Politics Mar 05 Colorado Gov. Polis considers releasing Tina Peters from prison amid Trump pressure Colorado's Democratic governor, facing a pressure campaign from President Donald Trump, is signaling his openness to granting clemency to a former county clerk who was convicted in a scheme that attempted to find proof of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
Politics Feb 26 DHS official promises that federal immigration agents won't be at polling places during midterm elections A Department of Homeland Security official on Wednesday told state election administrators that immigration agents will not be stationed at the polls during November's midterm elections, trying to swat down one of Democrats' greatest fears about possible election interference from…
Politics Feb 20 Trump's administration is loaded with people who backed his false 2020 election claims President Donald Trump has long spread conspiracy theories designed to explain away his 2020 election loss. Now that he's president again, Trump has stocked his administration with those who have promoted his falsehoods and in some cases helped him try to overturn his loss.
Politics Feb 04 Fulton County asks court to return 2020 election documents seized by the FBI Officials in Georgia's Fulton County said Wednesday they have asked a federal court to order the FBI to return ballots and other documents from the 2020 election that it seized last week, escalating a voting battle as President Donald Trump…
Politics Jan 29 FBI raid in Georgia highlights Trump's preoccupation with the 2020 election On Wednesday, the FBI served a search warrant at the election headquarters of Fulton County, Georgia, which includes most of Atlanta, seeking ballots from the 2020 election. That follows President Donald Trump's comments earlier this month when he suggested that…
Politics Jan 27 Killing of Alex Pretti scrambles Second Amendment politics for Trump On Tuesday, Trump weighed in anew on Pretti having a firearm, which he was legally allowed to carry. Before leaving for a trip to Iowa, the president told reporters he wanted to see an investigation into the death but also…
Politics Jan 08 ICE shooting reinforces Minnesota's grim role as Trump's target Trump has focused on several blue states in the divide-and-conquer campaign that has characterized his second term, and now he has turned to Minnesota, where the killing of George Floyd and the protests it sparked stained his first presidency.
Politics Dec 30 Democrats are raising worries about Trump interfering in the midterms. The White House calls it 'fearmongering' The Trump administration's Justice Department has sued mostly Democratic-controlled states for detailed voter information, and the administration has sent the military into Democratic-run cities.
Politics Nov 19 Why Trump's plan to help GOP keep control of the House could backfire President Donald Trump is finding that redistricting his way to a GOP House majority in next year's midterms is a lot harder than it sounds. That's because there's a tangle of laws and conflicting political pressures in redistricting.
Politics Nov 09 Trump administration demands states 'undo' full SNAP payments for November amid legal battle President Donald Trump's administration is demanding states “undo” full SNAP benefits paid out under judges' orders last week, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed those rulings, marking the latest swing in a seesawing legal battle over the anti-hunger…