Erika D. Smith

Can Ohio — a Midwestern state dominated by aging, working-class White voters, where Republicans have a supermajority stranglehold on the legislature — really become a political bellwether and battleground again?

California’s titans are gearing up for what’s sure to be an outrageously expensive clash over a proposed wealth tax on residents worth more than $1.1 billion. Supporters say they have more than enough signatures to put their ballot measure before voters in November; opponents say they do too for two measures that would override it. Tens of millions of dollars have already been spent on various campaigns, with some of the most eye-popping sums coming from tech founders, such as Google’s Sergey Br

Spencer Pratt, the Republican running for mayor of Los Angeles — otherwise known as the guy who delighted in being the villain on MTV’s “The Hills” — has a view of America’s second-largest city that a lot of Angelenos unfortunately seem to share.

It has been a disappointing few weeks for the Democratic Party. What had seemed like a clear path to retake control of Congress in November has become something far more muddled, with Republicans across the South suddenly taking a new look at redistricting.

When Markwayne Mullin became secretary of the deeply troubled Department of Homeland Security two months ago, he told his former Senate colleagues his goal was to ensure “We’re not the lead story every single day.” So far, he has mostly succeeded.

When Markwayne Mullin became secretary of the deeply troubled Department of Homeland Security two months ago, he told his former Senate colleagues

As governor of California, Gavin Newsom has a reputation for indulging in long-winded, over-the-top rants about his state. It has “no peers” as an “economic engine” and is “writing the rules of the future,” he often says, and anyone who doesn’t appreciate that obviously has “California derangement syndrome.”

For the first time in decades, Congress is on the cusp of passing housing legislation so significant that it could lower the cost of living for millions of Americans, incentivizing homebuilding and putting homeownership within reach.

When Michael Tubbs, a Democrat running for lieutenant governor of California, was elected mayor of one of the state’s most troubled cities almost a decade ago, he became the face of the public sector’s first major foray into universal basic income. For two years, more than 100 low-income residents were given cash payments, with no strings attached. Cities in 35 states followed suit.

California voters will settle a slew of nationally important primary races on Tuesday, most notably the chaotic race to succeed a termed-out and likely presidential-campaign-bound Gavin Newsom as governor.