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President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, faced mounting scrutiny from congressional Republicans on Thursday, with Senator John Cornyn leading calls to review an unreleased Ethics Committee report that examines allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use. The pressure on Gaetz grew as John Clune, a lawyer for an alleged victim, urged the…
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A Pennsylvania state judge ruled on Monday that Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day giveaway could continue, despite a dramatic day of testimony in which Musk’s aide admitted that the billionaire’s political group, America PAC, selected the contest winners. With just one day left before the closely contested U.S. presidential election between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris…
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The Georgia Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Cobb County cannot extend the deadline for counting about 3,000 absentee ballots that the county sent out just before Election Day. The decision delivered a win for the Republican National Committee (RNC) and presidential candidate Donald Trump. The court sided with the RNC, overturning a lower court’s…
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When Jennifer Juan attempted to cast her ballot in Arizona’s state primary in July, she spent an hour sorting through documents to convince poll workers of her eligibility. This challenge reflects a widespread issue for many Native American voters like Juan. As a registered voter on the Tohono O’odham Nation reservation, Juan lacks a physical…
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Republican effort on Friday to block the counting of provisional ballots from voters in Pennsylvania who made mistakes on their mail-in ballots. This decision could impact thousands of votes in the upcoming presidential election. The justices denied an emergency request from the Republican National Committee and the Republican Party…
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Following the 2020 election, Donald Trump and his allies launched a barrage of legal cases to challenge the outcome. After facing losses in lower courts, some of these cases reached the U.S. Supreme Court, where Trump hoped the conservative justices would side with him. They did not; the court opted not to hear his appeals,…
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Donald Trump’s Republican allies have faced a series of courtroom defeats in key U.S. presidential election states as Election Day approaches, potentially boosting voter turnout and expediting the certification of the eventual winner. In the past three weeks, these allies have suffered at least 10 court losses in battleground states that will play a critical…
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A U.S. federal judge on Friday blocked Virginia from removing individuals it claimed had not proven their citizenship from its voter rolls. The judge stated that this action violated a federal prohibition on purging large numbers of voters within the final 90 days before an election. U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ordered the state…
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A Michigan judge rejected a Republican Party effort to block some Americans living overseas from voting in the battleground state. Earlier this month, the Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a lawsuit arguing that Michigan’s election laws improperly allowed U.S. citizens living abroad—who had never resided in Michigan but had relatives who had—to vote there. In…
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President Joe Biden has canceled another $4.5 billion in student debt for over 60,000 borrowers, raising the total number of public service workers who have received student loan forgiveness to more than 1 million. This cancellation marks Biden’s latest effort to fulfill his 2020 campaign promise to provide debt relief to millions of Americans before…
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