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Jon Ward

Jon Ward

Senior Political Correspondent at Yahoo News

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Jon Ward
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Democrat attacks Republican’s abortion flub in key Virginia congressional race

A Democratic congresswoman in a key swing district in Virginia is pushing to take advantage of a backlash to the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling to fend off a Republican challenger who represents growing support for the GOP in the Hispanic community.
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Democrat attacks Republican’s abortion flub in key Virginia congres...

A Democratic congresswoman in a key swing district in Virginia is pushing to take advantage of a backlash to the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling to fend off a Republican challenger who represents growing support for the GOP in the Hispanic community.
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A new book aims to help us heal our ‘screen-broken brains’

Bonnie Kristian’s new book, “Untrustworthy,” calls on Americans to stop reacting reflexively to the information coursing across their screens, and to subject it to scrutiny.
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The number of Republicans who believe Trump’s ‘big lie’ has fallen ...

As the work of the Jan. 6 committee winds down, with a ninth hearing Thursday and a final report expected soon, there are signs that its work may have moved public opinion in a few ways.
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The Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock debate featured a fake poli...

The first and likely only debate between the preacher and the former football star running for U.S. Senate in Georgia featured a lengthy exchange on abortion, a fake police badge, lots of Bible references, and a lopsided series of questions to the candidates about their personal lives.
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Former Obama faith adviser launches Christian political organization

Michael Wear, a former faith adviser to President Barack Obama, is launching an institution that will train Christians in public life to reject culture-war fights and to emphasize the public service aspect of politics.
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Debates show Republicans focused on economy and turning abortion ba...

Political debates between opposing candidates ramped up this past week, and if you were hoping for substantive policy contrasts, you must not have watched a debate in the past few decades.

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Key state legislature races favor Republicans despite massive Democ...

State legislatures are often overlooked in the heat of campaign season, yet the laws crafted there have as much impact, if not more, on the average person’s everyday life as the ones passed by Congress.
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2022 elections are a referendum on 'the notion of election denial,'...

A prominent Republican election lawyer says the 2022 midterm elections are the first time the American public will render judgment on “the notion of election denial.”
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A conservative scholar looks to define — and defeat — ‘Christian na...

“Christian nationalism” has been a hotly debated topic in American politics this year. Conservative writer Paul D. Miller says so-called moderates in the Christian nationalist community have a duty to publicly reject the extremists in their ranks.
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Behind the scenes at a midterm election polling place

Despite fears of partisan Election Day challenges, understaffing at poll places and other potential disruptions, voting across the country proceeded relatively smoothly, according to experts.
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Republican Party divisions deepen as Trump makes 2024 announcement

Following bitterly disappointing midterm election results, the Republican Party faced more internal divisions Tuesday about who should lead it into the 2024 presidential election and on Capitol Hill for the next two years.
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Same-sex marriage legislation divides conservatives ahead of vote n...

There is a distinct difference in how groups on the left and right are reacting to a bill that supporters say would enhance protections for both gay rights and religious freedom.
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GOP lawmakers condemn Trump’s meeting with Kanye West and white nat...

Prominent Republican lawmakers on Monday condemned former President Donald Trump’s dinner last week with two men who have expressed virulent antisemitic views.
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Jan. 6 committee wraps up with a summary hearing designed for an at...

The Jan. 6 committee’s final hearing Monday was a concise, efficient summary of the case against former President Donald Trump, designed for a digital age dominated by short attention spans.
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Former GOP Sen. Rob Portman: Trump won't be the Republican nominee ...

When Rob Portman announced he was retiring from the Senate two years ago, it was taken as another sign that Congress was going to the dogs.
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Radical beliefs in 'spiritual warfare' played a major role in Jan. ...

Two weeks after President Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election, a group of Christian pastors stood on stage inside a nondenominational church in a suburb of Phoenix, whipping the congregation into a frenzy of prayer mixed with violent and bloody imagery.
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Ukraine flap is DeSantis’s first major test as an alternative to Tr...

Foreign policy is usually dismissed by political analysts as a second-tier campaign issue, especially in primaries, but the war in Ukraine has taken center stage as the 2024 Republican contest heats up.
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Trump sweeps trio of caucuses in Missouri, Michigan, and Idaho - Ya...

Former President Donald Trump’s victories in Missouri, Michigan, and Idaho Saturday give him momentum for Super Tuesday, although the caucus votes featured...
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Trump sweeps trio of caucuses in Missouri, Michigan, and Idaho - Ya...

Former President Donald Trump’s victories in Missouri, Michigan, and Idaho Saturday give him momentum for Super Tuesday, although the caucus votes featured...
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Trump wins trio of caucuses, Haley wins Washington, D.C. primary: K...

Former President Donald Trump’s won caucuses in Missouri, Michigan, and Idaho Saturday, while Nikki Haley scored her first victory of the nominating cycle...