In Montana's Senate race, independent Seth Bodnar faces criticism from both parties while Democratic nominee Alani Bankhead stays in the race despite calls to drop out. The contest will test whether an independent can win without party consolidation.
It took 37,000 signatures and $700,000 just to get on the ballot. Former Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard explains why the two-party system is stacked against independents—and how he intends to change it.
Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are suing New York over its closed primary system, arguing that independent voters are being denied equal voting rights in publicly funded elections.
A combat veteran and 9/11 first responder sues New York over its closed primary system that bars independents from voting, arguing it amounts to disenfranchisement on public property with public funds.
A new lawsuit backed by independent veterans takes aim at New York’s closed primaries—and puts a fundamental question before the courts: Is voting a right of citizenship or party membership?
With Colorado voters increasingly rejecting the two-party label, Navy veteran Bob Chew explains why he left the GOP, joined the Forward Party, and is betting on an independent breakthrough in 2026.
Three leaked recordings in two weeks have put a spotlight on the Nebraska Senate race and on the research operations that dig up this kind of material.
Washington Post reporter Dan Lamothe pulls back the curtain on a Pentagon defined by press restrictions, unexplained leadership shakeups, internal polygraphs, military influencers, and growing questions about transparency and credibility.
With Democrats moving left and Republicans moving right, more and more moderates and independents are left politically homeless. Paul Rieckhoff argues that the future belongs to independent voters, who are close making up a majority in the US.
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.
