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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026954 stories
Whistleblower warns Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems↗ cbsnews.com · HN · 330 comments · 304 points · Sep 01, 2026
Count Binface receives over a quarter of votes in Clacton by-election↗ bbc.com · HN · 389 comments · 473 points · Aug 14, 2026
U.S. government has lost more than 10k STEM PhDs since Trump took office↗ science.org · HN · 420 comments · 576 points · Jan 27, 2026
Internet voting is insecure and should not be used in public elections↗ blog.citp.princeton.edu · HN · 510 comments · 442 points · Jan 22, 2026
Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes↗ reuters.com · HN · 4689 comments · 1771 points · Jan 03, 2026
20251,167 stories
Trump Orders National Guard to Washington and Takeover of Capital’s Police↗ nytimes.com · HN · 757 comments · 451 points · Aug 11, 2025
Dilbert creator Scott Adams says he will die soon from same cancer as Joe Biden↗ thewrap.com · HN · 610 comments · 452 points · May 19, 2025
Technical analysis of the Signal clone used by Trump officials↗ micahflee.com · HN · 339 comments · 807 points · May 02, 2025
Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president↗ reuters.com · HN · 434 comments · 608 points · Mar 18, 2025
Justin Trudeau promises to resign as PM↗ cbc.ca · HN · 1164 comments · 445 points · Jan 06, 2025
2024765 stories
Romanian court annuls result of presidential election first round↗ bbc.com · HN · 1106 comments · 530 points · Dec 06, 2024
Trump wins presidency for second time↗ thehill.com · HN · 9275 comments · 1796 points · Nov 06, 2024
Suspicious data pattern in recent Venezuelan election↗ statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu · HN · 470 comments · 903 points · Jul 31, 2024
Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate↗ twitter.com · HN · 1801 comments · 990 points · Jul 21, 2024
Donald Sutherland has died↗ bbc.com · HN · 135 comments · 360 points · Jun 20, 2024
2023580 stories
Argentina elects 'shock therapy' libertarian Javier Milei as president↗ reuters.com · HN · 57 comments · 98 points · Nov 19, 2023
Kevin McCarthy ousted as speaker in Republican-led House↗ washingtonpost.com · HN · 40 comments · 36 points · Oct 03, 2023
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro is barred from office until 2030↗ washingtonpost.com · HN · 23 comments · 52 points · Jun 30, 2023
Dominion Voting Systems and Fox reach last-minute settlement↗ cbc.ca · HN · 43 comments · 37 points · Apr 18, 2023
Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump↗ nytimes.com · HN · 18 comments · 62 points · Mar 30, 2023
2022503 stories
New Hampshire set to pilot voting machines that use software everyone can see↗ therecord.media · HN · 234 comments · 200 points · Nov 04, 2022
Lula defeats Bolsonaro to again become Brazil’s president↗ apnews.com · HN · 102 comments · 115 points · Oct 30, 2022
Video shows GOP fake elector giving 'unauthorized access' to voting equipment↗ wabe.org · HN · 187 comments · 118 points · Sep 20, 2022
Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to election fraud charges↗ justice.gov · HN · 817 comments · 826 points · Jun 08, 2022
I won the local election, but my township ignored the results and state law↗ twitter.com · HN · 402 comments · 1141 points · Jan 28, 2022
2021774 stories
Andrew Yang Founds the Forward Party↗ forwardparty.com · HN · 603 comments · 553 points · Oct 05, 2021
Stripe bans Trump campaign↗ axios.com · HN · 916 comments · 673 points · Jan 11, 2021
Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump↗ blog.twitter.com · HN · 1950 comments · 1961 points · Jan 08, 2021
The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours↗ twitter.com · HN · 1144 comments · 678 points · Jan 07, 2021
U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests↗ npr.org · HN · 2422 comments · 1986 points · Jan 06, 2021
20201,577 stories
My experience as a poll worker in Pennsylvania↗ portal.drewdevault.com · HN · 332 comments · 382 points · Nov 10, 2020
Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.↗ apnews.com · HN · 4576 comments · 3089 points · Nov 07, 2020
Maine Becomes First State to Use Ranked-Choice Voting in a Presidential Election↗ wsj.com · HN · 386 comments · 373 points · Oct 30, 2020
Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for DNC emails – lawyer↗ reuters.com · HN · 404 comments · 383 points · Sep 18, 2020
Ron Graham has died↗ ams.org · HN · 47 comments · 382 points · Jul 07, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Unknown number of Texas voter registrations went unprocessed due to DPS error↗ votebeat.org · HN · 195 comments · 105 points · Sep 24, 2026
Whistleblower warns Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems↗ cbsnews.com · HN · 330 comments · 304 points · Sep 01, 2026
Congressman Cohen Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against President Trump↗ cohen.house.gov · HN · 3 comments · 43 points · Sep 28, 2026
International observers to investigate Swedish election fraud↗ tv4.se · HN · 39 comments · 35 points · Sep 24, 2026
Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the US statistical system↗ piie.com · HN · 48 comments · 95 points · Sep 06, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Whistleblower warns Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems↗ cbsnews.com · HN · 330 comments · 304 points · Sep 01, 2026
Unknown number of Texas voter registrations went unprocessed due to DPS error↗ votebeat.org · HN · 195 comments · 105 points · Sep 24, 2026
Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the US statistical system↗ piie.com · HN · 48 comments · 95 points · Sep 06, 2026
USPS Failed to Properly Handle Some Primary Election Ballots, Audit Finds↗ propublica.org · HN · 15 comments · 48 points · Sep 10, 2026
Trump promises $5k payout to U.S. adults if Republicans win election↗ reuters.com · HN · 45 comments · 46 points · Sep 10, 2026
Congressman Cohen Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against President Trump↗ cohen.house.gov · HN · 3 comments · 43 points · Sep 28, 2026
USPS Built an Untested, Undocumented Ballot-Blocking System Despite Injunction↗ techdirt.com · HN · 13 comments · 37 points · Sep 02, 2026
International observers to investigate Swedish election fraud↗ tv4.se · HN · 39 comments · 35 points · Sep 24, 2026
Trump says he is banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House↗ apnews.com · HN · 2 comments · 31 points · Sep 18, 2026
Trump homeland security chief says ICE agents could be sent to polling places↗ theguardian.com · HN · 10 comments · 30 points · Sep 07, 2026

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