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After a New York court struck down the state’s current 11th Congressional District for diluting the voting power of Black and Latino residents, U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) asked the U.S. Supreme Court to freeze the decision.
An election-denying former Donald Trump campaign staffer who was subpoenaed by the FBI over his role in the attempt to steal the 2020 election is now taking credit for writing the sweeping voter suppression bill passed by the House Wednesday that could disenfranchise millions.
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to allow Venezuelan men who were previously expelled to a notorious megaprison in El Salvador to return to the United States and challenge their removal from the country.
Todd Lyons, the acting chief of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, admitted to senators Thursday that federal immigration officers would have “no reason” to be at voting locations this November.
Federal judges selected Donald Kinsella, a veteran litigator, as the top federal prosecutor in Upstate New York to replace a Trump appointee who was disqualified from the role. But just hours later, the White House fired him.
For a number of election deniers, Tulsi Gabbard’s involvement in the Fulton County raid was a sign that the Trump administration’s 2020 probe would finally confirm a long-held, outrageous conspiracy.
The FBI seizure of 2020 election records last month was “a serious attempt to overturn and to take control of elections in Fulton County, Georgia,” Robb Pitts, the chair of the county board, said Thursday.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated Sen. Mark Kelly’s (D-Ariz.) First Amendment rights by moving to strip him of his retired military rank for reminding troops in a video last year that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
The GOP’s sweeping new anti-voting bill cleared the U.S. House, setting up a high-stakes battle in the Senate.
With a final House vote expected Wednesday, Republicans are intensifying a coordinated push to pass the SAVE America Act, which experts say would be the most restrictive voting bill ever passed and could disenfranchise millions.