Out of 40 special elections for congressional and legislative seats so far in 2025, only two have seen flips; both were ...

Over the past year, Seattle has begun barring some residents from entering certain neighborhoods of their city. A new ...

The Democratic Party in Chesapeake, Virginia’s second-largest city, has embraced and endorsed the local sheriff who ...

Voters will decide on a ballot initiative that would set the stage to let everyone vote by mail without an excuse—an option that could expand access for voters with disabilities.

Measured by the intensity of the media glare, Tuesday night unquestionably belonged to Liz Cheney’s bid for political survival, as the conservative Republican with the dynastic name fell in a race ...

Ask a redistricting expert about new GOP efforts to redraw Texas' maps, and the potential impact on Congress and communities of color.

This article is part of a series on 287(g) contracts in states. ICE’s prized 287(g) program took a hit last week. Two of the nation’s four largest counties with 287(g) contracts quit the program ...

On the first of this month, Wyoming residents began facing some of the nation’s harshest rules when registering to vote, and ...

A historian answers Bolts readers’ questions on the deep roots of forced labor in U.S. prisons, how it operates today, and efforts to challenge it.

Chicago built a new police team to rebuild community trust. It harassed drivers of color instead.

State supreme courts have come under a brighter spotlight as battlefields for some of today’s most pressing issues, from abortion rights and climate to extreme sentencing and ballot access. And ...