WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Democrat Janelle Stelson gave Republican Rep. Scott Perry the closest race of his political career in 2024, and many in her party are eager to see her try again.

The former television journalist, who said she is “seriously considering” another run, isn’t the only Democrat gearing up for a potential comeback.

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LOS ANGELES — The federal Department of Justice says it has launched an investigation into whether the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department is violating people’s gun rights with excessive fees and wait times for concealed carry permits.

The DOJ announced Thursday afternoon that it was opening an investigation into the Sheriff’s Department�...Read more

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged to take thorough measures to protect local jobs from the Trump administration’s 25% tariff on U.S. car imports, which he said will have a “very big” impact on the nation’s economy.

Ishiba emphasized the need to consider measures to help Japanese companies with financing while the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a proclamation directing the Smithsonian Institution to remove references to “improper ideology” from its programs and exhibitions, the latest effort from the White House to crack down on teachings regarding race and gender.

The proclamation, which Trump signed Thursday, called for the ...Read more

ATLANTA — Republican Georgia lawmakers advanced two election bills Thursday, setting up final votes on banning absentee ballot drop-off the weekend before Election Day, prohibiting last-minute State Election Board rules and withdrawing the state from a voter registration accuracy organization.

GOP legislators backed away from one of their ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — Facing potential economic fallout from planned U.S. tariffs, Mexican authorities are pushing the White House to exclude Mexican vehicles and car parts from President Donald Trump’s planned 25% levies on automobile imports.

“We don’t want to lose a single job in our country,” a somber President Claudia Sheinbaum told ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif — Uncertainties over tax policies and tariffs are weighing on decisions that businesses are making locally and nationwide, an official with a major business advocacy group said during an event in San Jose.

Nikkie Nguyen, U. S. Chamber of Commerce government affairs manager for the lobbying group’s Western Region, offered ...Read more

Emphasizing the global reach of the U.S. Navy, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a stark warning Thursday to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, cautioning against any military aggression toward Guyana. Speaking alongside Guyanese President Irfaan Ali at a press conference in the capital of Georgetown, Rubio made it clear that Washington ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Support for a resolution to allow recent parents to vote in the House by proxy appears to be waning, as Republicans target those in their ranks who backed the measure.

Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said rank-and-file members who supported a discharge petition, which allows proponents to circumvent leadership and bring the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune told GOP senators Wednesday that a compromise budget resolution could hit the floor for a “vote-a-rama” as soon as next week, which would allow the House to adopt it the following week before the two-week April recess.

This accelerated time frame, if both chambers can adhere to it, would let ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The job market on the Hill can be chaotic and rough after any election, especially for the staffers on the losing side. But for Democratic staffers still looking for work nearly five months after Republicans won control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, prospects are bleak and show no signs of improving. They have ...Read more

Freedom of speech. Due process under the law.

They sound good, don’t they?

They’re the twin pillars of a free society and a free university. And they’re both under assault from President Donald Trump’s administration.

The only way for universities to fight back is to join hands around these principles. Everything else is just a ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s expansive executive order on elections Tuesday attempts to take control of voter citizenship verification, absentee ballot deadlines and voting technology, but its immediate impact in Georgia appears to be limited.

The order requires citizenship checks and absentee ballots to be returned by Election Day, both of which...Read more

Public health work by universities, hospitals, social services and health departments around North Carolina will be impacted after the Trump administration announced $11.4 billion in immediate cuts, state officials say.

For the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, it will mean more than 80 job losses and at least $100 million...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia Republican state legislators unveiled an elections overhaul bill Wednesday that would empower the State Election Board after its conservative majority tried and failed to change several rules weeks before Election Day last year.

The rewritten bill would mandate the kind of hand ballot counts proposed by the board last fall, ...Read more

Democrats in Springfield and Washington are vowing to defend Illinois election laws against a sweeping executive order from Donald Trump aimed at limiting counting of mail-in votes, requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and giving Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to voter data.

The executive order, signed ...Read more

President Donald Trump‘s recent executive order overhauling U.S. elections has drawn swift opposition from California leaders and advocacy groups who say it threatens how the state conducts elections.

Signed Tuesday, March 25, the order calls for stricter voting rules, including requiring voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship to ...Read more