If Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, wins this fall’s election, he will occupy the most ...

Official social media posts these days can more closely resemble troll-ish meme accounts than a sober dissemination of ...

As California and Texas scramble to redraw U.S. House maps before the 2026 midterm elections, the race is underlining ...

The Trump administration has been planning for weeks to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago as part of an expanded crackdown on crime and immigration, according to reports in US media.

As Texas approves new congressional maps, California is fighting back. Caught in the middle are frustrated voters.

People believe their own feelings more than government statistics,” said Alex Conant, a Republican operative and cofounder of ...

Gavin Newsom is winning. By any measure — the attention economy, donations or algorithmic reach — the Democratic California ...

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Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

Republicans hold a 219-212 House majority and Trump is looking to break the streak of midterm House losses for the sitting ...

Art, like history, must never stir troubling thoughts or any critical impulses in our heads. To go back to Trump’s original condemnatory post on Truth Social: “This Country cannot be WOKE, because ...

Rep. Mikie Sherrill pledges to freeze utility rates on 'day one' while Jack Ciattarelli blames Democrats for soaring bills.