A federal judge granted the Idaho Libertarian Party temporary freedom from state campaign spending limits, following a Supreme Court decision that removed federal caps on coordinated party spending with candidates.
From one-on-one Senate showdowns to growing campaign infrastructure, independent candidates are entering the fall with more money, attention, and opportunity than usual.
President Trump's new USPS ballot rule has Republicans and Democrats divided. On this episode, hosts break down what the rule actually does, why a Supreme Court ruling this week is more limited than headlines suggest, and California's fight over open primaries.
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.
A coalition of California Democrats wants to put independent voters’ right to participate in publicly funded elections into the state Constitution — but getting it before voters will require Republican support.
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.
Americans don’t lack political opinions. They lack candidates willing—or able—to overcome the money, party gatekeeping, ballot access rules, and other barriers that keep so many elections from ever becoming competitive.
Fourteen California Democrats co-sponsor a constitutional amendment to protect independent voters' right to participate in all publicly funded elections, including primaries, amid a coordinated effort to repeal the state's nonpartisan top-two primary system.
