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College students voted in big numbers in 2020. Are they ready to do it again?Students had a decisive impact in several battleground states in 2022. Trends from prior years show that their habits are changing over time.
Young women and men are diverging on politics. Why this gender gap matters.Young women have lurched left on abortion, the environment, and guns, in contrast to young men 鈥� shifts propelled by news events and social media.
Congress uncovers major Secret Service failures 鈥� and urges changeKey details are emerging from both a House hearing and a Senate report on Secret Service lapses in security for presidential candidates. A bipartisan effort in Congress aims to identify and fix systemic problems.
NYC Mayor Adams indicted: Democrats brace for impactA corruption indictment against Eric Adams, New York City鈥檚 Democratic mayor, creates bad optics for his party right before the November elections.聽
Raffensperger: Election board 鈥榙estroying voter confidence鈥� in GeorgiaGeorgia聽GOP聽Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger warns that last-minute rule changes by the state鈥檚聽right-wing聽election board are undermining voter trust in one of the country鈥檚 key battlegrounds.
Cover StoryHow would Kamala Harris govern? Her past career offers signals.The presidential campaign is light on policy details. For hints of what Kamala Harris might do as president, we look at her track record in public office.聽
Cover StoryWhat would a second Trump term look like? The first one provides clues.Presidential candidates make many promises that never come to fruition. So we looked at what Donald Trump actually prioritized and achieved聽during his four years in office, for a sense of how he might govern again.聽
Monitor BreakfastBreakfast with a key Senate Democrat in the thick of thingsAt a Monitor Breakfast, Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan 鈥� chair of two major committees 鈥� talked Trump assassination attempts, the race for the Senate, and his frugal habits.
A Republican mayor talks about the border 鈥� and why he supports HarrisMayor John Giles of Mesa, Arizona,聽is a committed Republican. He also says Donald Trump鈥檚 policies 鈥� from immigration to tariffs 鈥� would hurt his city.
How Nebraska Republicans could tip the election to TrumpNebraska Republicans are scrambling to make the state winner-take-all for the 2024 presidential election, to hand a potentially key Electoral College聽vote to Trump.
How Project 2025, designed to aid Trump, became a liability insteadThe Heritage Foundation鈥檚 Project 2025 drew relatively little attention until the think tank鈥檚 head said America is in a second revolution, 鈥渨hich will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.鈥�
Monitor BreakfastHow Democrats鈥� campaign chair thinks they can still win the SenateAt the Monitor Breakfast, Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan said that he believed Democrats鈥� personal brands would prevail in Ohio and Montana 鈥� allowing his party to overcome an unusually difficult Senate map and maintain its majority.聽
Monitor BreakfastDem Homeland Security chair: Details of Trump assassination attempt 鈥榲ery troubling鈥�Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan also said at a Monitor Breakfast that former President Donald Trump鈥檚 recent comments about immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, which has been facing bomb threats, shows that 鈥淲ords have power.鈥�
Foiled Trump assassination attempt puts renewed focus on Secret ServiceAn apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump Sunday adds impetus to probes into the Secret Service鈥檚 ability to protect political leaders.
The ExplainerWhy it鈥檚 not just billionaires raising record money for Harris-Trump raceThe Harris-Trump presidential race is on track for record fundraising that can play a pivotal role. Big donors dominate, but small gifts are a rising force.
Biden poured money into public works. But will that help Harris in Michigan?President Joe Biden won a historic surge in funding for roads, bridges, and other infrastructure. But there鈥檚 little sign of political gain for Kamala聽Harris and Democrats in the election campaign.
First LookFlorida voters signed a petition for abortion rights. Then the police knocked.Florida residents say police are showing up at their homes to question whether they indeed signed a petition to put abortion rights on the ballot, but the deadline to challenge signature validity has already passed. Critics called the investigation voter intimidation.聽
As US marks 9/11, a divided Congress unites to honor 13 fallen in AfghanistanPutting aside bipartisan acrimony, Republican and Democratic lawmakers joined to honor 13 service members who died in the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal.
Harris baits Trump over and over at presidential debateKamala Harris successfully got Donald Trump to waste valuable time litigating things like crowd size rather than zeroing in on the economy.
The ExplainerAre noncitizens really voting in US elections?Republicans are pushing to require proof of citizenship to vote, because of concerns over voter fraud and illegal immigration. It is already illegal and rare for noncitizens to vote, Democratic critics say.
