The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, help us quantify its political trajectory.— Much of the Heartland and Midwest has come to lean more to the GOP over the past two decades, though the ...

In Nebraska, Dan Osborn, an independent candidate who held Sen. Deb Fischer (R) to a single-digit win last year, announced he’d challenge Sen. Pete Ricketts (R).— Though Ricketts should be more ...

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says that if he is elected, he will not deport those granted protected status under President Obama's deferred action program.

Western governments claim to be models of democracy, and demonize their geopolitical adversaries as "authoritarian", but ...