Republicans are introducing legislation that would expand the ban on Department of Defense (DOD) funding for universities with Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked Confucius Institutes.

The mystery client who hired a detective to secretly track Reno's mayor with a GPS device is trying to persuade Nevada's Supreme Court he has a First Amendment right to remain anonymous, a protected privilege he says is a cornerstone of democracy and part of "the business of politics."

Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal court. Lawmakers in Alabama said they would press forward with a similar law that had been on hold.

A former top aide to Donald Trump appeared Wednesday in federal court in Miami for testimony to a grand jury investigating potential classified-document mishandling and obstruction at the ex-president's Palm Beach property, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Virginia regulators are expected to take a final vote Wednesday on whether to advance Gov. Glenn Youngkin's plan to withdraw from a multistate carbon cap-and-trade program.