MAGA influencers, Elon Musk and even the Trump administration are embracing an unlikely symbol of young men's political frustrations: Anakin Skywalker, the "Star Wars" hero who becomes Darth Vader.

Voters will weigh an income tax repeal, a ban on trans girls in school sports and changes to parental access to student records.

While critics trash other areas of city government, the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation is quietly chugging along and even expanding some services. Why it matters: In this contentious ...

President Trump extolled his administration's Reflecting Pool project, dug up debunked claims of vandalism and applauded the new White House helipad in a Monday pre-Election Day speech. The big ...

Four nationally ranked women's college basketball teams head to Uptown this weekend for the fourth Ally Tipoff. Why it matters: Women's college basketball has become a regular fall fixture at Spectrum ...

Here are five storylines to watch on election night in North Carolina: Is Roy Cooper's lead really that big or is polling a mess? Polling wields a huge amount of in ...

Catch up quick: The repeal campaign is one of several referenda social conservatives have launched to try to rein in progressive policies in blue Massachusetts. A proposal to repeal a 2024 law ...

The top Senate GOP super PAC has nearly tripled its spending on streaming and social media platforms this election cycle to more than $200 million, Axios has learned.

Flashback: Strongsville voters sharply rejected a school levy in November 2024 and a separate bond issue for school construction this May. Go deeper: Levies are also on the ballot in Euclid, Cleveland ...

That's nearly 12,000 more than last year's gubernatorial election and an 82% jump from the 2022 midterms, per VPAP. Statewide, more than 1.6 million Virginians had voted early, up 10% from 2025 and 67 ...

President Trump told Axios in a phone interview Monday he's "in no rush" to decide whether to resume fighting in Iran. Why it ...