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A coalition of African Americans and economically abused Southern whites has been an elusive dream ever since Reconstruction.

With much congressional business still unfinished, the repudiation of Trump could lead some Republicans to vote with ...

They easily swept every statewide race in Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina—and even won the Senate race in South Carolina ...

It was a stunning, almost fantastical journey-come-true for the former state Senate president and logger, the fifth ...

Since the election, corporations have been trying to avoid regulatory crackdowns by claiming they will change their ways.

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Incumbent officials who commit this kind of catastrophic bungling have two options. They can square their shoulders, admit fault, and accept responsibility for their actions. Or they can squirm ...

U.S. Representatives-elect Victoria Broderick, left, and LaKesha Womack. Credit: Courtesy Victoria Broderick for Congress; LaKesha Womack. Read the top story of the day in your inbox. Sign up for the ...

Overall, voters illustrated that backlash against data centers and artificial intelligence “is easily the bipartisan issue of our lifetime,” said Shaunna Thomas, executive director of Guardrails ...

And he wasn’t alone. Gina Hinojosa took the governor’s race, defeating three-term incumbent Greg Abbott in an absolutely wild ...