From one-on-one Senate showdowns to growing campaign infrastructure, independent candidates are entering the fall with more money, attention, and opportunity than usual.
In his weekly Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Wednesday hit with Connell McShane on News Nation, Paul lays out the great American betrayal of Afghanistan, the Afghan allies still hung out to dry, and the surging map of independent veteran candidates the legacy media keeps missing.
The Supreme Court opened the door to Trump’s mail-ballot policy — but it did not uphold the USPS rule, and a separate court order still blocks it from being used this November.
Bill Hill finished second in Alaska’s top-four primary and now takes on Republican Rep. Nick Begich III in a ranked-choice general election — while voters simultaneously decide whether to repeal the system that helped put an independent in contention.
A Missouri judge blocked voters from using a referendum to overturn a Republican-backed congressional map, despite the initiative collecting over 300,000 signatures. The group behind the effort said it will appeal.
Florida's closed primary system allows single write-in candidates to block voters outside the dominant party from participating in elections, effectively turning primaries into general elections that exclude 3.3 million independents.
Alaska voters approved campaign contribution limits in Tuesday's primary, but face another vote in November on whether to repeal disclosure rules that expose sources of political spending.
Missouri's Secretary of State admitted in court that a proposed amendment to protect citizen initiatives had enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, but is still refusing to put it before voters.
The independent candidate for governor argues Tennessee’s one-party dominance is fueled by historically low turnout—and she thinks the voters sitting on the sidelines could upend the conventional wisdom.
Over 68,000 Wisconsin Democratic primary voters cast ballots for candidates who dropped out before the election, highlighting how ranked choice voting could prevent votes from being wasted when candidates exit the race.
Nancy Pelosi detailed her private conversation with President Biden before he withdrew from the 2024 race, saying she questioned his polling and campaign strategy but that accounts of the meeting "did not really happen" as reported.
