A federal district court in Iowa ruled in favor of pollster Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register on Tuesday, dismissing a lawsuit brought by a West Des Moines resident who sued the paper over a 2024 presidential poll that showed Kamala Harris poised to defeat President Donald Trump. Published just days before the November […]

The Democratic Socialists of America are celebrating Zohran Mamdani‘s New York City mayoral election win as a “decisive mandate” for their affordability agenda. Mayor-elect Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent, and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa on election night Tuesday, garnering about 50.4% of the vote as Cuomo earned 41.6% and […]

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to issue full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits by Friday using funds intended for child nutrition after chastising officials for not issuing partial benefits quickly enough. U.S. District Judge John McConnell told Department of Justice lawyers during a hearing Thursday that they “did not comply” with his ruling […]

The Justice Department moved Thursday to block a federal magistrate judge’s order requiring prosecutors to immediately turn over grand jury materials in the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick stunned prosecutors Wednesday when he made the rare decision to order them to provide the materials to Comey’s defense […]