During his one term in the House of Representatives, Meijer co-sponsored bills that threatened access to birth control.

Anti-abortion organizations are pushing state lawmakers to promote a controversial and unproven “abortion reversal” treatment — flouting the objections of medical professionals who point out it is not supported by science.

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is launching a new ad today with a focus on health care costs, part of a larger push by the campaign to persuade Americans that former President Trump would revisit his attempts to do away with the Affordable Care Act if (ACA) elected to a second term.

Voters may have the opportunity to affirm the right to an abortion in the Montana Constitution in 2024.

The Arkansas Attorney General’s Office will decide Tuesday whether a proposed measure to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right will go on the 2024 statewide ballot.

In January, Luanne Peterpaul will be the first out gay woman to become a New Jersey legislator, a move toward increasing LGBTQ representation in Trenton at a time when the queer community feels increasingly under attack in statehouses nationwide.

An Ohio House committee has signed off on the Second Amendment Preservation Act, clearing the way for its consideration on the floor.

McCormick ran a private equity firm that invested billions in Chinese corporations.

The Minnesota Parents Alliance and its conservative allies spent thousands on school board races this year, predicting that their candidates who promoted “parental rights” would win big among suburbanites.  But voters last week rejected the majority of the group’s candidates, electing 11 out of the 44 that MPA endorsed. Despite the losses, MPA did score […]

A series of shouting matches and physical altercations show that the party of Trump has abandoned any sense of decorum.

The Nevada Republican U.S. Senate hopeful also spoke out against a rail project projected to create thousands of union jobs

Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens threw cold water on a bid to thwart the recent abortion rights amendment Issue 1. Instead of attempting to deny the courts’ jurisdiction or rushing to the ballot with a repeal effort, Stephens argued lawmakers should focus on maternal and early childhood care.

A pair of gun safety bills intended to keep firearms out of the hands of children passed a state House panel on Tuesday over the objections of Republicans, who argued they would only punish law-abiding gun owners.

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott announced Sunday he is suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

It’s Election Day. Results could serve as a barometer for key issues ahead of 2024’s presidential race. Abortion is directly on the ballot on Tuesday in Ohio and underscoring contests in several states.

Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.

The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.

The last time America elected a president, it led to a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol and a failed coup that gravely damaged the political system and marred the peaceful transfer of power for the first time in U.S. history. A year from now, the nation’s voters will decide another presidential contest — likely […]

Republican Eric Hovde touts his economic expertise as one of his chief qualifications for public office.

Before the newly elected U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson was in public office, the Louisiana Republican’s restrictive stances on gender identity, abortion and sexuality were honed at the conservative Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, where he served as a senior spokesperson and attorney. Alliance Defending Freedom, or ADF, is the legal force behind dozens […]

Russell Coleman has taken tens of thousands of dollars from Big Tobacco and toxic polluters.

Republican Juan Pablo Segura co-founded a chain of donut shops in Washington, D.C.

Gov. Tate Reeves’ top campaign contributors netted $1.4 billion in state contracts or grants from agencies the governor oversees, a Mississippi Today investigation found. Of the 88 individual or corporate donors who have given Reeves’ campaigns at least $50,000, Mississippi Today identified 15 donors whose companies received a total of $1.4 billion in state contracts […]

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Attorney General Ken Paxton’s long-delayed trial on securities fraud charges has been set for April 15. State District Judge Andrea Beall scheduled the trial during a hearing Monday morning in Houston. Paxton attended […]

It might not surprise Mississippians that The Cook Political Report, regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent elections experts, shifted their 2023 Mississippi governor’s race forecast on Monday in Democrat Brandon Presley’s direction.

'To me, this country is craving people that are problem solvers who will work and put the partisan politics aside,' Hertel said.

Three days after announcing his candidacy, the Republican candidate received the legal maximum donation from a top tobacco lobbyist.

'This investment will help create jobs in our region, and it’s exactly the kind of funding we need to expand American manufacturing, innovation, and production,' Sen. John Fetterman said.

Americans don’t want to get rid of the Department of Education, but that hasn’t stopped GOP presidential candidates from talking about it.

Diggs accepted payments from anti-immigrant extremists and spoke at a pro-gun rally attended by militia groups.