Campaigns Republican joins crowded primary to succeed term-limited Democrat Jared Polis Former Colorado Rep. Greg Lopez is running for governor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Posted April 15, 2025 at 7:58pm Facebook Twitter Email Reddit Former Colorado Rep. Greg Lopez will run for governor in next year’s election, joining a crowdedContinue Reading
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As Democratic voters say their party needs to change and young voters grow more skeptical of traditional party politics, a crop of candidates in their 20s and 30s is stepping in to challenge older Democrats for their seats in Congress. The primary challengers stepping up against veteran Democrats in recentContinue Reading
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Campaigns He joins state attorney general in Democratic primary Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., seen here at a hearing in January, is running for governor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Posted April 11, 2025 at 11:08am Facebook Twitter Email Reddit Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet announced Friday he is running for governor ofContinue Reading
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. After yesterday’s jump, the markets started to reflect the full scope of President Donald Trump’s tradeContinue Reading
The announcement of planned talks between the US and Iran in Oman signifies a crucial development – especially given the history of distrust and animosity that has characterised their interactions. There remains a degree of confusion as to whether the negotiations over Iran’s development of a nuclear capacity will beContinue Reading
Among the most politically tuned-in, last week saw the kind of hand-wringing and accusations of bias surrounding the polls that you’d usually expect from the final two months of a campaign, not the final year and two months of a campaign. The focus was largely on general election polls: Whether a Wall StreetContinue Reading
Books & the Arts / April 8, 2025 Examined Lives Agnes Callard and the politics of public philosophy. In her new book, Callard makes the case that we should all live more philosophically but where does politics fit in? Illustration by Liam Eisenberg. Agnes Callard’s Open Socrates is like manyContinue Reading
Online Wikipedia of the Unknown The profound delight of browsing Wikenigma. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Wikenigma and AlanW/Unsplash. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. What is the etymology of curmudgeon? What caused WolfgangContinue Reading
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