The high court just took up a Trump-backed lawsuit designed to destroy some of the country’s last remaining campaign finance ...

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Democratic Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani ’s mayoral primary victory in New York City has prompted an elite panic, the likes of which we’ve rarely seen: Billionaires are desperately seeking a ...

Through a series of closed-door meetings, overnight votes, and empty promises, House Republicans passed a tax scheme that will kick 16 million Americans off their health care, skyrocket the cost of ...

David Sirota: How important has public financing been in your race? I mean, it seems to me that Andrew Cuomo would have been able, and his donors would have been able to buy this race without you ...

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Early voting in New York City’s mayoral primary race is well underway, and the rest of the country is watching. That’s because this year’s publicly funded city election is a battle for the future of ...

During Chris Wright’s January 2025 confirmation hearing as Secretary of Energy, his home-state senator, John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), expressed concern about the pace of climate change. Wright agreed ...

If politics is now just a series of reality TV shows, then binge-watchers have probably seen some combative characters yelling “abundance” and “oligarchy” on the depressing new season of Democrats In ...

This is a web version of The Lever ’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Today’s Lever listen: Just as the president pressed for a nuclear deal with Iran, he approved Israel’s new war on Iran. Will America’s ...

This is a web version of The Lever ’s daily email newsletter. 🔥 Today’s Lever story: A secret group chat reveals that Democratic strategists are supporting the pro-crypto GENIUS Act for political ...