Progressive and democratic socialist politicians are recanting pandemic-era statements on police and prison abolition The north may not remember, but 9 August this year marked the 12th anniversary of ...

The standoff may ultimately come down to one unresolved issue.

The fourth-term U.S. senator jolted Minnesota politics early this year by mounting a bid to succeed Gov. Tim Walz.

A year ago, Georgia GOP delegates overwhelmingly approved a resolution to bar Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger from qualifying to run as a Republican, the latest punishment for his refusal to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The whole point of a Cuyahoga County charter was for accountability in delivering public services to residents at a fair cost. That should be the pivot on which any proposed charter amendments turn, ...

Community organizers demand systemic changes after police killed Corey Ruiz, a 38-year-old Black man, in Madison ...

All voters, regardless of party, can vote in the Aug, 18 Democratic primary that will determine the next representative for ...

NYC's first lady is headed to a Level 4 do-not-travel zone — and taxpayer-funded NYPD officers are going with her.

Beacon Hill's incumbent state lawmakers are mainly poised to return to office. But some key races are generating heat and ...

While Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the democratic socialists spark outsize handwringing for those engaged in the politics-economics echo chamber, the apex leaders of New York City business are scarcely ...

Neither Connolly nor Montaño fits the profile of the moderate or establishment incumbent often targeted by progressive ...