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FILE - In this May 30, 2013 file photo, Texas state Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa looks at maps on display prior to a Senate Redistricting committee hearing, in Austin, Texas. The first efforts by the Obama administration to restore protections under the newly hollowed Voting Rights Act begin Monday in Texas over allegations that Republicans intentionally discriminated against minorities when drawing new election maps. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Voter registration and early voting: Key dates and deadlines in the 2026 elections

Tony Shkurtaj · October 8, 2026 2:48 pm

FILE - Meta's Stanton Springs Data Center is seen Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Newton County, East of Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

List: Where all the candidates in competitive Senate races stand on data centers

Foxborough, MA - February 10: New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel has his final press conference of the 2025-26 season at Gillette Stadium on February 10, 2026. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Safer snorting kits and food insecurity: What happened to Canada?

Chris Klomp, director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, right, speaks as President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listen as during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington.

White House report card: Poll says Trump is the worst recent presidential role model for children … with one exception

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Republican politician Mark Sanford speaks at OZY Fest in Central Park on Saturday, July 21, 2018, in New York.

Sanford bets he can withstand likely Trump campaign jabs

David Mark April 10, 2026 6:29 am

Supporters gather at a “Billionaire Tax Now” rally in Los Angeles, Feb. 18. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Progressives in Washington, California, and Hawaii want to squeeze the wealthy

Jeremy Lott April 10, 2026 6:25 am

President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun during a news conference in the White House briefing room.

Trump budget proposal shows he understands freedom isn’t free

Tiana Lowe Doescher April 10, 2026 6:12 am

Social Security money 2.

Second round of April Social Security payments goes out in five days

Asher Notheis April 10, 2026 6:00 am

A new poll of union households in Ohio is offering an early warning sign for Democrats in two of the state’s most closely watched 2026 races, showing Republican candidates with an edge among a voting bloc long considered a core part of the party’s coalition.

Jon Husted leads Sherrod Brown among Ohio union voters in new poll

Samantha-Jo Roth April 10, 2026 6:00 am

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) walks to the chamber for votes at the Capitol.

Congress wants a say on Trump’s Iran deal

Ramsey Touchberry April 10, 2026 6:00 am

Protesters rally in support of affirmative action.

‘Who cares’ about systemic racism when it benefits minorities?

Peter Cordi April 10, 2026 5:56 am

A Collage of the White House, a gas pump, and gas prices at a pump.

Gas prices: Decrease at the pumps for the first time after announcement of ceasefire

Washington Examiner Staff April 10, 2026 5:54 am

Public sector unions and blue states government

The government union sinkhole: Public-sector unions are making blue states ungovernable

Conn Carroll April 10, 2026 5:47 am

Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA), left, joins FBI Director Kash Patel at a public roundtable in Allentown, Pennsylvania, addressing fentanyl use, April 1, 2026. (Justin Merriman / for the Washington Examiner)

Kash Patel and Sen. David McCormick team up to fight fentanyl in Pennsylvania

Salena Zito April 10, 2026 5:41 am

Democrats and religion during midterm elections

Can the Democrats get religion?

W. James Antle III April 10, 2026 5:35 am

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson in "The Drama." (A24/Everett Collection)

Too much ‘Drama’

Peter Tonguette April 10, 2026 5:15 am