Illinois black lawmakers gave House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) a firm reality check on Monday: any new congressional map that dilutes the black vote will be met with staunch opposition.  Jeffries traveled to Chicago to meet with members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus and was joined by members of the U.S. delegation to […]

Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli can legally sue his opponent, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), during their race to be New Jersey‘s next governor, the state election board said. The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission issued an advisory opinion Monday that, as long as Ciattarelli uses his own personal funds, the Republican can file a defamation […]

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 […]