The newly redrawn district boundaries for the North Carolina state Senate divide predominantly Black counties in a way that dilutes the power of Black residents, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. The lawsuit — filed against the North Carolina State Board of Elections, the president of the state Senate and Speaker of the state House...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said Monday that his office is opening an investigation into Media Matters for America over its recent reports accusing X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, of placing ads for mainstream brands next to pro-Nazi and white nationalist content. Paxton’s office said it is investigating the liberal media watchdog...
Paris Hilton, who has alleged sexual abuse while at a teen facility in Utah in the '90s, thanked lawmakers for their work on the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act just days before Thanksgiving.
By a 52-48 vote (with all Republicans and three Democrats voting no), the Senate abolishes the filibuster—the 60-vote cloture threshold—for lower-court and executive-branch nominees.