. into former President Donald Trump are set to upstage…
Top Republican lawmakers reach deal on NC Medicaid expansion
The announcement is the latest step toward expanding health care to the state’s working poor. The top leaders in North Carolina’s legislature reached an agreement that is expected to expand…
MAGA Diehard Fans Dump Trump, Want DeSantis Instead
DeSantis is on a book tour that’s part of a larger promotional push. If Gov. Ron DeSantis is using his current book tour to soft-launch a likely 2024 campaign, he’ll…
Feds Inadvertently Reveal They’re Looking Into Trump’s Shady ‘Recount’ Campaign
It started with a FOIA looking for answers about Trump’s recount efforts. It revealed that the FEC is looking into these questions itself. When the Federal Elections Commission rejected a…
Trump Loses It Over Murdoch’s Admission About Fox Hosts Endorsing Big Lie
Donald Trump is furious with his former ally Rupert Murdoch after the media mogul made astonishing admissions that some of his Fox News hosts “endorsed” lies that the 2020 election…
Fraud Hunters Challenged 92,000 Voter Registrations In Georgia Last Year
What happened to this state? It just suddenly went all white supremacy. Now the GOP scumbags can challenge voter registrations as much as they want, tying up the state government…
GOP Leaders, Stung By Losses, Plan To Wade Into Senate Races
A football legend who held a gun to his ex-wife’s head. Rivals who nearly brawled during a televised debate. A venture capitalist who voiced sympathy for the Unabomber. And that’s…
Republican Former Arizona AG Sat On Records Refuting Trump Election Fraud Claims
Mark Brnovich never released a March 2022 summary of investigative findings, which ruled out most of the fraud claims spread by allies and supporters of Donald Trump. Arizona’s former attorney…