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On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the most effective and insidious attack ad ever.

The political rehabilitation of William McKinley. A cabinet of TV stars. Heather Cox Richardson says

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been picked by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Ser

Humanitarian aid for Palestinians in northern Gaza is the lowest it's been in more than a year. Peop

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Fox News host and military veteran Pete Hegseth as his nomin

Donald Trump won North Carolina. But Democrats in the state swept every major executive branch race,

Millions of voters who turned out in 2020 didn't show up this year. Why they stayed home or left the

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on why he thinks the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is an intellectua

Starr County, Texas is 97% Latino. For more than 130 years the County voted for Democrats. Until las

This month marks 20 years since the start of the bloodiest battle of the Iraq War. Marines who were

The war in Ukraine. A trade battle with China. 'Mass deportations' to Mexico. How are Europe, Mexico

Voters across the country went for Donald Trump and other Republicans in big numbers -- and endorsed

Trump won the presidency, but down ballot votes didn't always follow party. How can we understand th

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the historic eras the U.S. could return to if Donald Trump’s va

Republicans dominated the election -- with Donald Trump taking back the White House, flipping the Se

Just seven swing states decided the fate of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. A roundtable conver

A Wisconsin city became a political flashpoint in the national immigration debate. In On Point's lat

Republicans have already filed more than 90 lawsuits challenging voting rules and practices – before

According to a recent poll by the American Psychological Association, more than two out of three Ame

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the political power of fantasy over reality and its role in Tru