Opinion

Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt sat down with former RNC chair and MSNBC commentator Michael Steele to talk about the difference between the partisan politics in DC versus the more pragmatic outcomes at the local level.

At the time of this recording, a controversial law imposing heavy fines on companies providing access to TikTok was set to take effect, effectively banning the app for US users.

After the election, I’ve been listening carefully to the people in our community. I’ve listened to Democratic voters distraught at Trump’s election, who can’t understand how so many people could vote for someone like him.

Independent voters showcased how critical of a voting bloc they were in the 2024 elections. What's more, they showed that despite the claim that they are "party leaners," they were not committed to candidates of a single party.

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, left-wing populism surged with movements like Occupy Wall Street and figures such as Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Yet, while the MAGA wing fuels right-wing populism’s dominance in the GOP, the populist left has seemingly lost its momentum.

Former presidential candidate and Forward Party Founder Andrew Yang kicked off 2025 with some predictions about what will happen this year in the US political landscape on his podcast, Forward. 

It’s time to make nationwide popular vote an issue about not partisan advantage, but civic virtue and democratic legitimacy.

Elon Musk’s weird journey into politics went global last month when he endorsed Germany’s far-right party, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), in an op-ed for Welt am Sonntag. His controversial move sparked backlash from Germany’s center-right leader and led to the resignation of the paper’s editor.

The House of Representatives will vote Friday on who will serve as speaker for the 119th congressional term. The thing is, unless Republicans can get all of their members in line, it may not be a quick process.