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A federal judge dismisses another DOJ lawsuit seeking voter data, this time in Massachusetts

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice seeking Massachusetts' state voter rolls, marking the latest setback in a wide-ranging effort by the Trump administration to collect detailed data on the nation's voters. The ruling from U.S. District Court ...
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Senate committee delays Fed nominee’s hearing, Punchbowl reports

WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Banking Committee is no longer planning to hold a confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh, U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to run the Federal Reserve, next week, Punchbowl News reported on Thursday, citing two sources familiar with ...
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US Republicans block bid to rein in Trump Iran war powers

By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to end U.S. attacks on Iran, as Donald Trump's party continued to prevent efforts to rein in the Republican president's war powers. Representative Chris ...
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Renewable energy advocates make gains in fight over future of big Arizona power utility

PHOENIX (AP) - Renewable energy advocates in Arizona made gains against a business-backed slate in a fight over how the nation's largest public power utility will meet fast-rising electricity demand in a data center hot spot. However, election results released by the Phoenix-area Salt River ...
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‘We got our butts kicked’: Republicans reckon with Democratic success ahead of the midterms

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The bluntest assessment of Republicans' failures during this week's elections in Wisconsin came from one of their own. "We got our butts kicked," said U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, who is running for governor. He was referring to Democratic victories in campaigns for ...
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US House to vote on aviation safety bill next week

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote next week on a sweeping aviation safety reform bill to address dozens of recommendations issued after a January 2025 collision of an American Airlines regional jet ...
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Texas Democrat Talarico faces tough test with Black voters in Senate race

By Bianca Flowers and Nolan D. McCaskill CHICAGO, April 9 (Reuters) - A coalition of white, college-educated Democrats and Latino voters delivered Texas state Representative James Talarico the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate last month. But his chance of winning the seat in November may ...
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What one campaign rally in Michigan reveals about young voters ahead of the midterm elections

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - As students banged on desks and stomped their feet inside a packed lecture hall at the University of Michigan, someone decades older stood in the back, quietly taking in the scene. Debbie Dingell, a longtime Democratic congresswoman, was there ...
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Supreme Court vacates Steve Bannon contempt-of-Congress charges

(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Monday vacated contempt-of-Congress charges against ex-Trump advisor Steve Bannon, who had refused to honor a subpoena from the committee investigating the Jan. 6 , 2021, attack, and later served a four-month sentence.The Court did not explain its decision. ...
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After sweeping SCOTUS presidential immunity ruling, Trump wields it broadly in push for power

(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly two years after the Supreme Court's monumental 2024 decision granting President Donald Trump sweeping immunity from prosecution, the ruling's broader impact on American government is beginning to come into focus as Trump and his lawyers repeatedly invoke the case in an ...
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Trump shares dramatic new details about aviator’s rescue in Iran

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump on Monday shared new details about the harrowing lengths a U.S. aviator shot down in Iran went through to keep himself alive and the scope of the mission to rescue him."Despite the peril, the officer followed his training ...
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US Senate to vote on resolution to curb Trump’s Iran war powers

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers will try again next week to pass a resolution to halt the Iran war and force President Donald Trump to obtain Congress' approval for any further attacks, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday, ...
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