Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the United States Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau alleging the departments’ counting of illegal immigrants and visa holders has compromised elections.  “United States citizens and lawful permanent residents have a right to representation, unlike illegal aliens and temporary visa holders,” Hanaway said […]

Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher criticized Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) for invoking the idea that the events in Minnesota are a “civil war,” arguing he is trying to “violate” federal law. “News flash Tim Walz in this case you are the confederacy because you are the one that is trying to violate federal […]

The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis protester who was killed last weekend by two federal immigration officers, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday. Blanche characterized the move as a routine step rather than an extraordinary escalation, describing it as a […]

California officials urged the Supreme Court this week not to block the state’s new congressional map, warning that granting the California GOP’s request to do so would be entering the “political fray” of redistricting battles. The California Republican Party filed an appeal to the Supreme Court’s emergency docket earlier this month, asking the high court […]