The experts have been saying from day one that this race was comfortably red. Nobody has ever said that this race was a blue race. For [Louisiana Sen.] John Kennedy to say that the experts will be ...

Today on TAP: Will Trump look for a way to limit his Iran debacle, or will he double down on catastrophe? With each passing day, the costs of the Iran war mount. Iran has proven far more resilient ...

Democrats’ strategy has been to run on the economy. Republicans’ strategy has been to suppress or negate the vote.

After the final blows came down on Jim Crow in the 1950s and ’60s, it still took decades before African Americans were elected to Congress. Former Rep. Mike Espy was elected in 1987, followed in 1993 ...

Gina Hinojosa, running for governor against Greg Abbott, is betting that a message focused on public services and economic fairness can help Democrats win back voters.

It has been just one month since the 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court effectively nullified Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), making it lawful for states to draw congressional ...

Tuesday’s election is likely to come off with only episodic disruptions, but there are some risks worth worrying about—and acting to prevent.

Read the top story of the day in your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Prospect newsletter here. For decades, the right has been trying to undermine Social Security via various privatization schemes, ...

A new resolution demands that Congress withhold support for AI companies that bankrupt themselves and instead respond to any future recession by supporting ordinary people.

Justin Pearson is trying to win a gerrymandered district in Memphis. But for residents of this city, that’s only one of a host of problems, from toxic data centers to a militarized federal presence.

Congressional gridlock has been a boost to the private equity-style shop at the Defense Department that’s free to do their bidding with impunity.