The state of Ohio and various Republican groups asked a state appeals court Friday to toss a lower court’s approval of multiple ballot drop boxes for the upcoming presidential election.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit rejected a successive Republican challenge to Montana’s campaign contribution limits. The Supreme Court’s 2019 decision in Thompson v. Hebdon does not require reversal of the court’s 2017 consideration of the issue.
Read moreTwo Minnesota Republicans filed a legal challenge Tuesday to block the state’s elections chief from implementing a consent decree to allow general election ballots to be counted if they’re postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days after.
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As the U.S. coronavirus death toll nears 200,000, House Democrats hoping to sidestep a government shutdown rolled out a temporary funding bill on Monday to keep federal offices afloat through December.
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New polling data released Friday shows Democrats leading in three U.S. Senate races by five percentage points or more, putting the Republican Party at risk of losing its majority in that chamber.
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As an unusual convention season marked by social distancing and protests for equality comes to a close, political scientists reflect on how the parties adapted to the multiple crises.
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The Republican National Convention on Wednesday heavily featured attacks on Democrats and President Donald Trump’s focus on “law and order” just one day after a 17-year-old white Illinois resident allegedly shot a Black Lives Matter protester in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request by the Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton to place Green Party candidates back on state ballots this November, a move some argued would benefit Republicans by drawing votes away from Democrats.
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The second night of the Republican National Convention, which kicked off with a pardon of a convicted bank robber and featured a naturalization ceremony, was intended to highlight opportunities Americans have because of President Donald Trump’s policies.
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The first night of the Republican National Convention Monday was themed “Land of Promise,” but speakers predicted America’s future won’t be so promising if Democrats win in November and warned the country would look like a “horror movie” if President Donald Trump is voted out.
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President Donald Trump surprised GOP delegates during their renomination vote Monday morning to renew the main attack lines of his bid to stay in the Oval Office: the coronavirus pandemic and mail-in voting.
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Florida’s poll workers — armed with sanitizer, gloves, face masks and, in some cases, face shields — welcomed voters on Tuesday during the state’s first primary election held in a pandemic.
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As millions of Americans have been infected with Covid-19 and millions more are jobless and facing eviction, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blamed Republicans Thursday for stalled negotiations on a measure that could provide a modicum of relief to their constituents.
Read moreThe First Circuit denied the Republican National Committee and Rhode Island Republican Party’s motion to stay a district court’s decree that suspended the state’s witness requirements for mail-in voting. The Republicans, however, will be allowed to intervene in an appeal of the ruling.
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A group of Illinois Republicans sued the state’s Democratic governor and others in federal court Monday over a law they claim is designed to expand voting by mail to dilute Republican votes and tilt elections in favor of Democrats, while also risking a spike in voter fraud.
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The four co-defendants of Republican lawmaker and former Ohio Speaker of the House Larry Householder pleaded not guilty to federal racketeering charges Thursday, while Householder’s scheduled hearing was delayed for two weeks so he can hire an attorney.
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Five Republican Texas legislators sued Governor Greg Abbott on Monday, angry with a controversial $295 million Covid-19 contact tracing contract he awarded to a relatively small Dallas-area technology firm without approval from the Texas Legislature.
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Two races to watch in the Kansas primary election happening Tuesday highlight the Republican Party’s desire to harness intense but limited enthusiasm for far-right fringe political personalities while nominating institutionalist candidates who are seen as more electable in November.
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The House of Representatives on Friday issued a formal reprimand of Arizona Republican David Schweikert, who admitted a day before to 11 violations of congressional spending rules.
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Ohio Republican lawmaker Larry Householder was indicted on federal racketeering charges Thursday and removed as speaker of the state House, following his arrest last week in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme.
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