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…
Politics Oct 31 Judge rules Trump can't require U.S. citizenship proof on federal voting form President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday.
Politics Sep 18 Trump's moves against media outlets mirror authoritarian approaches to silencing dissent Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against the media unlike any in modern U.S. history, making moves similar to those of authoritarian leaders that he has often praised.
Politics Sep 15 After Kirk's killing, a growing conservative campaign seeks to get his critics ostracized or fired A campaign by public officials and others on the right has led just days after the conservative activist's death to the firing or punishment of teachers, an Office Depot employee, government workers, a TV pundit and the expectation of more…
Nation Sep 14 Utah Gov. Cox shares more details from investigation into motive of Kirk shooting suspect Cox stressed on several Sunday morning news shows that investigators are still trying to pin down a motive for the attack. The governor said more information may come out once the suspect appears in court Tuesday.