Gary Snyder and Abdul-Hakim Shabazz discuss whether the moderate is making a comeback — spoiler: Gary thinks they never left, they were just busy being screamed at by everyone. Gary shares his origin story of fleeing the GOP after the Tea Party came for Richard Lugar, and drops a reality check on purity politics: if being a broke grassroots progressive was a winning strategy, the Indiana statehouse would look a lot different than it does.
The Indianapolis Public Education Corporation, the new group managing schools in Center Township, says a property tax referendum is its first priority. The current referendum funding teachers' salaries and special education services for Indianapolis Public Schools expires at the end of the year. A renewal needs to be on the November ballot to avoid a funding gap.
Relying on the precedent created in the 2008 ruling that upheld Indiana’s voter ID law, a federal judge has blocked the state’s ban on the use of student ID cards at the polls.
Beau Bayh announced today that he raised an additional $620,000 in the first quarter of 2026, ending the reporting period with $1.97 million cash on hand. Incumbent Secretary of State Diego Morales ended all of 2025 with just under $1.2 million cash on hand.
Last year, Hoosier trappers killed 250 bobcats. It was the first time the state’s only native wild cat had been legally hunted since 1969. Now, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources wants to expand the hunting of the once-endangered animal. A recent proposal seeks to increase the quota by 60% while also allowing Hoosier hunters to kill bobcats in more ways.
Former Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson has formally entered the 2026 secretary of state race, endorsing Knox County Clerk David Shelton while unloading on incumbent Diego Morales in a sharply worded four-page letter aimed squarely at Republican convention delegates.
The top two Republicans at the Indiana Election Division have tendered their resignations, effective May 6 — the day after the primary election.
As you all undoubtedly know, the most recent “No Kings” protest was the largest protest in American history, even larger than the huge protests that preceded it. While there are many lessons to be learned from that event, it’s worth considering why it was dubbed “No Kings.”
Civic groups say the votes of naturalized Hoosiers could be at risk amid the state’s election integrity campaign targeting those with temporary credential numbers in their voter registrations.
Early in Donald Trump’s first term in the White House, I asked former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Indiana, a question about how the new president would approach the world.
Phil Goss is from Noblesville. He said current federal campaign finance law “keeps politics dirty” and wants to end the Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. FEC. “But moving beyond that, what must also change? Transparency,” he said. “When we shine light on something, that’s when the flowers grow, that’s when we have progress.”
On Friday, President Trump is scheduled to appear at the Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, for a Turning Point USA event. Trump’s appearance at the event is part of Turning Point USA’s “Build the Red Wall” campaign.
President Trump has lashed out at enemies, allies and even the pope, and made it harder for Republicans to keep the focus on economic issues in a midterm election year.
President Donald Trump made a prediction in an interview broadcast Wednesday about the potential for him to nominate more justices to the Supreme Court, should seats become vacant during his tenure.
The irony is profound: Donald Trump, a man who craves adulation and perhaps deification, is the least-liked American president ever. Trump’s approval ratings have reached historic lows. He’s polling lower than he did at the same point in his first term, and he suffers net-negative approval ratings in all but nine states. Americans overwhelmingly reject him, his policies, and his job performance as president.
The Trump administration has abruptly canceled a multimillion-dollar contract with a Catholic charity that houses and cares for migrant children amid the president’s feud with Pope Leo XIV.
Two advisers to President Donald Trump have revealed who first showed the president the AI-generated meme that appeared to depict him as Jesus Christ and healing a sick man, which the president later shared online Sunday, sparking widespread backlash.
President Trump is confronting a crisis that is not bending to his narrative of a “pretty reasonable” new regime in Iran and all-but-assured victory for the United States.
Democrats in key Senate races out-raised their Republican rivals, but super PACs on the right are poised to play a powerful role in the midterms, new campaign finance filings showed.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth read from a Bible verse at his monthly Pentagon Christian prayer and worship service on Wednesday, albeit with slight word changes referencing the recent rescue of downed pilots in Iran.
If tankers do not soon begin crossing the Strait of Hormuz, airlines in Europe may not have enough jet fuel to operate all of their flights.
Military planning for a possible Pentagon-led operation in Cuba is quietly ramping up, in case President Donald Trump gives an order to intervene there, USA TODAY has learned.
The 41-year-old vice president warned Pope Leo XIV to "be careful" with his theological statements against President Donald Trump and his administration's war in Iran, and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a scathing, 164-word statement denouncing Vance's criticism of the U.S.-born pontiff.
The Indiana Fever are paying the price to stay competitive as the battle to attract top talent now includes the allure of million-dollar deals. As they work to maintain their position as a playoff-caliber team, Indiana is leading a new era of WNBA compensation.
Obi Toppin had 26 points and nine rebounds and seven Indiana players scored in double figures as the Pacers snapped a three-game skid with a 123-94 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night.
Ayo Dosunmu scored 24 points and Julius Randle and Bones Hyland each added 19 as the Minnesota Timberwolves picked up a critical 124-104 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night.
