Political News

Mary Steurer and Jeff Beach, North Dakota Monitor A judge vacated North Dakota’s abortion ban in a Thursday ruling, finding the law unconstitutionally vague and an infringement on medical freedom. South Central Judicial District Court Judge Bruce Romanick’s order came as part of a lawsuit challenging the law brought last …

Jimmy Williams After nearly a decade of pledging to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, former President Donald Trump still lacks a comprehensive plan to replace it. Experts suggest that the promise of a more affordable healthcare law, which Trump floated again during Tuesday night’s debate …

Errin Haines Originally published by The 19th Everything we needed to know about what would happen at Tuesday night’s presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump — their first-ever meeting — was clear within 30 seconds of them taking the stage. Harris walked directly up …

Jennifer Shutt, Arkansas Advocate U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a six-month stopgap spending bill from heading to the floor for a vote Wednesday, scuttling efforts by the GOP to show solidarity behind their plan, which included a provision requiring ID to register to vote in federal elections. The spending …

Ashley Murray, North Dakota Monitor President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris honored victims on the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, when four hijacked commercial airliners crashed into New York City’s Twin Towers, a Pennsylvania field and the Pentagon, shocking the world and precipitating …

Jimmy Williams The White House on Tuesday warned of potential violence as debunked rumors about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, harming household pets continued to circulate, with Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance at the center of the controversy. The administration expressed concern that the false claims, widely shared on …

Jimmy Williams House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) proposal to pair a six-month stopgap spending bill with Trump-backed voting restrictions is encountering significant resistance from within his own party. On Tuesday, the House narrowly approved a rule to move forward with debating the bill on Wednesday, but GOP defections and Democratic …

Jimmy Williams In a high-stakes debate, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off Tuesday night for their first-ever debate — and possibly their last. The 90-minute exchange was marked by fiery moments, sharp contrasts in policy, and personal digs, with Harris often taking the lead in …

Jimmy Williams Music icon Taylor Swift officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign following Harris’ debate with former President Donald Trump. The singer, who has over 283 million Instagram followers, announced her decision to back the Democratic nominee, calling Harris a “steady-handed, gifted leader.” “I will be casting …

Anna Spoerre, Missouri Independent Missourians will have the opportunity to vote to enshrine abortion in the state constitution this November, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. In a decision published less than three hours before the constitutional deadline to remove a question from the ballot, the Supreme Court reversed a …

Christine Zhu, NC Newsline Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz visited Raleigh to voice their support for reproductive rights at a campaign event on Monday. It was the second stop of their “Fighting for Reproductive Freedom” bus tour in North Carolina, which also featured an event …

Ariana Figueroa, North Dakota Monitor Democratic lawmakers and a coalition of civil rights leaders Tuesday urged Congress to reform the filibuster in order to pass voting rights legislation next Congress. “Voting rights, succinctly put, are preservative of all other rights,” U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Georgia Democrat, said at a …

Ashley Murray, Daily Montanan Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet in a highly anticipated and potentially consequential debate Tuesday night in Philadelphia — just more than two months after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance precipitated his exit from the race. The debate, to be hosted …

Originally published by The 19th Last month, we asked you, our readers, to tell us the top three issues that are motivating you to vote in November. We received over 150 responses on a broad range of topics. Once we landed on the six that were most mentioned — abortion, …

Jimmy William Lawmakers are back in Washington after a six-week summer recess, facing a critical deadline to avert a government shutdown by September 30. At the same time, Republicans in the House are intensifying investigations into Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, while Democrats counter with their …