Democrat Heather Boyd was projected to win the special election for Pennsylvania's 163rd state House district on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, allowing Democrats to maintain a narrow grip on the legislative body.  Boyd, a former state legislative and congressional aide, defeated Republican Katie Ford in the contest. The district includes parts of Delaware County...

The brightest of D.C.'s Democratic Party establishment came out on Tuesday night to honor Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at the 2023 We Are EMILY National Gala, applauding her tenure as Speaker and galvanizing support for abortion as a key issue in the upcoming elections. EMILY's List, the abortion rights political action committee aimed at getting...

President Biden on Tuesday evening took an unplanned trip to the EMILY’s List gala in Washington, D.C., to honor former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who he praised as a defender of women’s rights. “Nancy Pelosi is going down in history as one of the most consequential speakers in American history,” Biden said at the event....

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) should pardon Daniel Penny, who was arrested in relation to the killing of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway earlier this month.  Haley, a former ambassador to the United Nations, said in an interview on Fox News on Tuesday that Penny, a...

Democrat candidate Daniel McCaffery is projected to win the Democratic primary in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court race. The Associated Press called the race around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. McCaffery, who is a Superior Court judge, ran against Superior Court Judge Deborah Kunselman for the Democratic nomination. McCaffery had notched the endorsement from the state Democratic Party...

Democrats are projected to flip control of the mayor’s office in Jacksonville, Fla., the largest city in the country with a GOP leader, according to CNN and NBC. AP projected that Democrat Donna Deegan defeated Republican Daniel Davis to succeed Mayor Lenny Curry (R), who is term-limited. Deegan, who will be the city's first female mayor, won against Davis in a runoff on...

Missouri abruptly ended an emergency rule Tuesday that would have limited gender-affirming care for minors and some adults in the state. The termination of the rule was posted on the Missouri Secretary of State’s website, with a message that read: “This emergency rule terminated effective May 16, 2023.” The rule, handed down by state Attorney...

The GOP-controlled North Carolina General Assembly on Tuesday evening overrode a veto from the governor on a bill that prohibits abortions after 12 weeks and imposes more restrictions on providers and patients. The lower chamber's vote came after the state Senate voted to override the veto earlier Tuesday. Gov. Roy Cooper (D) had vetoed the...

Riley Gaines, a former NCAA swimmer, spoke to members of Congress on Tuesday about a violent encounter at San Francisco State University in early April.