Nov 07 Why the Justice Department is sending monitors to ensure voting rights in 24 states By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Such monitoring occurs regularly on Election Day. This year, it comes as civil rights groups and the federal government have raised alarm over potential voter intimidation at some polling places and ballot boxes. Continue reading
Nov 07 GOP elections committee chair in Wisconsin sues to sequester military ballots By Scott Bauer, Associated Press The Republican chair of the Wisconsin Assembly’s elections committee along with a veterans group and other voters have filed a lawsuit seeking a court order requiring the sequestering of military absentee ballots in the battleground state. Continue reading
Nov 07 Ketanji Brown Jackson, in dissent, issues first Supreme Court opinion By Mark Sherman, Jessica Gresko, Associated Press New Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has issued her first Supreme Court opinion. It was a short dissent Monday in support of a death row inmate from Ohio. Continue reading
Nov 07 WATCH: Biden appears at campaign event in Maryland as midterm election nears end By Will Weissert, Associated Press An election year weighted by economic turmoil, elimination of federal abortion rights and broad concerns about the future of democracy concluded with a final full day of campaigning Monday by leaders of both parties urgently appealing to their supporters. Continue reading
Nov 07 How to watch midterm election results with PBS NewsHour By Joshua Barajas, Jenna Cohen The 2022 midterm elections will determine which political party will control Congress for the last two years of President Joe Biden’s term, and voters are going to the polls with issues like the economy, abortion, crime and nothing short of… Continue reading
Nov 07 WATCH: State Department responds to Russian's election meddling claim By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press The Biden administration has responded after Yevgeny Prigozhin, an entrepreneur connected to the Kremlin, admitted that he had interfered in U.S. elections and would continue to do so — confirming for the first time the accusations that he has rejected… Continue reading
Nov 07 Oath Keepers leader denies there was a plan for group to attack Capitol on Jan. 6 By Alanna Durkin Richer, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Rhodes is on trial with four others for what prosecutors have alleged was a plan to stage an armed rebellion to stop the transfer of presidential power from Republican Trump to Democrat Joe Biden. Continue reading
Nov 07 Putin-connected businessman admits interference in U.S. elections By Associated Press Kremlin-connected entrepreneur Yevgeny Prigozhin admitted Monday that he had interfered in U.S. elections and would continue to do so — confirming for the first time the accusations that he has rejected for years. Continue reading
Nov 07 WATCH: White House assures Ukraine aid is 'unwavering' regardless of midterm outcomes By Associated Press The White House insisted Monday U.S. support for Ukraine will be "unflinching and unwavering" regardless of what happens in Tuesday's midterm elections. Continue reading
Nov 06 Watch 3:02 News Wrap: COP27 climate change summit begins in Egypt In our news wrap Sunday, Biden, Obama and Trump campaigned in Pennsylvania with just two days until the midterms, delegates gathered in Egypt today for the opening of the United Nations COP27 climate summit, the Houston Astros clinched their second… Continue watching