WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Republicans will decide in a primary runoff Tuesday whether to nominate Gov. Larry Rhoden for a full term or to instead tap businessman Toby Doeden to represent the party on the ballot in November. The two were the top vote-getters in the June 2 primary, but neither ca
A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that halted President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a federal list of eligible voters and limit delivery of mail ballots only to people on that list. The ruling over the weekend rejected the Trump administration’s effort to move forward with the
Eight years ago, during a campaign for Texas attorney general, Justin Nelson ran television advertisements with security camera footage of Ken Paxton pocketing an expensive pen that didn’t belong to him. Four years ago, George P. Bush went after Paxton by putting up billboards that said “he’s a croo
By Jarrett Renshaw and Kalea Hall July 27 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will travel to a General Motors test site in Michigan on Monday to tout his trade and industrial policies, seeking to refocus attention on the economy even as an escalating conflict with Iran clouds the political outlook an
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate is due to begin voting as early as Monday on the nomination of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the top U.S. spy, and he is expected to be approved within days despite a tense confirmation he
WASHINGTON (SRN NEWS) — After nearly two weeks of escalating military confrontation, the United States and Iran have now paused their attacks for a second consecutive day, as President Donald Trump’s administration continues pursuing negotiations aimed at restoring a fragile interim ceasefire agreem
A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that in nearly half of U.S. states halted President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a federal list of eligible voters and limit delivery of mail ballots only to people on that list. The ruling Saturday by judges of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Ap
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, July 25 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Saturday declined to allow U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to implement in 23 states his executive order that aims to tighten rules for mail-in voting ahead of November elections that will decide control of Congress
By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) – Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson on Saturday won the state Democratic Party’s U.S. Senate nomination, formally ending a two-week scramble to replace Graham Platner on the ballot for November’s midterm election. Platner withdrew on July
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Former state lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine on Saturday and will face longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins in November in a race that could decide which party controls the chamber. Jackson replaces Graham Platner, who won t
(AP) – President Donald Trump addressed a huge roomful of journalists Friday night at a correspondents’ dinner rescheduled from April after a shooting upended the first edition. Said the president: “As I said three months ago, the show must go on.” Trump entered the ballroom to polite applause, and
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has acknowledged in court documents that it canceled $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state” — in this case, 16 states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) – South Carolina is poised to remain the Democrats’ first presidential primary state over Nevada after a vote by a powerful party committee on Friday, a racially fraught decision that pitted Black and Latino state leaders against each other. After two days o
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Democrats who have been scrambling to tap a new nominee for a pivotal U.S. Senate race against Republican Susan Collins are expected to nominate Troy Jackson at a last-minute convention this weekend. Jackson, a progressive Democrat, is a former president of the state’s D
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voters in swing state Wisconsin whose absentee ballots don’t arrive by Election Day should be allowed to cast provisional ballots at the polls to ensure their votes are counted, a lawsuit filed Friday argues. The lawsuit comes amid growing concerns about how quickly the United S
By Helen Coster and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will deliver a “unifying yet vicious” speech to the White House Correspondents’ Association on Friday at a dinner celebrating press freedom that was postponed after a shooting outside the original event, the Whi
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina was selected Friday to once again lead off the Democratic Party’s 2028 presidential nominating schedule, cementing a dramatic break from decades of tradition by leaving Iowa out of the early-state lineup altogether and elevating more racially diverse states. The deci
A federal judicial panel has allowed Tennessee to use a new congressional map that splits apart a majority-Black district in Memphis, providing another legal victory for Republicans who hope to gain an additional seat in this year’s midterm elections. A three-judge panel on Thursday declined to issu
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state has sent more than 3,000 letters to Alaska voters asking them to verify their citizenship ahead of the Aug. 18 primary, a number a top state elections official said is unusually high. The letters have raised concerns among some state lawmakers, including one who said
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly 150,000 California voters had their mail-in ballots rejected for the state’s June primary, a spike from recent elections even as the state attempts to make voting easier with the goal of boosting participation and counting every ballot. California has become notorious for i
(SRN NEWS) – Texas Rep. Brandon Gill’s proposed “Citizenship Act” is drawing sharp conservative praise for taking a hard line on what supporters call abuse of America’s citizenship rules. Gill’s legislation—unveiled alongside documents described in a recent report—would limit birthright citizenship
As President Donald Trump pushes for stricter proof of citizenship laws ahead of the midterms, social media users are falsely alleging that an old clip shows former President Barack Obama telling people in the U.S. illegally to vote in the 2016 election. The clip is from a video posted by mitú, a La
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters who have already returned their absentee ballots could void those and request a new one under a lawsuit filed Thursday by three people supported by the state’s Democratic Party, which is going through a chaotic primary for governor. The move would allow voters w
BOSTON (AP) — More than two dozen states on Thursday sued the Trump administration for requiring them to comply with election and immigration conditions to receive billions of dollars in federal funding for disasters. The lawsuit, filed in Rhode Island and challenging Federal Emergency Management Ag
By Luc Cohen July 23 (Reuters) – A coalition of mostly Democratic-led states asked a federal judge on Thursday to block the Department of Homeland Security from withholding certain disaster-related funds until states adopt election administration practices favored by Republican President Donald Trum
By David Shepardson July 23 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is urging Congress to make daylight saving time permanent, deprioritize bicycle lanes and mass transit, cut funding for electric vehicle charging stations and speed adoption of self-driving cars as part of legislation needed to renew f
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran, sending a warning to President Donald Trump for the second time as the war has escalated and the future of the conflict is increasingly uncertain. The 214-208 vote requiring congressional appro
By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) – Capital One executive Brian Johnson, U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told lawmakers on Thursday that he would not prejudge whether to pursue pending administration plans to fire most of the agenc
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – Moderate Amish Shah on Wednesday won the Democratic Party primary election in Arizona’s U.S. House of Representatives first congressional district, according to media projections. Democrats’ drive to win majority control of the House depends in part on their ability t
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican Steve Hilton launched his general election campaign for California governor Wednesday with a gambit to win over left-leaning voters who dominate the state: Even if they loathe President Donald Trump, he said, they should consider voting for him. During an event in Los A
