1 week Ago This is the introduction to Checks and Balance, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter bringing exclusive insight from our correspondents in America. Explore more Discover more A culture of conspiracy haunts Arizona’s elections America’s biggest swing county ramps up security before the vote One big thing Donald Trump and Elon Musk have in common They both want to crush Tesla’s competition Vital election races in Wisconsin are awfully close America’s dairyland is giving Democrats some heartburn Brandon Johnson is giving Chicago’s teachers’ union everything It may well cost him his political career Voters won’t thank Kamala Harris for the state of the economy Why voters are down on America’s remarkable economy Republicans ramp up efforts to court Amish voters in Pennsylvania Where mail-in ballots could matter most.
