546 articles in the Politics category.
By Tommy Flynn
LOS ANGELES — Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, a longtime paid petition circulator, agreed to plead guilty Monday to a federal charge of paying individuals — including homeless people on Los Angeles’ Skid Row — to register to vote. Armstrong, 64, of Marina del Rey, also known as...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to withdraw his endorsement and support a primary challenger against Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., after she defended Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and campaigned with him. Trump posted on Truth Social that Boebert is...
By Tommy Flynn
SACRAMENTO — Republicans are showing significantly higher-than-expected early voting turnout in California’s June 2026 primary, with GOP ballots making up roughly 34-37% of returns so far — an 8-11 point increase compared to the same point in 2022 — while Democratic...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday there is “a ton of evidence” supporting claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged, while confirming active federal investigations in key battleground states. Appearing on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures...
By Tommy Flynn
BATON ROUGE, La. — Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., was decisively defeated in Saturday’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate, finishing third and failing to advance to the June 27 runoff after drawing strong opposition from President Donald Trump and his allies. Trump-endorsed U.S....
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The Senate parliamentarian on Saturday ruled that $1 billion in proposed security funding tied to President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom cannot be included in a $72 billion immigration enforcement spending package, dealing a setback to Republican...
By Tommy Flynn
MINNEAPOLIS — Aimee Bock, the woman prosecutors called the ringleader of Minnesota’s massive $250 million COVID-era meal fraud scheme, told the New York Post in a jailhouse interview published Friday that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) had to have known about the widespread scam. “I...
By RWTNews Staff
FRANKFORT, Ky. — U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., is seriously considering a bid for Kentucky governor in 2027, telling local media he expects to make a final decision around December and has already begun traveling the state to gauge support. Comer, chairman of the House Oversight...
By Tommy Flynn
DENVER — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the nine-year prison sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, reducing it roughly in half and making her eligible for parole on June 1. Peters, 70, will remain a convicted felon but is expected to be released from...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Virginia Democrats’ emergency appeal to reinstate a voter-approved constitutional amendment that would have authorized mid-decade congressional redistricting, leaving the state’s current court-drawn maps in place for the...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the unauthorized leak of his tax returns, according to multiple reports citing sources familiar with the negotiations. Under the emerging settlement, the IRS...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Less than six months before the 2026 midterms, the Supreme Court’s April 29 decision in Louisiana v. Callais — which sharply limited race-based considerations under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act — has triggered a wave of mid-decade map changes in Republican-led...