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Democrat Greene has early lead over Republican Tunney in Michigan Senate special election
DETROIT — Democrat Chedrick Greene had a slight lead over Republican Jason Tunney in initial results Tuesday night in a pivotal special election in Michigan's 35th Senate District.
As of 9 p.m. EDT, Greene, a Saginaw firefighter, had about 52% of the initial vote, while Tunney, a businessman and lawyer from Saginaw, had about 47%. The ...Read more
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy calls for expedited abortion pill review as primary nears
WASHINGTON — Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, at risk of further distancing himself from President Donald Trump as his primary election draws closer, says the administration isn’t doing enough to restrict access to abortion pills.
Cassidy, one of the few remaining Republicans in Congress who voted to convict Trump at his impeachment trial after...Read more
New Hampshire FAA employee charged with threatening President Trump
A federal employee in New Hampshire was arrested after emailing a death threat to the White House and conducting Google searches related to killing President Trump, the U.S. Attorney for the district of New Hampshire announced.
Nashua-resident Dean DelleChiaie, 35, a Federal Aviation Administration employee, appeared in federal court Tuesday on...Read more
Moskowitz signals plan to run for reelection in new coastal South Florida congressional district
U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz is preparing to run for reelection in a new congressional district that runs along the coast in South Florida — even though it was crafted by Republicans to thwart his return to Congress.
If the courts allow the Republican redistricting plan to go into effect, a Moskowitz spokesperson said the Democratic congressman ...Read more
Man charged after online posts of threats against Trump, Rubio and Bondi, feds say
A South Florida man faces federal charges after allegedly posting death threats against President Donald Trump and other Cabinet officials on his social media, federal prosecutors said.
Nathaniel Sanders II, 32, of Miami Beach, is charged with threatening the president of the United States and transmitting threats in interstate commerce.
The ...Read more
No primary challenge for Levin as two Republicans face off in 49th District
Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano, is looking for a fifth two-year term. He is the only Democrat in the June primary again this year in the 49th Congressional District, which includes much of northern San Diego County and southern Orange County.
Two Republicans, Armen Kurdian and Star Parker, will face off in the primary for the right to ...Read more
Pa. Gov. Shapiro says he didn't tell a union to support a GOP nominee over a Democrat who criticized him. His top labor allies backed the Republican anyway
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Josh Shapiro is facing questions about whether he tried to help elect a Republican candidate over a member of his own party who had publicly criticized him, after an audio recording of a top labor leader leaked this week alleging that the first-term Democratic governor pushed his union to support the GOP candidate for ...Read more
Senate GOP seeks $1 billion for Secret Service, Trump ballroom
A top Senate Republican has proposed spending as much as $1 billion for U.S. Secret Service security adjustments and upgrades, including for President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom.
The funding would come in legislation authored by Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, who on Monday released language for his panel’s ...Read more
Trump shrugs off high gas prices, creating political headwinds for GOP
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has mostly shrugged off rising gasoline prices since his conflict with Iran began over two months ago, giving Republicans political heartburn ahead of the midterm elections as prices are up again this week amid new tensions over the Strait of Hormuz.
As gas prices continue to tick up, with the cost of a ...Read more
South Carolina anti-abortion protester sang hymns and quoted scripture. He still lost
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Steven Lefemine has quoted the Bible and sung hymns.
In his yearslong quest to overturn a criminal conviction in federal court for blocking a Columbia abortion clinic’s door, he has fought the good fight.
But now man’s law has won — again.
Late last week, a 2-1 ruling by a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ...Read more
Democratic lawmakers urge Supreme Court to keep abortion medication access
Democratic congressional lawmakers Tuesday overwhelmingly urged the conservative Supreme Court to maintain access to abortion medication as the justices consider whether to put on hold an appeals court ruling that would ban receiving it by mail.
All 47 Democratic senators and 212 Democratic House lawmakers signed a petition calling on the the ...Read more
Supreme Court resembles a feuding family with arguments that go on for years
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court often resembles a feuding family where the same heated arguments go on for years.
The justices disagree over race, religion, abortion, guns and the environment, and more recently, presidential power and LGBTQ+ rights. And while they try to maintain a cordial working relationship, they don't claim to be good ...Read more
Term limits for Supreme Court justices? Congressman's new bill fuels familiar political rift
A proposal by Rep. Johnny Olszewski Jr. to impose term limits on U.S. Supreme Court justices is opening a familiar partisan divide, with the Democrat framing it as a needed fix and a Maryland Republican calling it an overreaction to recent rulings.
Legislation introduced by the freshman Baltimore County lawmaker would establish 18-year term ...Read more
Modi's rival rejects loss, alleges rigged poll in key state
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rival Mamata Banerjee refused to resign as West Bengal’s chief minister a day after she was defeated by the ruling party in state elections, alleging the polls were manipulated.
“I haven’t lost,” Banerjee told reporters in Kolkata on Tuesday. She alleged irregularities during vote counting on ...Read more
Reconciliation bill text would fund ICE, CBP, ballroom security
Two Republican-led Senate committees late Monday released legislative text to flesh out a nearly $70 billion reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement agencies at the Department of Homeland Security through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term.
The Senate Judiciary Committee text shows that panel’s piece of the ...Read more
Bass, Pratt and Raman make cut for TV debate as LA mayor's race kicks into high gear
LOS ANGELES — With just 28 days till election day, the Los Angeles mayor's race is heating up this week as leading candidates face off in debates that will highlight their diverging visions on issues such as public safety and homelessness.
The debates are taking on added importance with polls showing large numbers of voters haven't made up ...Read more
Trump's feud with New York masks Amtrak's spending spree
President Donald Trump’s long-running feud with New York over the $16 billion Gateway tunnel masks a turn of events that even executives at Amtrak didn’t see coming: The administration is largely staying out of the way as the railroad undertakes a building spree unmatched in its more than 50-year history.
While the showdown over Gateway ...Read more
Supreme Court voting rights ruling set to reshape local power from statehouses to school boards
The U.S. Supreme Court’s new decision gutting a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act clears the way for state officials to drastically reshape not only Congress but also state legislatures, county commissions, city councils and even local school boards.
The ruling, released last week in a case called Louisiana v. Callais, dismantled...Read more
Trump statue maker from Philly area faces high demand for bronze likenesses of the president after assassination attempts
Within an hour of an armed man’s attempt to storm the White House correspondents’ dinner while President Donald Trump and administration officials were on stage last weekend, Steven Barber said he received 10 calls from people wanting him to make them statues of the president.
“Whenever bullets fly around Trump, I get contacted by MAGA ...Read more
Trump's quip about sending warship to take Cuba struck a nerve on the island
Cuban leader Miguel Diaz-Canel ramped up his rhetoric this weekend, calling the current U.S. administration “fascist,” after President Donald Trump suggested, apparently in jest, that he could send a U.S. aircraft carrier “on its way back from Iran” and easily take the island.
While recognizing attendees at an event in Palm Beach Friday...Read more
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