Diplomatic immunity precluded jurisdiction in a case brought by Elliot Broidy, the former deputy finance chair of the Republican National Committee, against a UN official, the Second Circuit ruled. Broidy claimed his computer had been hacked and that the official had been paid by Qatar to participate in the hacking scheme.
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Lawyers for Planned Parenthood argued before the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday that the state’s refusal to reimburse it for health care services is an example of legislation through appropriation.
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Houston’s police chief has called out Texas Senator John Cornyn, claiming Republican lawmakers are cowing to the National Rifle Association by stalling a bill to stop abusers from buying guns.
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Was the 2018 “Blue Wave” of Democrats taking control of congressional seats in Orange County, California, an aberration or a sign of a permanent demographic shift among voters? Experts say Republicans will have their work cut out for them in 2020.
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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is expected Wednesday to pick a wealthy businesswoman to fill a vacant U.S. Senate seat, upsetting some conservative allies of President Donald Trump.
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Ahead of the much-anticipated report on the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump by House Democrats, House Republicans released a report of their own late Monday that ignores evidence from weeks of investigation and damning testimony by senior administration officials who undercut the White House’s claim of a “perfect” interaction with Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelensky.
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A three-judge panel in North Carolina ruled Monday that the state’s new congressional map can be used in the 2020 election, rejecting a challenge to the latest version drawn by Republican state lawmakers last month.
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Embattled GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter said Monday he will plead guilty to federal charges of campaign finance fraud after claiming for over a year the prosecution against him was a “political witch hunt.”
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In a new poll showing most Americans believe the federal government is not doing enough to combat climate change, Democrats have widespread consensus on the issue while Republicans are split along generational, gender and ideological lines.
Read moreThe leaders of a Texas county glorified the Second Amendment on Tuesday in defiance of mounting nationwide pressure for stricter gun laws, passing a resolution declaring the county a “gun sanctuary.”
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Public opinion can be fickle, but cable news commentary is as strong as ever. When it comes to climate change, most people agree that the shift to renewable energy is important for the planet, but that concept falls apart depending on who you ask and whether they watch CNN or Fox News.
Read moreWith the backing of a prominent conservative advocacy group, three voters from the Milwaukee suburbs sued Wisconsin elections officials Wednesday in an attempt to make them update the state’s voter rolls and purge thousands of voters who may have moved.
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Longshot presidential candidate Mark Sanford dropped his bid Tuesday to challenge President Donald Trump for the Republican party’s 2020 presidential nomination.
Read moreThe Republican-led Wisconsin Legislature is not allowed to intervene in a Planned Parenthood challenge to state abortion laws, the Seventh Circuit ruled, finding the Democratic attorney general is capable of representing the state’s interests.
Read moreThe GOP-controlled Wisconsin Legislature quickly shut down a special floor session meant to debate gun reform Thursday night, fulfilling a promise made almost immediately after the session was called by the Democratic governor.
Read moreA group of lawyers and state legislators urged the Iowa Court of Appeals on Wednesday to rule they have standing to make their case at trial that a recent change to the process for appointing appellate judges violates the Iowa Constitution.
Read moreA district attorney declined Thursday to criminally charge the speaker of the Texas House over a secret recording that revealed he offered a conservative activist press credentials in exchange for attacks on fellow Republican lawmakers he deemed too moderate.
Read moreAn Iowa judge kept alive a lawsuit challenging a state law that critics say politicized the selection of appeals court judges in violation of the Iowa Constitution.
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Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election in 2020, bowing to calls to resign from his fellow GOP lawmakers after a conservative operative released a secret recording that may lead to criminal charges against Bonnen.
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House Democrats on Monday spiked a Republican effort – urged on by President Donald Trump – to condemn House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff over criticisms of how the California Democrat has handled the impeachment inquiry.
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