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In this week’s It’s Just Politics newsletter, Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta dig into the role third parties play in presidential elections and ask: do more candidates mean more opportunities for voters or are they just ‘"spoiling" the election? Plus, Michigan’s new “I voted” stickers go viral.

Former President Donald Trump met separately with House and Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill delivering speeches aimed at keeping the GOP aligned.

Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.

Ted Olson, the Bush-era solicitor general, has died at age 84. He was a towering figure in the legal profession who argued 65 cases at the Supreme Court as solicitor general and as a private lawyer.

Gun safety measures have stalled in Congress. Advocates have long pushed for a White House office to elevate the issue and coordinate efforts. Vice President Harris will oversee the new office.

Last summer, contaminated sludge from a fire at a chemical plant reached Lake Ontario. The spill report raises questions about what the government told the public.

On Friday — the day Swift released her 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department — she smashed the all-time Spotify record for most album streams in a single day, with more than 300 million.

Nedoroscik, the self-described dork who captured the nation's attention as he calmly awaited his turn in the Olympic men's gymnastics team final last week, won bronze in the pommel horse final on Saturday.

Georgia is an important state for both former President Donald Trump and President Biden in 2024. It's also a state with the clearest examples of the obstacles each faces in his path to victory.

The government in Lahore has closed schools and public spaces and shut down factories. Environmental lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam shares his perspective: "frustrated" but still fighting.