The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, tell us something about how it is trending.— Though 2004 and 2024 produced similar topline national results, there has been some significant change ...

Today’s new factories employ fewer people than those of yesteryear. Southern states appear to have an edge over the Rust Belt, an edge that tariffs don’t solve.

Trump tariffs set off doubts — even in Rust Belt area he pledged to restore Many people in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, a major Rust Belt manufacturing hub in an election-deciding swing state ...

In a two-page statement submitted just 10 minutes before Saturday’s court-ordered deadline, Michael Kozak, a top State Department official, gave no information about what U.S. officials have ...

The economic forces restructuring the Rust Belt are 75 years old, a full lifetime behind us. It has enriched Americans beyond the wildest expectations of well-educated adults in the spring of 1950.

Well, a new map created by X user TownsUSA shows a very cool data visual aggregating the overlap of smoking and excessive drinking in every county in the United States. No surprise, the Rust Belt (and ...

Hunter, the CEO of the company, at 901 French St., said Rust Belt Business Law was “there from the beginning.” “They were absolutely instrumental,” Hunter said.

Democratic leaders pinpointed a number of state legislatures in the Rust Belt as targets to shore up ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

In this second installment, I will look at the Sun Belt battlegrounds of Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, and North Carolina. But first, here’s another illustration from the Rust Belt states.

Where Trump Won: The Rust Belt Republican presidential nominee and former president Donald Trump gestures during a rally in State College, Pa., October 26, 2024.(Carlos Barria/Reuters) ...

An art exhibition on display in Detroit is taking an up-close look at the effects of gentrification in Rust Belt cities while offering a bright, hopeful vision for the future. “Echoes from the ...