The three names I never forget

Last week, when Colom and his campaign needed a law firm to protect his lead, I jumped at the chance, not only because of Mississippi’s past but because of what Colom’s victory would mean for its…

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U.S. attorney’s legal threats against Democrats are ‘meritless’ attempts to chill free speech, experts say

Congressional oversight and legal experts say Reitz’s letters to Slotkin and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) make specious legal arguments that ignore the Constitution’s robust protections for political speech. Instead, they appear aimed at scaring the incoming…

Red states aren’t giving up on Trump’s anti-mail voting order 

Filed in Washington, D.C., Thursday, the appeal marks the first major movement in the case since the midterm elections.

Watchdog sues DHS for records on secretive hunt for noncitizen voters after midterms

A government watchdog sued the Trump administration, seeking to uncover records of a secretive federal initiative to identify alleged noncitizen voters — an effort that a whistleblower warned could wrongly target eligible voters.