879 articles in the Politics & Elections category.
By Tommy Flynn
Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green ruled Wednesday that Missouri’s referendum process cannot be used to challenge the state’s Republican-drawn congressional map, preserving a Trump-backed redraw that strengthens the GOP’s position and targets a Democratic-held seat for the...
By Tommy Flynn
Federal agents seized electronic devices from former Rep. Eric Swalwell at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday and executed a search warrant at his Washington, D.C., home the following day as part of a criminal investigation into multiple allegations of sexual...
By Tommy Flynn
Vice President JD Vance told Newsmax that the Trump administration has examined using his constitutional authority as President of the Senate to overrule the parliamentarian and clear a path for the SAVE America Act, but a small group of Republican senators continues to stand in...
By Tommy Flynn
Justice Department investigators working with longtime Trump ally Joseph diGenova have requested voluntary interviews with FBI officials who participated in the August 2022 search of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, expanding a Florida-based inquiry that aims to...
By Tommy Flynn
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is preparing to step down at the end of August to spend more time with her family, and multiple reports indicate that CNN political commentator Scott Jennings has emerged as a leading candidate to succeed her. Leavitt, who has served...
By Tommy Flynn
President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared that the United States would launch what he called the most crushing economic operation ever directed at any country, framing the campaign as unprecedented economic warfare and isolation against Iran after diplomatic efforts failed to...
By Tommy Flynn
Destiny Alvarez, a 30-year-old conservative attorney, narrowly defeated incumbent Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mavel Ruiz in Tuesday’s nonpartisan primary for the 11th Judicial Circuit Group 67 seat, ending Ruiz’s more than decade-long tenure on the bench. Unofficial results showed...
By Tommy Flynn
Democrat Brandon Dukes defeated Republican Scott Timko by 88 votes in a special election for Pennsylvania’s 12th House District on Tuesday, flipping a seat that Republicans had held for nearly three decades and that President Donald Trump carried by 18 points in 2024. Unofficial...
By Tommy Flynn
President Donald Trump announced late Tuesday that he is pausing the imposition of new 50 percent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods for three days, citing a tentative trade agreement reached with Canada that remains subject to the finalization of documents. In a Truth Social...
By Tommy Flynn
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds secured the Republican nomination for Florida governor on Tuesday, defeating a crowded field to become the party’s standard-bearer in the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis. With results showing Donalds capturing roughly 48 to 49 percent of...
By Tommy Flynn
A firm calling itself Median Strategies has acknowledged that polls it released this summer, including one showing Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass holding a nearly 12-point lead over City Councilmember Nithya Raman in the upcoming mayoral runoff, were fabricated and not based on...
By Tommy Flynn
The Justice Department intends to send approximately 1,000 federal observers to polling places across the country for the November midterm elections, a figure described by senior officials as a record for a Republican administration and a significant expansion of the...