A week — maybe a month. That’s how long it could take to find out the end result of Utah’s nail-biting primary season finale in the 2nd Congressional District. The race to decide Rep. Celeste Maloy’s fate in Congress remained up in the air on Monday as updated vote totals continued to eat away at […]
A Jefferson County judge has ruled against three Jewish women who argue that Kentucky’s near-total abortion bans infringe on their religious freedom and their ability to safely carry out a pregnancy. Jefferson County Circuit Judge Brian Edwards on Friday issued an order tossing out a lawsuit brought by Louisville residents Lisa Sobel, Jessica Kalb and […]
FAIRBURN, Ga. — As Reps. Wesley Hunt of Texas and Byron Donalds of Florida began the latest iteration of their “Congress, cognac and cigars” event aimed at bringing more Black men into the GOP fold here just outside of Atlanta, the two Donald Trump allies set their intentions for the conversation. “All we want is […]
Rishi Sunak was challenged by a worker at a pottery plant in Derbyshire who said things had got “infinitely worse” since the Tories took office in 2010. Frances Cutmore, a potter at Denby Pottery, asked the UK prime minister “why you feel that we should vote for another four years of Tory government when in […]
SARANAC LAKE — Scott Lewis’ petition to run for New York’s 21st Congressional District on the Common Sense Party line was deemed “insufficient” by the state Board of Elections’ commissioners last week. Lewis is appealing this decision and a hearing has been scheduled for June 28. Lewis filed his ballot petition last month, gathering around […]
On a lazy summer weekend a year ago, Russia was jolted by the stunning news of an armed uprising. The swaggering chief of a Kremlin-sponsored mercenary army seized a military headquarters in the south and began marching toward Moscow to oust the Defense Ministry’s leaders, accusing them of starving his force of ammunition in Ukraine. […]
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. (Photo by Getty Images) The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled against Biden administration guidance on how schools should protect students from discrimination based on gender identity and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of a California woman who said she did not know about a stash of methamphetamine hidden inside her car. In a ruling that crossed the court’s ideological lines, the 6-3 majority opinion dismissed arguments that an expert witness for the prosecution had gone too […]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s new election system — with open primaries and ranked voting — has been a model for those in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ballot box. Used for the first time in 2022, the changes helped propel the […]
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A coalition of U.S. business groups has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a Biden administration rule that would extend mandatory overtime pay to 4 million workers, saying it goes too far. The groups filed a complaint in Sherman, Texas federal court late on Wednesday claiming the U.S. Department of […]
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas judge has ruled in favor of a Republican candidate challenging the results in a 2022 judicial race and ordered that a new election be held in the nation’s third-most populous county, a Democratic stronghold that’s been beset by GOP efforts to dictate how ballots are cast. A losing GOP candidate […]
May 5—ANDERSON — The graduates who stepped across the stage to receive their diplomas Saturday during Anderson University’s 106th commencement ceremony were challenged to take courage and optimism into a world filled with uncertainty and potential. Cheered on by friends and family, the 245 members of the Class of 2024 made the traditional walk from […]