Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sharply questioned a coalition of Catholic schools on Tuesday that are seeking to be allowed into Colorado’s universal preschool program without having to admit families who do not abide by Catholic teachings, accusing them of asking for a “special rule” to discriminate. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in St. Mary […]
The Justice Department charged an Oklahoma man accused of mailing white powder to hundreds of officials and public figures before the midterm elections. Investigators arrested Robin Martin on Monday and have linked him to more than 700 mailings of white powder to various public figures in two waves — one before the 2024 elections and […]
Police recaptured an escaped Tennessee inmate in Missouri on Tuesday after the convicted murderer spent more than a week on the run. Jacob Morley escaped the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee, on Oct. 25. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation apprehended Morley around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, the department announced in an X post. Morley, […]
Millions of votes are being cast nationwide in the 2026 midterm elections, which have already faced scrutiny in battleground states. In North Carolina, results are expected to be delayed by an hour, until 8:30 p.m., in Hertford, Gates, Lenoir, and Wilson counties due to “various technical issues,” according to Sam Hayes, the State Board of […]
The 2026 midterm elections are here. Voters across the country will head to the polls Tuesday to determine control of Congress, decide key gubernatorial and state legislative races, and weigh in on local contests. Poll closing times vary across the country, and some states have different deadlines depending on the time zone. 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS […]
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a ruling late Monday that briefly allowed the Trump administration to resume demands that election officials segregate ballots from suspected noncitizens under warnings of criminal prosecution, setting up another legal battle as voters headed to the polls on Tuesday. A majority of the active judges voted to […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) released a memo addressed to “interested parties and allies” highlighting the congresswoman’s influence in the midterm elections as questions brew about her 2028 presidential ambitions. Ocasio-Cortez, 37, has been floated as a potential Democratic nominee in 2028 and spent much of the midterm season campaigning with marquee candidates to drive up […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared skeptical of Colorado’s effort to require Catholic preschools to allow parents who do not follow Catholic beliefs to be allowed into its universal preschool program, teeing up a potential fourth major loss for the Centennial State on First Amendment cases at the Supreme Court in the past decade. The […]
District of Columbia Councilwoman Christina Henderson said Tuesday that she is rejoining the Democratic Party, shedding her independent status in a move that sets her up to replace outgoing Councilman Robert White in the chamber. White, a Democratic at-large councilman, resigned from his seat Monday to mount a new bid to replace retiring Del. Eleanor […]
President Donald Trump lashed out on Election Day at the backlash to his Monday speech at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The White House had preemptively billed the event as a chance for the president to deliver his closing 2026 midterm election argument to voters, but Trump spent the first 20-plus minutes of the remarks […]
