[ad_1] This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the North Dakota Monitor. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Reporting Highlights Oil and Gas Ties: North Dakota’s likely next governor has extensive financial dealings with the oil and gas industry, which […]

[ad_1] People color in a U.S. electoral map during a 2020 presidential election watch party at the U.S. embassy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/AFP via Getty Images The counting of ballots can take longer in some places than in others. In presidential elections, that difference can […]

[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court begins a new term this week, with public opinion of the court at near record lows. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term this week, with guns, transgender rights, pornography, and lots more on the docket, including potential election […]

[ad_1] A Trump and Harris sign side-by-side in a neighborhood on Oct. 3, 2024 in Hillsdale, Mich. Sylvia Jarrus for NPR hide caption toggle caption Sylvia Jarrus for NPR Michigan is part of Vice President Harris’ clearest path to the White House. The state is part of the “blue wall,” along with Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, […]

[ad_1] SCOTT DETROW, HOST: On Friday, in Flint, Michigan, Vice President Kamala Harris met briefly with a group of Arab American and Muslim leaders. Voters who are concerned about the Biden administration’s policies in the Israel-Hamas war, a war that will have been going on for a full year tomorrow, have been calling on Harris […]

[ad_1] Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) shakes hands with former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during the presidential debate in September. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images With less than a month left until Election Day, both the Harris and Trump […]

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. An examination of a new election rule in Georgia passed by the state’s Republican-controlled election board suggests that local officials in just a […]

[ad_1] Abortion abolitionists protest outside of an IVF clinic in Texas. Sarah McCammon for NPR hide caption toggle caption Sarah McCammon for NPR Abortion abolitionists protest outside of an IVF clinic in Texas. Sarah McCammon for NPR In the last few years, more than a dozen states have enacted laws that ban almost all abortions. […]

[ad_1] Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Saturday, in Butler, Pa. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP The July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life was a recurring theme at a Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pa. […]

[ad_1] A political update from Erie, Pa., which has been pivotal to and a bellwether of presidential election outcomes. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The presidential campaign feels like it’s been running full blast, peak intensity for many months now, especially in what are called battleground states, the scenes of so many candidate visits, political ads, and […]