The Indiana Senate will not vote this year on whether to redraw the state’s congressional map, ending hopes for a new GOP-favored map. Indiana has been one of several states swept into the nationwide mid-decade redistricting effort, but despite prodding from the White House, the Hoosier state will not change its map. The state’s Senate […]

California officials have asked a federal district judge to enjoin the Trump administration from using the National Guard in Los Angeles, arguing the high appeals court order allowing the federalization has been treated as a “blank check” to use the forces beyond the Golden State. In a filing to the U.S. District Court for the […]

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that environmentalist critics say would dramatically weaken the commonwealth’s goals for limiting climate change, undoing years of work on policies aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions.  This bill was put forth by Democratic state Rep. Mark Cusack earlier this month with the intention of controlling soaring energy prices while […]

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is considering leaving Congress and getting into California‘s crowded governor’s race, sources familiar with his plans told the Washington Examiner on Friday. Talk of a possible run follows allegations that Swalwell, a seven-term House member and one of President Donald Trump‘s most vocal critics, committed mortgage and tax fraud. He has denied those […]