Biden and Trump notch more wins Tuesday as primary voters urge them to keep up the fight
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are moving closer to a November rematch, as primary voters around the country urge their favored candidate to keep up the fight and worry about what might happen if their side loses this fall.
Iowa Republican shelves bill to criminalize death of an "unborn person" because of IVF concerns
A bill that would have criminalized the death of an “unborn person” has been shelved in Iowa after a Senate Republican joined Democrats in voicing concerns about the potential impact for in vitro fertilization after an Alabama court found frozen embryos can be considered children.
New Jersey lawmakers fast track bill that could restrict records access under open records law
New Jersey lawmakers voted to advance a measure that could make it easier for government agencies to withhold documents under the state’s open records law, casting it as a modernizing bill that would cut back on profiteering businesses.
Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis and judge in Trump 2020 election case draw primary challengers
A progressive Democrat and a Republican who briefly worked in Donald Trump’s administration have entered the district attorney’s race in Fulton County, Georgia, where the former president is being prosecuted.
Why AP declared Schiff, Garvey will face off for California's US Senate seat: Race call explained
The Associated Press has declared that Democratic U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff and Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey will advance to the November election for California’s U.S. Senate seat based on an analysis of partial results from throughout the state.
Arizona's Democratic governor vetoes border bill approved by Republican-led Legislature
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill approved by the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature that would have made it a crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at a location other than a port entry.
Fear and loathing in a Super Tuesday state: Democrats angry at Biden back him anyway to stop Trump
Democratic voters in suburban Minneapolis seem far less interested in sending President Joe Biden a message of dissatisfaction with him than they are in keeping Republican Donald Trump from returning to the White House.
What makes Super Tuesday so super? It's all about the delegates. Here's a look at the numbers
More than one-third of the total delegates available in both the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries will be awarded on Super Tuesday, when 16 states and one territory hold presidential nominating contests.
Michigan's largest Arab American cities reject Biden over his handling of Israel-Hamas war
Dearborn and two other Michigan cities with large Arab and Muslim populations turned against President Joe Biden in the state’s primary after Democratic leaders there warned for months that voters were angry about his handling of the Israel-Hamas war.
In wake of mass shooting, here is how Maine's governor wants to tackle gun control and mental health
Maine’s governor has rolled out legislation she says will prevent dangerous people from possessing weapons and strengthen mental health services to help prevent future tragedies like the Lewiston mass shooting that shook the state.
Maine wants to lead in offshore wind. The state's governor says she has location for a key wind port
Maine's governor says a state-owned site on the coast of Maine will serve as the location of an offshore wind port critical to developing the nation’s first floating offshore wind power research array.
Wisconsin’s Democratic governor signs his new legislative maps into law after Republicans pass them
Wisconsin’s Democratic governor, Tony Evers, has signed new legislative district maps into law that he proposed and that the Republicans who control the Legislature passed to avoid having the liberal-leaning state Supreme Court draw the lines.
Democrats embrace tougher border enforcement, seeing Trump's demolition of deal as a 'gift'
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats plan to “constantly over the next year” remind voters that it was Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee, who torpedoed a bipartisan bill on border enforcement.
Pro-Biden super PAC launches ad featuring Rep. Clyburn ahead of South Carolina's lead-off primary
A super political action committee supporting President Joe Biden’s reelection is aiming to boost the Democrat’s primary campaign in lead-off South Carolina with a television ad featuring Rep. Jim Clyburn.
In Pennsylvania's Senate race, McCormick elevates the Israel-Hamas war in a bid for Jewish voters
A Republican running for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania is escalating criticism of Democrats over the Israel-Hamas war and has traveled to the Israel-Gaza border to make the case that the Biden administration hasn’t backed Israel strongly enough.
Transgender candidate facing disqualification in Ohio now cleared to run despite omitting deadname
A transgender candidate vying for a seat in the Republican-majority Ohio House is now cleared to run after her certification was called into question for omitting her former name on circulating petitions.
Democrats ask Wisconsin Supreme Court to order new congressional maps for fall election
A national Democratic law firm has asked the liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court to throw out the battleground state’s congressional maps, arguing that the court’s decision last month ordering new state legislative maps opens the door to the latest challenge.
Wisconsin Republican leader slams Democrats' proposed election maps as 'political gerrymander'
Wisconsin’s powerful Republican Assembly leader says he hopes the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court adopts new constitutional legislative boundary maps, even as he slammed proposals from Democrats as “a political gerrymander” and threatened an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Sign petition to limit Florida government interference, activist says
Republicans and Democrats, who are set to get back to work in January, are in disagreement over the Florida child labor laws that prevent teenagers from working nine-hour shifts or longer on school nights and over 30 hours weekly while school is in session.
How much gerrymandering is too much? In New York, the answer could make or break Dems' House hopes
New York’s highest court just gave Democrats a chance to redraw the state’s congressional districts, a major victory as the party tries to flip seats in the state to win control of the U.S. House next year.
Wisconsin university system reaches deal with Republicans that would scale back diversity positions
The Universities of Wisconsin and Assembly Republican Speaker Robin Vos have reached a sweeping deal that would freeze hiring for diversity positions across the system in exchange for lawmakers approving employee pay raises and funding for a new engineering building at the flagship campus.