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 […]