Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s abortion ban is unpopular among voters, poll finds
The Republican governor wants to pass a 15-week abortion ban.
By Emily Singer - October 19, 2023
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‘Do you know how it feels to have the president of the United States target you?’ one Georgia election worker asked in an emotional testimony.
By Associated Press - June 22, 2022
Sigal Chattah later claimed that her comment about Nevada Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford, who is Black, was ‘tongue-in-cheek.’
By Emily Singer - June 15, 2022
A newly released email shows that Robert Sinners, now on the staff of Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, directed would-be false GOP electors to operate with ‘complete secrecy and discretion.’
By Emily Singer - June 10, 2022
Incumbent Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said of one of his primary opponents, ‘Jody Hice is lying.’
By Emily Singer - May 02, 2022
Matthew DePerno and Kristina Karamo, who believe the 2020 presidential election was ‘stolen’ from Donald Trump, would be in charge of running elections and defending election law in Michigan.
By Emily Singer - April 25, 2022
The MyPillow CEO and conspiracy theorist, who is spending millions of dollars to ‘prove’ the lie that the 2020 election was stolen, endorsed Jim Marchant in the GOP primary for Nevada secretary of state.
By Emily Singer - April 21, 2022
In his post-presidency, Trump’s main agenda seems to be relitigating the 2020 election.
By Adrian Cole - April 08, 2022
John Gordon is running in the Republican primary for attorney general of Georgia.
By Nick Vachon - March 23, 2022
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and 29 House Republicans sided with the NRA last year against punishing Vladimir Putin’s regime over the poisoning of Alexei Navalny.
By Emily Singer - March 11, 2022
Leading GOP candidates for secretary of state in Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Arizona have endorsed former President Donald Trump’s false claim that the 2020 election was rigged.
By Nick Vachon - March 01, 2022
Widespread threats against those who oversee elections soared after former President Donald Trump and his allies spread false claims about the outcome of the 2020 election.
By Associated Press - February 06, 2022
Nevada Republican Jim Marchant is leading a coalition of Trump-backed secretary of state candidates to oversee elections in key 2024 swing states.
By Josh Axelrod - January 31, 2022
Donald Trump says he sent his ‘Envoy Ambassador’ Ric Grenell to the border between Serbia and Kosovo.
By Emily Singer - November 11, 2021
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said there is no evidence to back up claims of ‘fraudulent and counterfeit’ ballots in the 2020 election.
By Emily Singer - October 13, 2021
The Republican National Committee started things rolling with the false claim that an ordinary press pool event was suspicious.
By Oliver Willis - September 15, 2021
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) called President Joe Biden ‘a disgrace’ and called for his resignation as well.
By Josh Israel - September 14, 2021
The Department of Justice said it will ‘vigorously prosecute’ the growing number of Americans who are making violent threats against civil servants.
By Emily Singer - July 30, 2021
The United States and Germany have announced a partnership to combat Holocaust denial and provide resources on the subject to other nations.
By Josh Axelrod - June 24, 2021
The probe debunked numerous allegations made by Trump and his supporters.
By Emily Singer - June 24, 2021
GOP lawmakers attacking Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar had no objection to Donald Trump saying, ‘You think our country’s so innocent?’
By Josh Israel - June 08, 2021
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with foreign ministers and leaders from Central America and Mexico.
By Associated Press - June 02, 2021
Gabriel Sterling said a review of some 145,000 ballots in Fulton County is based on meritless claims of fraud.
By Emily Singer - May 24, 2021
Three recounts of Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results weren’t enough for voter fraud conspiracy theorists.
By Emily Singer - May 21, 2021
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said the 39 voter suppression bills state Republicans had introduced in previous months were ‘un-American and anti-Democratic.’
By Emily Singer - April 22, 2021
An investigation from Nevada’s Republican secretary of state found voter fraud claims from the state GOP were bunk.
By Emily Singer - April 22, 2021
Michigan is seeking sanctions against former Trump attorney Sidney Powell for filing frivolous lawsuits to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
By Emily Singer - April 07, 2021
A bill introduced in the Legislature would also prevent social media companies from banning users who violate their rules.
By Oliver Willis - April 06, 2021
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita and West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner both supported Texas’ legal challenge to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory.
By Emily Singer - March 22, 2021
Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA) announced he’ll run in a primary against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who Donald Trump blames for his Peach State loss.
By Emily Singer - March 22, 2021
Many of the victims were women of Asian descent.
By Associated Press - March 17, 2021
Both former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Rep. George Santos have lied about their records and been accused of defrauding veterans.
By Jesse Valentine
Millions of Texas families’ health and well-being would be jeopardized if the legislation were repealed.
By Jesse Valentine
More than 3 million Floridians will lose their health insurance if Scott and Trump succeed.
By Jesse Valentine
Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.
By Jesse Valentine
The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.
By Jesse Valentine
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.
By Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today
A bipartisan package of bills in Michigan signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, creates specified criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers.
By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance
The 10 Wisconsin Republicans who posed as electors for President Donald Trump in 2020 even though he had lost the election settled a lawsuit against them Wednesday, acknowledging their actions were part of an effort to overturn the election results.
By Henry Redman, Wisconsin Examiner
Last week, New Hampshire’s Supreme Court followed suit. In a 3-2 decision, the court found that the state’s courts also do not have the authority to overturn legislative maps accused of partisan gerrymandering.
By Ethan DeWitt, New Hampshire Bulletin
Pulling off a successful ballot initiative campaign in Missouri is an undertaking so difficult that one Democratic political consultant compares it to skiing the slalom at the Olympics.
By Anna Spoerre, Kansas City Star
The first day was a breeze. Sean Shannon and Danny Foster walked into several marijuana dispensaries around Missouri with their matching “Union For Cannabis Workers” shirts and talked to employees about the possibility of unionizing. “The first day, there were 57 stops amongst the teams,” said Shannon, lead organizer with UFCW Local 655, which actually […]
By Rebecca Rivas
Lawsuits based on false claims about voting equipment could delay millions of dollars in cost of living increases for retired teachers expected to arrive in January. The lawsuits also threaten to hold up state property tax cuts for homeowners — arguably Republicans’ signature policy achievement this year. Voters widely approved both policies this fall. Now Texas lawmakers are scrambling in hopes of preventing further delays
By Natalia Contreras