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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan entered the California gubernatorial race in January and this week is drawing significant backing from Silicon Valley investors, who have funded a Super Bowl advertisement a…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. On the third day of the special session this week, Gov. Kay Ivey and Republican legislators advanced HB1 to require special elections in U.S. House districts 1, 2, 6 and 7 after court-drawn map adjustmen…
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are set to vote Thursday, May 7, 2026, on a new congressional map that would dismantle a majority-Black, Democratic-held district centered on Nashville and effecti…
Washington: Justice Clarence Thomas became the second-longest serving member of the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, marking a milestone in a tenure that began with his 1991 confirmation. The milestone was reported this w…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump proposed painting the 19th-century Eisenhower Executive Office Building white, and the National Capital Planning Commission is scheduled to consider the plan on Thursday. The repaintin…
Hershey, Pa. Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that Supreme Court justices are not 'political actors,' insisting unpopular court decisions are based solely on the law rather than on policy. He told listeners that…
Charleston, West Virginia — State early voting is underway for the 2026 primary; Secretary of State Kris Warner reported 33,138 in-person ballots cast across 55 counties from April 29 through May 6, and noted early parti…
Washington. US and Iranian representatives, mediated by Pakistan, moved this week toward a one-page memorandum aimed at ending the Gulf conflict, Reuters- and Axios-cited reports said on May 6; President Donald Trump pos…
Phoenix — Tom Homan, the White House border czar, declared on Tuesday at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix that mass deportations will continue, while acknowledging that the Minneapolis enforcement effort earlier this …
Shreveport, Louisiana — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Louisiana's congressional map in Callais v. Louisiana, ruling the state's second Black-majority district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander,…
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday posted on Truth Social that U.S. forces would end Operation Epic Fury if Iran accepted terms of a reported one-page memorandum to end the war, but warned that refusal wou…
WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee to answer questions about his contacts with financier Jeffrey Epstein during the years after Epstein’s 2008 convictio…
Washington — President Donald Trump threatened renewed bombing on Wednesday if Iran does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, posting on Truth Social that 'the bombing starts' and warning the strikes would be at 'a much high…
Washington — The United States on Tuesday announced the phased closure of its Consulate General in Peshawar, saying responsibility for diplomatic engagement with Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province will transfer to th…
Columbus, United States. On Tuesday, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy clinched the Ohio GOP gubernatorial nomination and will face Democrat Amy Acton in the November general election after the primary, according to CBS News pr…
Washington — On Tuesday U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States had concluded the Epic Fury phase of its military campaign against Iran and announced a shift to 'Project Freedom' aimed at reopening the…
Washington. Senate Republicans on Monday released a funding package that includes roughly $70 billion to keep immigration agencies operating and a $1 billion earmark for Secret Service security upgrades tied to the White…
Columbus, Ind. A majority of Republican state senators endorsed by President Donald Trump were defeated by Trump-backed challengers in Indiana’s state Senate primaries Tuesday, following May 5 vote counts; the contests f…
Birmingham, Alabama. On Monday Democratic leaders including Congresswoman Terri Sewell and Senator Cory Booker held a town hall at the Boutwell Auditorium to push back against Alabama’s special legislative session on red…
Sacramento, California. With ballots already mailed and early voting underway, seven leading candidates debated Tuesday in a CNN-televised forum as the state approaches the June 2 primary; a March poll released by the Ca…
Cleveland — Ohio held its May 5 primary elections across all 15 U.S. House districts, a special Senate primary for the open seat, and gubernatorial primaries, with county-by-county returns posted and updated in real time…
Atlanta — The U.S. Department of Justice issued an April 20 subpoena seeking the names, addresses and phone numbers of every person who worked in Fulton County's 2020 general election, and on Monday the county filed a mo…
Washington — Anduril Industries announced on May 5 that it will lead a consortium to develop space-based interceptors for the U.S. Space Force under the Golden Dome initiative, joining a cohort of companies selected for …
United States: Democratic-led states and some cities have advanced higher-tax proposals this spring, prompting relocations and reactions from officials. In March, Starbucks announced a $100 million Nashville office; form…
Tallahassee: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed into law a new congressional district map after lawmakers returned to Tallahassee for a special session called by a proclamation he issued earlier this year. De…