Andrew Prokop

Twelve years ago, Vermont Democrats tried to make their state the first in the nation to have a single-payer government-financed healthcare system — a bold experiment to push the limits of American...

If President Donald Trump had his way, the Republican Party would be top-to-bottom the party of AI — or, in his preferred branding, “super intelligence.” But down in the very state where Trump has ...

Is the best shot Democrats have at defeating safe-seat Republican senators…not running candidates at all? That’s the theory behind the party’s approach to several Senate races in deep red territory...

High energy prices, an unpopular war, and frustration with the economy are hammering Republicans across the country in competitive races.  But they have at least one more card to play: the trans ca...

With the midterms just under six weeks away, more Republican candidates are coming to the belated realization that, if they want to save their seats, they could perhaps use some distance from the v...

As the heads of leading artificial intelligence companies came together last weekend to warn that runaway AI development could lead to catastrophic outcomes, momentum briefly seemed to be building ...

Throughout the Trump era, Democrats have wrung their hands about how they can win over working-class voters. Why not ask the Democrats who’ve actually done it? That’s what Robin Johnson — a politic...

Are top artificial intelligence companies racing to create a dangerous technology that could kill many millions of people — or even wipe out the human race entirely?  Fears like these have long cir...

Francesca Hong is the frontrunner to win the Democratic nomination for governor of Wisconsin next week. If she goes on to win the general election, she’ll become the first democratic socialist gove...

Abdul El-Sayed has defeated Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary — albeit by a significantly smaller margin than preelection polling suggested. He’s beaten back $30 million in AIPA...

One of the most powerful forces in American politics is about to face a major test of its influence — and it may well come up short. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, has for ...

It’s been quite a year for the Democratic Socialists of America. They got one of their own, Zohran Mamdani, elected mayor of New York City. They’ve taken down congressional incumbents in New York a...

The prototypical Democrat vulnerable to a primary this year has been old, in Washington a long time, and vulnerable from the left. But in Massachusetts, there’s a race that’s scrambling that formul...

Could you accidentally gamble away your right to vote? If you live in Wisconsin, and you bought contracts on a prediction market like Kalshi about who would win elections there, you’ve done just th...

Move over, Maine. A new Democratic primary has taken the crown as the country’s most dysfunctional. In Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race, a crowded field of establishment-tied Democrats has been split...

A decade’s worth of grudges and feuds between the Democratic establishment and the insurgent left is coming to a head in one election this year: Michigan’s Senate primary. The contest between Rep. ...