New Mexico

State legislative special elections provide an interesting index of partisan sentiment these days. That wasn’t so in the late 20th century, when clever candidates and local notables often got voters to cross party lines. But in this century of increasing partisan polarization and straight-ticket voting, local special elections are a proxy for opinions on national issues.

Police clashed with dozens of protestors who forced their way inside the Interior Department on Thursday.

“It is alarming that hundreds of Afghan evacuees have reportedly left U.S. military bases directly into our communities.”

The expiration of jobless benefits could fuel a sharp spending pullback.

The US will take in around 50,000 Afghan refugees and spend up to $2,275 on each for housing, food and sending children to school.

When President Biden took office in January, his administration ordered an immediate halt on the construction of a 30-foot high border fence, leaving a gaping hole at one of the most vulnerable stretches of the US-Mexican border.

The next presidential election aside, if the GOP is to still win elections in 2028 or 2032, they need to become the kind of party America’s working and middle classes caught a glimpse of in 2016.

Monday’s unemployment numbers show blue states are the leaders in the nation’s unemployment.

States with Republican governors are leading the U.S. economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, while those run by Democrats – which tended to impose lengthier and stricter lockdowns on businesses – are faced with significantly higher unemployment rates. 

A report from the U.S. Census Bureau found that the nation is diversifying and the white population had decreased for the first time on record.