Kansas Republicans hindered their own efforts to tighten mail-in voting restrictions after voicing concerns about the security of the state’s elections. Instead, Monday’s debate sparked intraparty division among Republicans, making it harder for their proposal to succeed. State Republicans proposed a bill to shorten the grace period for turning in mail-in ballots by getting rid […]
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg took aim at Donald Trump‘s latest court filing seeking to bar former attorney Michael Cohen from testifying at his hush money trial, calling for a judge to deny the former president’s “unprecedented” argument. Bragg’s office was responding to a recent motion by Trump’s lawyers decrying Cohen as a witness who […]
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said Tuesday he has no timeline for launching a bid for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) role as the top Republican in the conference. Scott, 71, has said he is “seriously considering” entering the contest for the top job, but he declined to discuss anything but his own reelection at […]
Voters across 16 states and one U.S. territory are heading to the polls on Tuesday for what is set to be the biggest primary election night of the 2024 cycle. The elections are expected to all but determine who the candidates will be for both Republicans and Democrats, with about one-third of the delegates at […]
The D.C. Council passed legislation aimed at addressing the growing crime crisis on Tuesday after councilmembers unanimously passed the bill during a first vote in February. The Secure D.C. Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024 was introduced last year by Public Safety Committee Chair Councilwoman Brooke Pinto. The crime legislation includes 12 bills crafted by Mayor […]
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) said he’ll be ‘making decisions’ about his Democratic presidential campaign in the days ahead, as he’ll likely lose in his home state of Minnesota. “As the only candidate not losing to Donald Trump in any poll, I’m grateful for the beautifully orchestrated outpouring of wishes to end my mission to ensure […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the retirement of Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland, a career diplomat-turned-top political appointee who emerged over the last decade as one of the faces of U.S. foreign relations with Ukraine. “It’s Toria’s leadership on Ukraine that diplomats and students of foreign policy will study for years to come,” Blinken said in a Tuesday statement. […]
A co-defendant in former President Donald Trump‘s Georgia election subversion case asked a judge on Tuesday to allow at least one more witness to testify in a bid to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over alleged impropriety and corruption. Co-defendant Cathy Latham, a former Coffee County Republican chairwoman accused of being a “fake […]
A coalition of United States businesses is aiming to do away with some of the Biden administration’s biggest labor legislation. Businesses that employ ride-hailing drivers, home health aides, janitors, truckers, and other professionals filed a legal challenge on Tuesday challenging a provision from the Biden administration that guides the categorization of workers. The companies behind […]
Congressional leaders revealed this week they plan to narrowly decrease the FBI’s annual funding as part of a newly released government spending bill, and the House and Senate are expected to vote on the legislation before Friday evening to prevent a partial government shutdown. When the bill was made public, Republicans touted that the FBI […]
