In the days leading up to Donald Trump’s second presidency, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham got some unexpected news. Graham was one of the longest-serving members of the Senate Committee on the Budget, and, based on seniority, would be its chairman for the 119th Congress — a job poised to place him at the center […]

South Dakota Republicans will choose their nominee for governor Tuesday in the state’s first GOP runoff election. One figure has been conspicuously missing from the race: former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem’s once-dominant influence over the South Dakota GOP has been largely absent from the campaign after being ousted from President Donald […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee added five candidates to its “Red to Blue” program on Tuesday, expanding its list of top recruits as Democrats work to reclaim the House majority in November. The additions, spanning Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Minnesota, and Montana, bring the committee’s flagship program to 30 candidates in competitive districts across the country. […]

For decades, the disparate right-wing parties of Europe have sought to reverse the seemingly inevitable leftward march of the continent. They have campaigned on platforms promising to liberate their national polity from the perils of globalization and the immense, tangled bureaucracy of Brussels. The past half-decade has seen these parties creep ever closer to victory. […]