Nearly 1 in 5 Republicans in three key battleground states say they think former President Trump is guilty in the New York hush money criminal case that ended in a felony conviction last week, according to a poll released Tuesday. Trump was found guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover...

Austin, Texas’s district attorney on Wednesday requested that a state court of appeals overturn Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) pardon of convicted murderer Daniel Perry, a man made a political pariah by conservatives. Travis County District Attorney José Garza urged a court to overturn Perry’s pardon in order to “restore the sanctity of the rule of...

President Biden has won the Democratic primary in Washington, D.C., according to Decision Desk HQ. Biden in D.C. easily beat long-shot challenger Marianne Williamson. His win could mean another 20 delegates moved into his column as he heads toward a rematch with former President Trump in the tight race.  The district’s GOP primary was held...

Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) will be the Democratic nominee for Senate in New Jersey, according to Decision Desk HQ.  Kim will be the favorite to win the Senate seat to succeed embattled Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) in the solidly blue state. Menendez chose not to seek the Democratic nomination after he was indicted on a...

Columbia University settled a lawsuit brought by a Jewish student alleging that the school did not provide "a safe educational environment" for students during recent pro-Palestinian protests at the school. The school agreed to take action, including designating "a specific person to act as a Safe Passage Liaison to serve as the designated point of...

Former President Trump has won the New Jersey Republican presidential primary, according to Decision Desk HQ.  Trump already mathematically clinched the Republican nomination and became the presumptive GOP nominee in March. His win will add 12 delegates up for grabs to his total from the winner-take-all contest.  New Jersey had been granted 40 additional delegates...

President Biden has won the New Jersey Democratic presidential primary, according to Decision Desk HQ.  Biden’s win in the Garden State will net him at least most of the state’s 126 pledged delegates up for grabs from Tuesday’s primary. He already became the presumptive Democratic nominee after clinching enough delegates in March. He was the...

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) is incurring the wrath of former President Trump's top allies after he urged voters to “respect the verdict” in Trump’s New York hush money trial. Yet he’s also seeing Senate Republican leaders come to his defense, backing his need to operate his Senate bid in a deep blue state...

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has condemned recent comments made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), in which she accused Democrats of worshiping George Floyd, the 46-year-old Black man who was murdered by a white Minneapolis police officer in 2020.  Speaking to a crowd of reporters after Monday’s House subcommittee hearing on the origins of...

Attorneys for former President Trump have asked the judge overseeing his hush money criminal case to lift a gag order imposed on his speech now that the trial is over. Judge Juan Merchan earlier this year barred Trump from publicly attacking witnesses, jurors, court staff and prosecutors. The order was later expanded to include the...