A Democrat who has been the longest-serving secretary of state in the nation was re-elected to another term in New Hampshire on Wednesday after a close race that drew scrutiny on his voter-rights record.
Read moreA split Ninth Circuit panel revived a challenge by a former candidate for the Assembly to a state law that forced his party preference on the ballot to be “None,” rather than “Socialist.”
Read moreContesting personal liability in a case where the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that Republicans had gerrymandered state congressional districts, Senator Joe Scarnati urged the Third Circuit on Wednesday to let him off the hook on legal fees.
Read moreFBI agents raided the home and office of a Los Angeles City Council member Wednesday morning under the authority of a federal search warrant.
Read moreAnother day, another rash of suspicious packages found in the nation’s mail bound for a critic of President Donald Trump.
Read moreHaving taken nearly two weeks to marinate on the fraud committed by former New York assemblywoman Pamela Harris, a federal judge settled on a prison term Wednesday well short of the sentence sought by prosecutors.
Read moreThe final politician to be sentenced in a highly publicized crackdown on New York corruption, a former majority leader of the state Senate, was sentenced Wednesday to four years and three months in prison.
Read moreBefore she was the Democratic candidate for Georgia governor, Stacey Abrams participated in a flag-burning protest of the Georgia state flag, which featured a prominent Confederate symbol, more than 25 years ago.
Read moreA college student sued Georgia Senator David Perdue for civil battery Monday, claiming he heavy-handedly snatched the student’s cellphone away during an event for Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp.
Read morePresident Donald Trump praised a Republican congressman for body-slamming a reporter last year, calling him a “tough cookie” and saying he thinks it might have helped him win election in Montana.
Read moreSen. Cory Booker opened his first trip to South Carolina as a potential presidential contender Thursday by blasting President Donald Trump for wrecking America’s standing on the world stage.
Read moreIn a rare but not unprecedented move, the federal judge weighing the fate of former New York Assemblywoman Pamela Harris ended a 90-minute sentencing hearing Friday without resolution.
Read moreSetting the Republican congressman’s trial date for the year 2020, a federal judge overruled concerns Thursday about putting Representative Chris Collins on trial while he seeks re-election.
Read moreA Massachusetts mayor who was first elected at age 23 was charged Thursday with using investments in a company he formed as his “own personal ATM” to enjoy casinos and adult entertainment, buy a Mercedes, and pay down student loan debt.
Read moreCarlos Uresti, a Texas state senator who resigned this year after being convicted of 11 felonies, faces a federal SEC complaint. It says with, with help from Stanley P. Bates, of San Antonio, Uresti claimed to “buy and sell sand used in hydraulic fracking,” and defrauded investors of $11 million.
Read moreAn Egyptian court on Thursday ordered the release from detention of former president Hosni Mubarak’s two sons, overturning a ruling by another court whose judge surprisingly told police to arrest them and send them to prison.
Read moreFrench far-right leader Marine Le Pen is refusing to undergo a court-ordered psychiatric exam for tweeting brutal images of Islamic State violence, comparing the demand to methods used in totalitarian regimes.
Read moreJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected as head of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a landslide Thursday, paving the way for up to three more years as the nation’s leader and a push toward a constitutional revision.
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