Abortion, redistricting, and ballot access remain heated issues as voters face dozens of supreme court races across 32 states this year.

Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.

Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.

For more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're abo...

ICE is spending millions on shock gloves designed to overpower subjects through intense, localized pain.

The question is: what on earth is Google doing?

Red Cross officials are pleading with Americans to donate blood, especially if they have O-positive blood.

Build the Emergency Fund that protects families when everything feels uncertain. The end of TPS. Increasing ICE actions. Families losing work authorization overnight. For Haitian parents and children ...

Abortion, redistricting, and ballot access remain heated issues as voters face dozens of supreme court races across 32 states this year.

As the midterms draw closer, President Trump and his allies on the right have increased their attacks on mail voting while continuing to falsely claim that it is rife with... Read More

A comprehensive and dynamic catalogue of immigration policies issued by the Trump administration since January 2017.

A legal expert on digital surveillance answers questions from Bolts readers about how police track your personal data, and what public officials could be doing to restrict it.

Tracking cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence industry influence on 2026 elections in the United States.

The justices could invalidate laws in 14 states that allow ballots that arrive after Election Day to be counted. An NBC News Decision Desk analysis shows how many votes could be at stake.

The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.

Activists have been quietly piloting a live map of ICE flights to help immigration attorneys with habeas filings. Now they say it's ready for everyone to use.

US science funder once again restricts awards to Harvard University and other research institutions.

This is the largest defection of Congressional Democrats on a standalone bill targeting trans people in the modern anti-trans panic.

The law applies to most local government races in Democratic-dominated areas. A court challenge is expected.

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The midterms are suddenly accelerating, with 12 states holding their primaries or primary runoffs and several more hosting important local races or special elections.  The calendar was thrown into unc...

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