[ad_1] It is widely believed that former President Donald Trump will be indicted for a third time in the coming days or weeks, as he received a target letter from the Department of Justice last week. The potential federal charges involve the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and attempts to overturn the…

[ad_1] It is widely believed that former President Donald Trump will be indicted for a third time in the coming days or weeks, as he received a target letter from the Department of Justice last week. The potential federal charges involve the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and attempts to overturn the…

[ad_1] The first six Republicans to qualify for the Aug. 23 presidential primary debate appear to be former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Andrew Burton / Getty Images And they’re off! Six Republican presidential candidates…

[ad_1] A protester sits in the shade following a march for voting rights and against the state’s efforts to enact voting restrictions in Austin, Texas, in 2021. Callaghan O’Hare / Reuters Two years ago, the biggest battles in state legislatures were over voting rights. Democrats loudly — and sometimes literally — protested as Republicans passed…

[ad_1] Transcript Nathaniel Rakich: Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley. When you hear about the 2024 Republican presidential race, you usually hear the same names over and over. But did you know there are actually more than 270 Republicans running for president? Of course, most of them are facing extremely long odds —…

[ad_1] Student loan payments are scheduled to begin again this October after a pause of more than three years. Because of a Supreme Court decision last month, these payments will resume without a forgiveness plan from the Biden administration that would have wiped out up to $20,000 from some borrowers’ balances.  We want to know…

[ad_1] Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy visited Des Moines, Iowa, to attend Sen. Joni Ernst’s Roast and Ride — one of 19 days he’s spent in the state this year, the most of any Republican presidential candidate. Rachel Mummey / Bloomberg All of the Republican presidential candidates who aren’t former President Donald Trump are looking for some…

[ad_1] Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. ameliatd (Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, senior reporter): Saturday was the deadline for filing second-quarter campaign finance reports to the Federal Election Commission, which means that we got a detailed look at candidates’ fundraising and spending from April 1 through the end of June. That’s…

[ad_1] The new congressional map Alabama Republicans proposed on Monday contains only one majority-Black district. Getty / Alabama Legislature Did you think the drama over Alabama’s congressional map ended with last month’s Supreme Court decision? Think again. As you might recall, the high court ruled in June that Alabama’s current congressional map violates the Voting…

[ad_1] Campaign finance figures from the second quarter of 2023 were released over the weekend. They offered a first glimpse at many of the presidential campaigns’ finances, since most candidates announced their bids during the second quarter. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew breaks down which of the 2024 candidates has…