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US Justice Department sues five more states over voter registration lists

Feb 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday it had sued five more states over what it described as a failure to produce their full voter registration lists. The move against Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia, and New Jersey brings the ...
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Minnesota governor proposes to tackle fraud after Trump allegations led to immigration crackdown

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said on Thursday he introduced a proposal to tackle fraud in state programs after President Donald Trump's administration used fraud allegations to deploy federal armed immigration agents in the state. The Republican Trump ...
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Republican voter ID bill stalls in Senate despite Trump demands

WASHINGTON (AP) - Election-year legislation to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements on voting appears stalled in the Senate, for now, despite President Donald Trump's call in his State of the Union speech that Republicans in Congress pass the bill "before anything else." Trump's push ...
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Federal judge denies request to block Trump ballroom

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge on Thursday denied a request to impose a preliminary injunction that would have blocked construction of the White House ballroom.While finding that the National Trust has raised "novel and weighty" arguments against the ballroom construction, U.S. District Judge Richard ...
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Lawmakers praise their Black male teachers: ‘I would never be here’

(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Gregory Meeks knows the pivotal role Black men can play in a young person's life."In high school, my [Black] male teacher was Mr. Ozzie and he guided me, you know, through some difficult times and through good times," Meeks, D-N.Y., told ...
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Kansas invalidates driver’s licenses, birth certificates of over 1,000 transgender residents

By Helen Coster NEW YORK, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The Kansas state government has invalidated the driver's licenses and birth certificates of transgender residents who changed the gender on those documents, in accordance with a law that took effect on Thursday. The move affects more than ...
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Trump’s White House ballroom can move ahead for now, judge rules

By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, February 26 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday declined to block President Donald Trump from proceeding with construction of a $400 million White House ballroom to replace the demolished East Wing, finding that a challenge from preservationists did not meet ...
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Most Americans back Trump’s deportation goals but not his tactics, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Most Americans share President Donald Trump's view that immigrants living illegally in the U.S. should be deported, but generally disapprove of his hard-line tactics, including masked agents in tactical gear who have clashed with U.S. citizens, a ...
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Hillary Clinton to testify in congressional Epstein probe

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to testify behind closed doors on Thursday to a congressional committee investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, though it is not clear how much new information will come to ...
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Vance heads to competitive Wisconsin district to highlight Trump’s economy

Feb 26 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance will travel on Thursday to a competitive district in Wisconsin, as the White House steps up efforts to protect the narrow Republican majority in the House of Representatives ahead of November's midterm elections. Vance will visit ...
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Homeland Security official rejects suggestion ICE agents will be at polling stations

By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday it was not planning immigration operations targeting polling locations during this year's midterm election, after an official made similar comments to state election officials earlier in the day. The ...
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DHS official promises that federal immigration agents won’t be at polling places during the midterms

DENVER (AP) - A Department of Homeland Security official on Wednesday told state election administrators that immigration agents will not be stationed at the polls during November's midterm elections, trying to swat down one of Democrats' greatest fears about possible election interference from the ...
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