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Zachary Roth With polls showing unauthorized immigration as Republicans’ best issue for the fall, the GOP is looking to raise the alarm about voting by non-citizens and the undocumented. The multi-pronged effort has been advanced in congressional legislation, public statements by top election officials and U.S. senators, plans produced by …

Jimmy Williams A judge overseeing Donald Trump’s upcoming criminal trial in Manhattan has rejected his attempt to postpone the trial until after the Supreme Court rules on his claim of “presidential immunity” in another criminal case. The decision, issued on Wednesday, blocks Trump’s efforts to further delay the trial, which …

Jimmy Williams In the latest development surrounding former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial, his legal team is once again seeking to have Judge Juan Merchan removed from the case. This move comes as they raise concerns about potential bias stemming from the judge’s daughter’s involvement with a political firm …

Chabeli Carrazana Originally published by The 19th For more than a decade, Erin Farias has watched the low-income families who send children to the day cares she runs navigate America’s broken child care system. Many of those parents had government assistance for school tuition, but half the time, Farias couldn’t …

President Joe Biden reached out to chef José Andrés on Tuesday following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza that tragically claimed the lives of seven aid workers associated with Andrés’ World Central Kitchen. The White House’s statement on the call came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the unintentional nature …

Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Michigan Advance Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and nearly two dozen other Democratic-led states urged the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve the ability of emergency room doctors to provide abortions, arguing that failing to do so would have devastating effects for their health care systems and women …

By Jacob Fischler President Biden will tour the Port of Baltimore and the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse Friday as long-term efforts to reopen the port continue, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday. “President Biden will travel to Baltimore on Friday to visit the collapsed Francis …

Mel Leonor Barclay, Shefali Luthra Originally published by The 19th The Florida Supreme Court struck down its state abortion protection — paving the way for a six-week ban passed in 2023 to take effect — but will allow voters to weigh in on whether they can amend the state’s constitution …

Jimmy Williams Former President Donald Trump stirred controversy on social media Friday by sharing a video featuring an image of President Joe Biden bound and restrained in the back of a pickup truck. The 20-second video, reportedly taken in Long Island, New York, shows a truck adorned with “Trump 2024” …

Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Crystal Mason, the Texas woman sentenced in 2018 to five years in prison for casting an illegal ballot in the 2016 election, was cleared Thursday by a state appeals court, which found no evidence that she knew she was ineligible to vote. The 2nd Court of …

Ariana Figueroa, Arkansas Advocate U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Thursday that two articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will be sent to the U.S. Senate in early April when senators return from recess. “We call upon you to fulfill your constitutional obligation to hold …

Jimmy Williams Brian Pritchard, the first vice chair of the Georgia Republican Party, was ruled to have illegally voted nine times while on probation for check forgery, according to a judge’s ruling this week. Administrative Law Judge Lisa Boggs ordered Pritchard to pay $5,000 in civil penalties and be publicly …

Jacob Fischler, Wisconsin Examiner U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg outlined Wednesday the immediate and longer-term priorities the Biden administration is pursuing in the aftermath of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore that left six presumed dead. While many questions remained roughly 36 hours after a massive cargo ship …

Jimmy Williams Former Senator Joseph I. Lieberman passed away at the age of 82, his family announced on Wednesday. Lieberman, who served as the Democratic vice presidential nominee in the 2000 election alongside Al Gore, died in New York after complications from a fall, surrounded by his loved ones. Lieberman’s …

Jacob Fischler, Michigan Advance President Joe Biden called Tuesday for the federal government to foot the bill to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore following its collapse earlier in the day. The ongoing search-and-rescue operation led by the U.S. Coast Guard is the top priority for now, Biden …