Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) has restored voting rights to 66,085 Virginians with previous felony convictions since taking office, she announced Friday. Virginia’s constitution automatically and permanently strips voting rights of all convicted felons, making them ineligible to perform duties such as voting or serving on a jury after they complete their prison sentence. The one […]

The Indiana Republican leader in the state Senate announced on Friday that he will not seek reelection to his leadership position after President Donald Trump successfully primaried several of his colleagues to buck his redistricting agenda.  Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray’s defiant opposition to Trump’s mid-decade redistricting agenda attracted the president’s full fury last […]

Washington Examiner Justice Department reporter Kaelan Deese said tension in the Senate over acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination could still lead to a full vote. “Ultimately, it seems like that there is more broad Republican support for Blanche,” Deese said on Fox News’s LiveNow streaming network.  Blanche’s confirmation appears to depend on support from […]

Authorities are searching for a transgender-identifying man accused of bombing an immigration facility during Black Lives Matter riots six summers ago. Ronald Watson allegedly joined a mob of black-clothed radicals in 2020 who demolished the building’s interior in Atlanta, Georgia, but the FBI did not tie him to the incident until his 2023 conviction in […]