Earlier this summer, a GOP-controlled board in an Iowa county decided that the person who would oversee their local elections would be a fellow Republican who had no specific experience running elections and who made prior social media posts questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential contest. Local Democrats were outraged - and David Whipple's stint as county auditor didn't last long.
Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty and waived arraignment in the case accusing him and others of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.
A Texas judge ruled Wednesday that a new law eroding the power of the state's Democratic-led cities to impose local regulations on everything from tenant evictions to employee sick leave is unconstitutional and cannot take effect.
Pummeled by the wave of illegal immigrants swamping his city, Democratic New York Mayor Eric Adams rallied with migrants Thursday to demand the Biden administration speed up the process of issuing them work permits, figuring the way to get them off the public dole is to find them jobs.
The former law partner of a Virginia legislator who recently retired to become a judge handily won a special election Tuesday to fill the vacant southwest Virginia seat in the House of Delegates, according to state results.
The Biden administration on Thursday said it's spending $450 million in the fight against drug overdoses, doling out dollars for rural communities, data collection and a fentanyl-awareness campaign as fentanyl kills tens of thousands of Americans despite years of Washington efforts to tackle the problem.
The White House said Thursday that Congress should pass a short-term funding measure to ensure the government keeps operating after the current budget year ends Sept. 30.
Across three different homes, my backyards have generally had a play set with a slide. Because my children often played on these slides and monkey bars with just their siblings or a handful of friends, they developed habits that might count as a bit antisocial on a packed public playground: My kids might climb up a slide that some other kids were about to come down, or they might take their time going down the slide, inconveniencing everyone behind them.