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The Trailer: Republicans didn't know how to attack Biden. They do now.

The GOP finally defines Biden, Republicans revise their election audit plans in swing states, and the latest on California recall turnout.

The Trailer: The redistricting mess begins, and the GOP still has the advantage

The muddled state of redistricting, the Newsom-free debates in California, and the birth of a new political epithet.

The Trailer: Bring the troops home? Why the Afghanistan crisis isn’t reviving the GOP’s hawks.

The post-Afghanistan Republicans, the Democrat who says he can win California's recall election and the ugliest poll of Joe Biden's presidency.

The Trailer: “An American Dream”: Afghans in the U.S. confront post-withdrawal politics

More fallout from Afghanistan, Republican infighting in California's recall, and a GOP victory in the New York suburbs.

The Trailer: In California's recall, Newsom runs on vaccines -- and Republicans run on Newsom

California's three recall elections, the politicking around Afghanistan's collapse, and a special election to watch in yuppie country.

The Trailer: He's trying to get Hawaii fully vaccinated. Most voters want him to be governor.

An autopsy of the left's defeat in Ohio, and why the best-known candidates are skipping California's recall debates.

The Trailer: Who sponsored this message? Why you're seeing so many ads so far from the midterms.

The very early campaign ad war, the meaning of a Trump loss in Texas, and the bitter end to Ohio's special elections.

The Trailer: Trump, texts and Texas: Inside an all-Republican primary that didn't go as planned

How little can a Trump-backed Republican do and still win?

The Trailer: Whatever happened to Medicare-for-all?

Whatever happened to Medicare-for-all, what's going on as Trump heads back to Arizona, and what's missing from summer congressional town halls.

The Trailer: How a Democratic primary in Ohio became a Biden loyalty test

The 2020 primary gets re-fought in Cleveland, second-quarter fundraising numbers roll in, and high-profile candidates stay out of California's recall.
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