Federal law enforcement is investigating a Border Patrol-involved shooting in Laredo, Texas, that took place after an agent was assaulted early Monday morning, according to a new report. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson in Laredo confirmed Monday that a fatal shooting had occurred around 2:45 a.m. local time when a Border Patrol agent […]
Election officials in multiple Georgia counties are working to resolve complaints that voters are not receiving their absentee ballots ahead of Election Day, after lawsuits filed by voting groups alleged thousands of ballots never arrived. In Gwinnett and Cobb counties, officials have said they will contact voters who have not received the absentee ballots they […]
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Monday to stop demanding that California election officials set aside ballots from roughly 20,000 people the Justice Department suspects may be noncitizens, delivering another setback to its election oversight efforts. Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington found the administration likely exceeded its constitutional authority by […]
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s emergency bid to force California election officials to set aside roughly 20,000 ballots linked to suspected noncitizens, delivering a major setback to the Justice Department one day before the midterm elections. Just hours after the DOJ filed its emergency petition to the high court, the justices […]
The Democrats had a bad weekend before the midterm elections, but for Republicans it could be too little, too late. Most significant was the upheaval in the Michigan Senate race as Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) switched her endorsement from Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed to Republican Mike Rogers. Before that was a New York […]
WARREN, Michigan — Michael Howard was sitting in church Sunday when his phone began blowing up. The Warren resident initially thought little of the news that Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) had appeared at a church event with Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers. Perfecting Church, he figured, was a large congregation that routinely hosted politicians. Then […]
President Donald Trump on Monday championed a “record” decrease in oil prices, adding that Iran “wants a settlement,” remarks that come the evening before voters cast their ballots in the midterm elections. “Oil Prices are DROPPING LIKE A ROCK, down almost $10 a Barrel, A RECORD, because people feel that there will not be a […]
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) dismissed speculation that she was pressured into issuing her last-minute endorsement of Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers on Sunday. Stevens, whose endorsement of Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul el Sayed sent shockwaves through the Democratic Party over the weekend, said during a radio interview Monday that “at the end of the […]
President Donald Trump teased changing the name of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to the “Trump Reflecting Pool” during his final appearance before the midterm elections. “We’re giving serious thought to changing the name to the Trump Reflecting Pool,” the president said. The Reflecting Pool reopened following months of renovations after the Trump administration’s first […]
Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers has drawn sharp criticism from both sides of the aisle after releasing a direct-to-camera video on social media on Saturday saying he will not take action to restrict abortion rights at the federal level if elected by Michiganders on Tuesday. Rogers, who is in a toss-up contest against Democratic […]
