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Sometimes the biggest news doesn’t end up being the biggest influence on an election. Right now, Venezuela and Greenland, and the American posture toward those lands, are all over the news, and the consequences of what happens are momentous: Will the United States send troops to Venezuela? Will Congress reassert…

NEWS ANALYSIS: Trump’s MAGA purity tests could endanger Republicans running in key battles that could decide the fate of his Senate majority, writes John Bowden

American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the nation’s founding. Chief among them is the “pick one” plurality voting system – also called winner-take-all – used to elect nearly all of the 520,000 government officials in the United States.

Antlers strapped to a wing also caused small plane that Mary Peltola’s husband was piloting to crash in 2023

Mary Peltola has filed a lawsuit contending her husband was not solely to blame for the wreck

Federal investigators say a small plane that crashed in 2023, killing the husband of former Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, was overweight for takeoff and impacted by winds

With 50.1 percent of the final tally, Alaskans voted to preserve a system that allows voters more choice in how they vote, and who they vote for.

Learn about the significant political shift in Alaska as Nick Begich wins the House seat through ranked-choice voting.

Learn about the historic 2022 election in Alaska where Mary Peltola, the first Alaska Native in Congress, faces a tough reelection battle against Nick Begi...