A federal judge Wednesday found Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in contempt of court for disobeying a 2016 court order on the state’s voter ID law, and spared no words in blistering Kobach and his staff.
Read moreWhen 16-term Congresswoman Louise Slaughter died in March, Governor Andrew Cuomo should have called a special election to fill the vacancy, Slaughter’s constituents say. He has not, so they sued him Tuesday in a federal class action.
Read moreTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with the leader of the country’s main nationalist party on Wednesday to discuss his political ally’s surprise call for an early election this summer.
Read moreCuba’s National Assembly will elect a new president on Wednesday and announce the replacement for Raul Castro the next day, an unusual two-day process that will install someone from outside the Castro family in the country’s highest government office for the first time in nearly six decades.
Read moreThe Upstate Jobs Party sued officials with the New York State Board of Elections, claiming campaign-finance limits favor the major political parties and constrain those that do not have party status but are competing for state offices.
Read moreA city commissioner in Miami Beach who has entered the race for Congress sued the state of Florida Tuesday claiming a new law would force her to resign her current position to continue her congressional bid.
Read moreWith less than two months until the field is whittled to two candidates, Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom maintains a double-digit lead in California’s crowded gubernatorial race, according to a nonpartisan poll released Wednesday.
Read moreKansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed a lawsuit Tuesday, asking a state court to prohibit residents of other states from running for governor and lieutenant governor.
Read moreAs bots have become inextricably tied to the spread of “fake news,” a new study looking at how automated accounts engage with popular websites finds they are more prolific than humans on Twitter, posting two-thirds of all shared news links.
Read moreThe mayor of Compton and a conservative actress-turned-commentator both announced in the last week that they are dropping out of the race for Congress, leaving incumbent Rep. Nanette Barragan, D-San Pedro, the only Democrat on the ballot.
Read moreCalifornia Democratic gubernatorial candidates at a Wednesday evening forum stressed the next leader of the Golden State will have to improve the state’s infrastructure and education standards and added the next governor’s job duties will include standing up to President Donald Trump.
Read moreA judge granted a temporary restraining order Tuesday that directs Maine to implement America’s first statewide ranked-choice voting system in June primaries.
Read moreThe 2018 midterm election for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas is in full swing, and Democrat Beto O’Rourke raised the stakes Tuesday in his race against Republican Ted Cruz by announcing he has pulled in nearly $7 million so far this year.
Read moreItalian President Sergio Mattarella opened two days of formal consultations Wednesday to determine if any party or coalition can muster support to form a government after the country’s inconclusive March 4 elections.
Read moreLast year, two Southern California congressmen stepped down from office amid sexual misconduct allegations made by staffers and former colleagues. Another assemblyman abruptly left his seat due to health reasons.
Read moreBringing an end to a costly, partisan race, Wisconsin voters on Tuesday elected the preferred Democratic candidate to serve a 10-year term on the state’s highest court.
Read moreDeputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gave Special Counsel Robert Mueller the authority to investigate allegations of collusion between President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and the Russian government, according to a court filing in the case Monday night.
Read moreDeputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has empowered the Justice Department’s special counsel to investigate allegations that President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman colluded with the Russian government.
Read moreMalaysia’s parliament on Monday passed a law prohibiting fake news that critics fear will be abused to silence dissent ahead of a general election.
Read moreMissouri’s attorney general – a Republican who is also seeking to unseat a Democrat in the U.S. Senate – sent a subpoena to Facebook on Monday, seeking information in the data-mining scandal currently roiling the social media giant.
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