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Mark Makela / Reuters Pennsylvania Is Ready to Stop Being a Full-Time Swing State
The residents of one county evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans look forward to the day when they are not being bombarded with political appeals.
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Robert Dawson How I'd Vote, If I Lived In ...
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Gary Cameron / Reuters On the Eve of an Abnormal Election, the High Court Strives for Normalcy
Defying the tenor of the 2016 election, during a case over the president’s power to appoint temporary heads of agencies, the Supreme Court tries to function as it should.
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Heidi Legg The 104-Year-Old Daughter of a Suffragist Watches the Election
The 19th Amendment passed when Marian Cannon Schlesinger was eight—and she’s lived to see a woman nominated for the presidency.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Why I Insist on Voting for Hillary Clinton
A civic duty to stop Donald Trump requires that I support a candidate I could’ve never imagined backing.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters How James Comey Hurt the FBI—and the Democratic Process
The FBI director’s decision to disclose an inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s emails that led nowhere may have irrevocably altered the results of the 2016 balloting.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters ‘A Disturbing Series of Events’: The Comey Aftermath
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Jonathan Drake / Reuters The Four Groups That Will Decide the Presidential Race
The outcome of the election hinges on how pronounced a handful of demographic trends turn out to be.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters How Much Jewish Support Will Trump Cost the Republican Party?
The presidential nominee’s campaign has brought anti-Semitism into the mainstream in ways not recently seen—and his party may pay the price for years to come.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters All Eyes Are on Pennsylvania
Politicians are descending on the Keystone State, which will help determine which party wins the Senate—and the White House.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Hillary Clinton Disciples Getting Out the Vote
She’s not only a potential first woman president, but one who looks, thinks, lives, and talks kind of like them.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Future of Mr. Comey
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Zak Bickel / The Atlantic From Whitewater to Benghazi: A Clinton-Scandal Primer
In a letter on Sunday, FBI Director James Comey wrote that newly discovered emails do not change the FBI’s prior conclusion that Hillary Clinton should not be charged with a crime.
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Mike Theiler / Retuers Will Government Officials Still Trust the FBI With Their Darkest Secrets?
Background checks require appointees to divulge intimate details to gain security clearances—but the Bureau’s politicized leaks could undermine that important process.
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Chris Keane / Randall Hill / Reuters / … Which Republicans Oppose Donald Trump? A Cheat Sheet
Colin Powell has reportedly announced that he will back Hillary Clinton for president.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters The Best Thing Trump Did for America
The Republican nominee has changed the conversation around sexual assault—and prompted women to come forward with stories of their own.
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Charlie Neibergall / AP 'It's Time to Come Home'
In Wisconsin, Mike Pence pitches Donald Trump to the reluctant Republicans he needs most.
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Stephen Lam / Reuters Why Two States Are at Odds Over the Future of the Death Penalty
Public support for capital punishment has declined in recent years, but the issue continues to be a point of contention, as some advocate for its repeal and others push for its reinstatement.
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Evan Prunty Returning the Joy to Voting
During a time of political fatigue, a community project hopes to stimulate public interest in the 2016 election with a range of interactive activities.
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Slava Gerj / WitR / Shutterstock / Zak … The Original ‘Nasty Woman’
For centuries, Medusa has been used to criticize powerful women. So it’s no surprise the mythological Gorgon has re-emerged this election cycle.
