Sen. Robin Webb, a longtime state lawmaker from Carter County, is the latest mountain Democrat to defect to the Republican Party. (LRC Public Information photo) A great darkness has descended upon the ...

Elon Musk’s July 5 announcement that he’s starting a new political party could be consequential, but only if the world’s richest man maintains a sustained interest in the effort. Over the past three ...

A viable third party is the great white whale of American politics — but Elon Musk appears willing to try it anyway. But political experts say his billions would be better spent buying him influence ...

Karine Jean-Pierre has spent most of her career as a Democrat, working on four presidential campaigns and serving in the Obama and Biden administrations. But her days as a member of the Democratic ...

A supermajority of Americans are frustrated with both the Republican and Democratic parties. According to Gallup, 62% of ...

"I Voted" stickers rest on a ballot box at a polling place, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston. Contributing columnist Glenn Rogers says we need more independent ...

Earlier this month, Elon Musk said he wanted to form a new political party. He’d been teasing the idea ever since clashing with President Donald Trump over his “big, beautiful bill,” which Musk ...

Last week, the New York City Charter Review Commission announced that it was considering a “top-two” system for mayoral elections, whereby the two candidates receiving the most votes in an open-to-all ...

Elon Musk, who has revolutionized the auto industry, launched rockets into space and built a global business empire may now be facing his most daunting challenge yet: shaking up the two-party system ...

Attorney John Morgan is launching a new political party, citing dissatisfaction with the two-party system. He has been critical of both major parties and has distanced himself from traditional ...