Travis Waldron HuffPost enterprise politics reporter based in Washington. He covers general politics and culture in the United States and Brazil, and also writes about issues at the intersection of sports, politics and culture. Previously he covered politics, economics, and sports at ThinkProgress, and his work has appeared at The Atlantic, Columbia Journalism Review, and various newspapers. Travis can be reached at travis.waldron@huffpost.com.
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Republicans Push To Export Absurd Arizona-Style Election Audits To Other States
GOP lawmakers from Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia want to conduct unnecessary, conspiratorial audits of the 2020 election in their home states.
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Republican State Legislatures Are Winning Their War On American Democracy
2021 is on pace to be the worst year for U.S. voter suppression laws since 2011, and activists are worried that Democrats aren't responding aggressively enough.
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro Cracks Down On Dissent As His Presidency Enters Crisis Mode
Indigenous leaders, journalists, scientists, doctors and other critics have faced increasing threats from the far-right president’s government in recent months.
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GOP Voting Restrictions Will Make It Harder For People With Disabilities To Cast Ballots
People with disabilities reported improved voting experiences in 2020. But a wave of new restrictions could reverse hard-won progress.
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There's Never Been A Good Argument Against D.C. Statehood
Republicans (and some Democrats) say D.C. shouldn't become the 51st state. Here's why each reason they cite is bad.
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Potential Work Stoppage Looms Over Saturday’s Kentucky Derby
Workers at Churchill Downs, horse racing’s most iconic racetrack, say their company is refusing to grant modest raises and pension increases.
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A Radical Right-Wing Dream To Rewrite The Constitution Is Close To Coming True
It could lead to a dramatic overhaul of the nation's foundational text ... or an all-out constitutional crisis.
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House Votes To Make D.C. The 51st State
D.C. is now closer to winning statehood than it has ever been, but the Senate's approval is far from certain.
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Brazil Is Key To Biden's Global Climate Ambitions. The Only Problem? Bolsonaro.
As the U.S. gathers world leaders to discuss big climate actions, it's holding out hope it can get Brazil's far-right president to care about deforestation.
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Progressive Charles Booker Takes First Step Toward Challenging Rand Paul Next Year
After a close primary loss in the 2020 race to unseat Mitch McConnell, Booker appears set to take on the other Kentucky senator he says is "screwing us."
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Texas Voting Groups Pressure Corporations To Oppose GOP Voter Suppression Push
New legislation would curtail early voting and drive-in locations, but activists hope Texas-based companies will help stop the rush to restrict poll access.
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Republican Gov. Candidate Pete Snyder Defends Virginia's Confederate Monuments
No state removed more Confederate memorials in 2020 than Virginia, but Snyder, a GOP gubernatorial hopeful, says those efforts are tantamount to erasing history.
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Brazil’s COVID-19 Crisis Spirals Out Of Control: ‘An Open-Sky Laboratory For Viral Mutations’
More than 300,000 Brazilians have died from the coronavirus, and far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s denial of the crisis is putting the whole world at risk.
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Kentucky Moves To Adopt Early Voting, Bucking GOP Crusade Against Voting Rights
Both parties have agreed to changes that voting rights advocates in the Bluegrass State have “been fighting for for years.”
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New Hampshire GOP Takes Aim At An Influential Voting Bloc: College Kids
Legislation in New Hampshire would make it harder for out-of-state college students, who account for 70% of its university population, to vote there.
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Kentucky May Soon Restore Voting Rights To 200,000 People With Felony Convictions
A bipartisan bill could end Kentucky's "outlier" status on felony disenfranchisement — if Republican leaders give it a chance to pass.
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Georgia House Approves New Restrictions As GOP War On Voting Rights Intensifies
Since Trump’s loss, Republicans "have made opposing voting rights the central tenet of their party,” one lawyer said.
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Democrats Have A Choice: They Can Enact Their Agenda Or Keep The Filibuster
A $15 minimum wage is overwhelmingly popular but can’t get 60 votes in the Senate. The same is true for most of the Democratic Party’s major priorities.
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Virginia GOP Gov. Candidate Wants ‘NFL-Style Scouting Reports’ On Election Officials
Republican Pete Snyder mimics Trump by promoting baseless fraud concerns and calling for increased election monitoring that could lead to political intimidation.
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Republican Legislatures Are Trying To Ban Transgender Athletes From Women’s Sports
The bills are obvious attempts to restrict LGBTQ rights under the guise of solving phony concerns about athletic advantage.