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Washoe County resident Ali (not his real name) was born and raised in Iran as a Shiite Muslim until he was 19. Shortly before the Shah of Iran was deposed in the 1979 Revolution, Ali told his parents he wanted to move to the United States to have more freedom.

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo is entering the final two months of Nevada’s gubernatorial race with something increasingly difficult for Democrat Attorney General Aaron Ford to spin away: momentum. Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin moved Nevada’s governor race from “Leans Republican” to “Likely Republican” this week, upgrading Lombardo’s reelection prospects as polling,

Nevada Democrat Reps. Dina Titus, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford voted Tuesday against a House resolution condemning socialism and explicitly denouncing the Democratic Socialists of America, joining the overwhelming majority of House Democrats in refusing what Republicans framed as one of the easiest votes Congress could possibly take. H. Res.

Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters traveled to Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District this week to headline a volunteer and election integrity training to rally Republicans behind Marty O’Donnell, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Susie Lee in one of the most competitive House races in the country. Addressing volunteers and local

Nevada Democrat congressional candidate Teresa Benitez-Thompson is campaigning as a born-again skeptic of the data-center industry after spending years taking money from interests tied to the industry and voting to help build the lucrative tax-abatement regime she now condemns. Campaign-finance records reviewed by The Nevada Globe identify at least $45,300

President Donald Trump is moving to create a new federal academy dedicated to producing the astronauts, engineers, warfighters and technical leaders America will need to dominate the next great strategic battlefield: space. Trump signed an executive order Friday establishing the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy, a NASA-led

President Donald Trump is declaring victory in the battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz, with the White House pointing to newly released U.S. military figures showing American forces have cleared Iranian mines, escorted nearly 1,500 commercial vessels and choked off Tehran’s oil exports through one of the most

Nevada Democrat congressional candidate Teresa Benitez-Thompson has picked up support from Indivisible activists as the national progressive network eyes Nevada’s historically Republican 2nd Congressional District as a potential 2026 target. Indivisible Carson City recommends Benitez-Thompson in the NV-02 race, according to Blue Voter Guide, while Nevada organizers are asking national