(Headline USA) A campaign finance scandal in the executive branch is threatening to throw Delaware's upcoming gubernatorial race into disarray, opening the possibility---albeit remote---that the reliably blue state, home to President Joe Biden, might see its first Republican governor in more than three decades.
Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall--Long’s office staff...
(Headline USA) As California’s attorney general, Kamala Harris successfully defended the death penalty in court, despite her past crusade against it.
As a new senator, she proposed to abolish cash bail—a reversal from when she chided San Francisco judges for making it “cheaper” to commit crimes by setting bail amounts...
(Headline USA) Gov. Tony Evers asked a federal judge Wednesday not to impose any changes at Wisconsin's youth prison after an inmate was accused of killing a counselor during a fight earlier this summer, insisting conditions at the prison have been slowly improving despite the death.
Evers, a Democrat, said...
(Headline USA) A Detroit judge who ordered a teenager into jail clothes and handcuffs on a field trip to his courtroom will be off the bench while undergoing “necessary training,” the court's chief judge said Thursday.
Meanwhile, the girl's mother said Judge Kenneth King was a “big bully.”
“My daughter is...
(Headline USA) The Idaho Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the state's attorney general over a ballot initiative that aims to open Idaho's closed primary elections and create a ranked-choice voting system.
The high court did not rule on the merits of Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador's arguments...
(Headline USA) TikTok on Thursday pushed back against U.S. government arguments that the popular social media platform is not shielded by the First Amendment, comparing its platform to prominent American media organizations owned by foreign entities.
Last month, the Justice Department argued in a legal brief filed in a Washington...
(Headline USA) Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he thinks he’s “entitled to personal attacks” on his Democratic rival, adding he's “very angry” at Vice President Kamala Harris and questioning her intelligence.
Trump was asked during a news conference whether his campaign needs more discipline as he faces a Democratic...
(Headline USA) An employee of the Democratic National Committee filed a complaint Wednesday seeking to remove the Green Party's presidential candidate from the ballot in Wisconsin, arguing that the party is ineligible.
It's the latest move by the DNC to block third-party candidates from the ballot. Democrats are also seeking...
(Headline USA) An Indian-born magistrate, appointed by the radical D.C. District Court, on Tuesday disqualified a pro-Trump lawyer from representing a prominent funder of election skeptics who is being sued by Dominion Voting Systems.
It marked the latest example of allies and supporters of former President Donald Trump being targeted...
(Headline USA) Resources are pouring into the few truly competitive congressional races expected to help determine the balance of power in Washington next year.
Democrats need to flip just four seats to take back control of the House, while Republicans hope to expand their majority and make it easier to...
(Headline USA) Google said Wednesday that an Iranian group linked to the country’s Revolutionary Guard has tried since May to infiltrate the personal email accounts of roughly a dozen people linked to GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and former Democrat candidate Joe Biden.
The admission follows a recent revelation from...
(Headline USA) An election board in one of Georgia's largest counties has voted to start charging people who challenge the eligibility of voters for the cost of notifying the challenged voters.
The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registrations voted 4-1 on Tuesday to adopt the rule. Debbie Fisher, a...