President Donald Trump’s legal team filed an appeal with the New York Court of Appeals, asking the state to erase the remaining fines levied by state Attorney General Letitia James’s lawsuit against him. James’s civil fraud lawsuit, and its hefty fines against the president, were thrown out last week. The lawsuit alleged Trump inflated his […]

Democrats flipped an Iowa state Senate seat in a special election on Tuesday, breaking the GOP supermajority in the state. Democrat Catelin Drey beat Republican Christopher Prosch to fill the seat of the late Republican state Sen. Rocky De Witt. With the win, Democrats now have 17 state Senate seats to 33 Republican seats. The Democratic […]

The NAACP and a lawyers’ civil rights group sued Texas, alleging the state’s new congressional map violates the Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Act prohibits a practice known as “racial gerrymandering,” or the act of redistricting to dilute or concentrate the voting power of minority voters based on their race. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) […]

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. —The Democratic National Committee‘s Rules and Bylaws Committee passed an amendment Tuesday evening prohibiting officers and staff from meddling in Democratic primary elections. The vote was previously meant to rebuke and block David Hogg, a former DNC vice chairman, from endorsing younger candidates against elder incumbents. But before the DNC summer gathering this week, […]