Jun 01 New Jersey voters look for answers about Tom Kean Jr.'s prolonged absence from Congress By Mike Catalini, Associated Press The pressure is ratcheting up in the 7th Congressional District as Democrats are hoping to unseat Kean in their bid to regain control of Congress. Continue reading
Jun 01 Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters released from prison after governor commutes sentence By Associated Press Peters served less than a quarter of her nine-year sentence. Continue reading
Jun 01 Jerome Powell uses award speech to warn against political pressure on Fed, courts and schools By Leah Willingham, Associated Press The award also honored residents of Minnesota's Twin Cities for their actions during a federal immigration crackdown that led to thousands of arrests and two deaths. Continue reading
Jun 01 Standoff between Republicans and White House over the 'anti-weaponization' fund remains unresolved By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Senate Republicans say they won't have the votes for the immigration spending bill until the White House works with them to put some parameters on a new $1.776 billion settlement fund designed to compensate Trump's allies — or scrap it… Continue reading
Jun 01 Why a surge of election-related websites could spell rising cyber threats for the midterms By Liz Landers Check Point, a cyber security company, found that in January of this year, approximately 1,300 newly registered domains contained the keyword "election," and approximately 2,957 contained "vote."… Continue reading
May 31 Platner's wife calls reports about Senate candidate's explicit texts with women 'shameful' By Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/ Report for America, Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press Graham Platner’s wife called reports that her husband had previously exchanged sexually explicit text messages with several women “shameful" over the weekend, the latest controversy to hit the Maine Democrat’s whirlwind campaign. Continue reading
May 29 Watch 5:46 News Wrap: Judge orders Kennedy Center to remove Trump's name from building In our news wrap Friday, a federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center to remove Donald Trump’s name from the building, the U.S. and Iran appear to still be far apart on a potential deal to end the conflict and Romania… Continue watching
May 29 Watch 5:39 Bondi defends handling of Epstein investigation but admits 'redaction errors' By Ali Rogin, Ali Schmitz, Leila Jackson Former Attorney General Pam Bondi defended the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation during a closed-door interview with lawmakers. Bondi said the department under her leadership remained committed to securing justice for Epstein's victims, but she declined to… Continue watching
May 29 Watch 10:01 Capehart and Continetti on Talarico's chances against Paxton in Texas By Geoff Bennett, Jonah Anderson Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW and Wall Street Journal opinion columnist Matthew Continetti join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including midterm primary elections showing more signs of strength for President Trump within the GOP, James Talarico’s chances… Continue watching
May 29 Judge says New Hampshire must loosen proof-of-citizenship rules for voter registration By Holly Ramer, Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press A federal judge has said that New Hampshire must make voter registration easier by allowing applicants to attest to their U.S. citizenship if they don’t have the documents to prove it. Continue reading