Politics Oct 30 Judge orders 3 taxpayer-funded Trump administration ads to be pulled from TV, social media The federal government must pull three taxpayer-funded Trump administration ads that appear to have been made for political or propaganda purposes, including one touting the president’s claim that every American will get $5,000 if Republicans keep control of Congress in…
Politics Oct 30 Appeals court rejects Justice Department request for California to set aside disputed ballots The administration has alleged California sent ballots to some 20,000 people who may not be U.S. citizens. It wants the state to set those ballots aside and not count them until citizenship can be verified.
Politics Oct 26 Thousands of observers from the right and left will descend on polling places to monitor the vote on Election Day The effort among Democratic and nonprofit groups includes training volunteers to stand watch outside polling places and report activities they consider concerning.
Politics Oct 07 DNC files lawsuit alleging Trump's taxpayer-funded ads are illegal propaganda The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday sued President Donald Trump’s administration for recent television advertisements that promoted his political message while costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
Politics Sep 29 Homeland Security spending $20M in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump ads The Department of Homeland Security has tapped $20 million to pay for the campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump that have drawn widespread criticism from Republicans and Democrats as a blatant misuse of taxpayer dollars that likely runs afoul of…
Politics Sep 26 Kennedy Center put off planned repairs despite known structural issues, former employees allege The center’s executive director and chief operating officer, Matt Floca, did not treat the roofing issues as priorities and in April halted a funded plan to address them, according to the letter Thursday signed by David Seide, a lawyer representing…
Politics Sep 25 Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November’s elections, granting President Donald Trump a temporary win in his aggressive campaign against noncitizen voting.
Politics Sep 23 Trump's focus on noncitizen voting has led to 160 arrests. That shows it's rare, experts say The Trump administration's whole-of-government effort to find and prosecute noncitizens illegally on state voter rolls has resulted in about 1,600 voter fraud cases that have led to 160 arrests, Homeland Security Investigations senior official Matthew Millhollin said in a press…
Politics Sep 18 Early voting begins in U.S. midterm elections that could flip control of Congress In-person voting for this year’s midterm elections began Friday, ushering in the final six weeks for Americans to decide which party they trust to lead Congress through a cost-of-living crisis, a prolonged war in Iran and other pressing issues.
Politics Sep 17 Trump's push to restrict mail ballots failed. Other efforts to reshape the midterms continue The Supreme Court this week closed the chapter on one of Trump’s effort to dramatically overhaul of the nation’s mail voting processes. But the case was just one example of the Republican president’s numerous attempts to assert federal control over the upcoming midterms.