Elections News Threats And Tensions Rise As Trump And Allies Attack Elections Process The New York Times

'Highly volatile' threat landscape for November elections, new assessment finds

Voters head to the polls this fall amid the "highest levels of political violence in the U.S. since the 1970s," a new assessment found. Read More

Elections Show Trump’s Edge on the Economy Slipping

Democrats harnessed worries about the cost of living, with polls showing that Republicans’ longtime advantage on the economy has evaporated. Read More

With an Eye on the Midterms, Trump Fuels a Nationwide Scramble for Power

President Trump is imploring lawmakers to redraw their congressional maps to stave off Democratic control of the House. But the debate over redistricting has revealed fissures within both parties. Read More

Trump ramps up involvement in this year's elections in possible preview of midterms pressure

Newsom and his Illinois counterpart, Gov. JB Pritzker, have warned that Trump's attempts to send the U.S. military into their states' most populous cities — Los Angeles and Chicago — are precursors to ... Read More

Trump Empowers Election Deniers, Still Fixated on 2020 Grievances

The president has placed proponents of his false claims into government jobs while dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over elections ahead of ... Read More

Justice Department Will Monitor Elections in California and New Jersey

The Trump administration said that monitors will watch polling in two states, led by Democrats, where key races or issues are on the ballot. By Shawn Hubler and Laurel Rosenhall The Trump ... Read More

White House Says It Will Make Some SNAP Payments After Trump Threatened to Defy Court

The president threatened on social media on Tuesday to deny food subsidy payments for 42 million Americans until the end of the government shutdown, in apparent defiance of a court order. (The White ... Read More

Trump Is Putting Election Deniers in Charge of Elections

Now that he is back in the White House, he has made some of them more powerful than ever. By Jess Bidgood Nick Corasaniti and Alexandra Berzon You could be forgiven for thinking that the election ... Read More

Your November Election Guide (Yes, This November)

It’s not a presidential election year, or even the midterms, but races this fall will offer a sense of voters’ moods in the first year of the new Trump administration. By Jess Bidgood Off-year ... Read More

California’s Prop. 50 and New York City’s mayoral race are elections to watch

Americans will learn quite a bit about the direction of national politics on Nov. 4. Both Californians and residents of New York City will cast their ballots in what could be important bellwethers for ... Read More