Democratic candidate Renee Hardman won the Iowa Senate special election on Tuesday, preventing Republicans from regaining two-thirds control of the state’s upper chamber. Hardman defeated Republican candidate Lucas Loftin by nearly 45 percentage points, according to the election results, which showed that more than 95% of the votes were in by late Tuesday. The special election […]

The Department of Health and Human Services announced on Tuesday that all child care payments to Minnesota have been frozen in response to the widespread fraud allegations under federal investigation. The move taken by HHS concerns Somali-run day care centers that are allegedly benefiting from government payments issued by the Administration for Children and Families. […]

A federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice to turn over internal records tied to its decision to investigate and charge Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, signaling growing judicial skepticism that senior DOJ leadership may have pushed the prosecution while publicly denying involvement. The order, issued earlier this month by U.S. District Judge Waverly […]

Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) tapped a former Biden administration Labor Department leader to head the Virginia Labor Department. Jessica Looman, the former administrator of the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division under President Joe Biden, will serve as the state’s next secretary of labor if confirmed by the General Assembly. “As Secretary of Labor, Ms. […]