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A special election for Ward 8 councilmember will be held in D.C. on July 15. Polls are open on that day from 7:00 a.m. to ...
Alexander Hamilton vs. Aaron Burr. The two men despised each other. The last two times in these pages, I outlined the grinding, seething, and acrimonious disgust that the two political ...
The United States has had a long history as a two-party electoral system. But many, if not most, Americans are unhappy with ...
Early voting starts Friday, July 11, in the DC Ward 8 special election. It runs through Monday, July 14. This is to replace ousted DC Councilmember Trayon White, who is also running to get his seat ...
Though John Adams was old and ill when he died, the curious timing of his demise sparked countless unusual theories.
Anthony Albanese has announced a new free, nationwide 24/7 health advice line and after hours GP telehealth service called 1800 MEDICARE as his last big political gamble of the election.
Federal Election 2025: Labor throws $205 million at establishing '1800-Medicare' free telehealth service Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has doubled down on health as his key selling point ahead ...
How the Heated, Divisive Election of 1800 Was the First Real Test of American Democracy A banner from the Smithsonian collections lays out the stakes of Jefferson vs. Adams ...
The WA Labor government launches its re-election bid with a $443 million funding commitment to increase homes across the state, but the timing of the announcement has been criticised by the ...
The Madison-Jefferson letters presaged the 1824 election which, thrown to the House, resulted in the election of John Quincy Adams, even though Andrew Jackson had won both the Electoral College.
The possibility that the 2024 presidential election could have resulted in an Electoral College tie which, under the 12th Amendment of the Constitution, would require the U.S. House of ...
The election of 1800 was just the fourth presidential contest in American history, and only the election of 1796, the first without George Washington as a candidate, had been contested.