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Court has repeatedly expanded states’ leeway to make voting laws that would have previously been deemed discriminatory

Exclusive poll: Inflation remains a concern despite president’s pledge to reduce prices on ‘day one’

The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative justices appear ready to undermine a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, potentially reshaping minority representation in congressional districts across the country.

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) on Wednesday needled President Donald Trump over fresh talk of sending the National Guard to San Francisco, reminding him that Trump himself had praised the city's past during the years when Newsom was mayor.

President pushes hyperbolic claims of out-of-control crime as city leaders say no need for ‘Trump’s personal army’

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani publicly apologized to the New York City Police Department this week, marking a sharp reversal from his earlier calls to defund and dismantle the department during the 2020 protests over police brutality.

Leaked Young Republican chat logs show operative Peter Giunta using racist and antisemitic slurs—including calling Black Americans 'watermelon people'—prompting bipartisan condemnation and calls for censure in New York.

Texas’ senior senator outraised his foes across his campaign operation, though some of the money is ineligible to be transferred to his main account. The post Cornyn heads into fall with big cash advantage over GOP primary challengers Paxton, Hunt appeared first on The Texas Tribune.

"If there's a contingency of 10 to 12 of them and they're sticking together, I think it's going to really shake things up."