At the time, little was known about the fresh-faced, first-term governor, but within days, Palin's face was on newspapers, magazines and tabloids. Since then, Palin has become a polarizing figure in ...

Betsy McCaughey, a conservative commentator and former New York lieutenant governor, is running for governor of Connecticut.

The convention pin era roughly coincided with the early years of the internet. National Journal’s website was for a time known as PoliticsNow, and the editors used pins to increase its name ...

David Hann, the former head of the Minnesota Republican Party, launched a bid for the U.S. Senate Thursday pledging to focus his campaign on “restoring affordability, accountability, and public safety ...

A battle over the importance of endorsements has broken out among GOP candidates for governor. Challenger Mike Minogue’s campaign says the long list of endorsements racked up by competitors Mike ...

He’s got 99 problems, and one keeps getting worse: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is taking fire from several high-profile Republican women, and the list keeps growing. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna ...

Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day throughout 2025 will share interesting facts about our hometown. Compiled by ...

In April 1916, 80 to 100 members of the Spokane County Progressive Party held their county convention and elected 22 delegates for the state convention in June. The progressives, also nicknamed the ...

Rahm Emanuel wants to take leadership of the Democratic Party and capture its nomination for president in 2028. He shares his thoughts in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed. It’s the first time a ...

“This is not the first time our president has used these insulting and derogatory references and his choices of words have consequences,” Mike Bohacek said iga.in.gov;Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty ...

Rahm Emanuel wants to take leadership of the Democratic Party and capture its nomination for president in 2028. He shares his thoughts in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed. It's the first time a ...

The postmortems for Republicans’ lackluster results in this month's spate of elections in New Jersey, Virginia and beyond are in, and while pet theories abound, there is one thing almost everyone ...