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We’re deep in the middle of a midterm campaign cycle, and if we know one thing for certain, it’s that candidates, their campaigns, and special interest groups will spend geysers of cash between now and November.

How do we know? As is the case with so many things, past is prologue. In 2020, dark money groups raised $3.5 billion to influence races up and down the ballot, according to an

Republicans are pouncing on President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, launching an ad blitz intended to convince voters the plan is unfair to the working class.

The American Action Network, a conservative organization, will air ads nationwide for the next 10 days featuring actors who portray everyday workers talking about how they have worked extra shifts just to help

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the top Republican negotiator for the Senate’s newly unveiled gun control bill, has said he will not take part in a new round of gun control talks concerning proposals aimed at limiting access to certain rifles or expanding background checks.

The lawmaker was asked by reporters on July 12 whether Republicans would negotiate with Democrats on proposals that

One could almost hear the sighs of relief, from Paris to Brussels, and all the way to Washington, as French leader Emmanuel Macron clinched another five-year term in the Elysée Palace. Though polls narrowed during some points leading up to Sunday’s runoff, Macron eventually beat out far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen in the presidential elections—a contest that risked shattering the Western