Illinois black lawmakers gave House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) a firm reality check on Monday: any new congressional map that dilutes the black vote will be met with staunch opposition. Jeffries traveled to Chicago to meet with members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus and was joined by members of the U.S. delegation to […]
Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli can legally sue his opponent, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), during their race to be New Jersey‘s next governor, the state election board said. The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission issued an advisory opinion Monday that, as long as Ciattarelli uses his own personal funds, the Republican can file a defamation […]
Virginia Lt. Gov. Windsome Earle-Sears decried state Democrats’ attempts to fast-track the redistricting of the state, saying it was illegal. On Monday, the Republican gubernatorial candidate held an impromptu press conference on the steps of the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond. She denounced the attempts by the legislature to push through a new Virginia constitutional […]
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow it to fire Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter after a federal appeals court ordered her reinstatement last month. Solicitor General D. John Sauer petitioned the high court on its emergency docket, arguing that a federal appeals court erred in ruling that the register of copyrights was […]
The new campaign manager for progressive Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is stepping down after less than a week in the role. Kevin Brown, who began the role last week, is the latest staffer to leave the Platner campaign, which became riddled with controversy after the resignation of its political director, Genevieve McDonald. Platner, an […]
Soybean farmers are cautiously optimistic as trade negotiations between the United States and China inch closer to an agreement that is expected to include big purchases of U.S. soybeans. Exact details of the negotiations are unclear, but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent struck an optimistic tone over the weekend and said he expects Chinese soybean purchases […]
A Utah judge ruled on Monday that accused Charlie Kirk killer Tyler Robinson will be permitted to wear “civilian attire” but will remain restrained during pretrial hearings. While Robinson is entitled to wear regular clothing and have restraints concealed during a trial, his attorneys argued he should not have to wear jail clothes and restraints […]
New York residents on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking to toss out the state’s newly redrawn political maps due to allegations that the redistricting plan discriminates against minority voters. Last year, state Democrats led redistricting efforts that culminated in the approval of new maps that were designed to target then-GOP Rep. Brandon Williams’s seat and […]
EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration has begun to purge Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in offices in five major U.S. cities and fill some of those top posts with senior Border Patrol agents who will take over interior immigration enforcement in those regions, according to five sources familiar with the plans. ICE leaders in Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, […]
Federal district courts and appeals courts are at odds over the legality of President Donald Trump‘s deployment of the National Guard, as a lower court in Oregon prepares to hear arguments this week over whether Trump can send troops to Portland despite an appeals court ruling multiple times that, at least on a temporary basis, […]
