Election-denying Arizona Republican ends reelection bid after allegations of forged signatures

After a complaint charged Rep. Austin Smith forged signatures on nomination petitions and gathered ineligible signatures, he dropped out of his race. Read More

Election handicapper moves Arizona Senate race to ‘leans Democratic’

An elections handicapper moved its rating of the Arizona Senate race from “toss-up” to “leans Democratic” in response to a state Supreme Court ruling reinstating a 19th-century abortion ban. Read More

Progressive candidates are increasingly sharing their own abortion stories after Roe's demise

A growing number of progressive candidates are choosing to tell their own abortion stories. And they're doing so more frequently in states that banned abortion after the Supreme Court’s 2022 ... Read More

Nebraska lawmakers reject Trump-backed winner-take-all election system

Nebraska lawmakers began debate Wednesday on legislation that would replace the state's unique system for presidential elections with a winner-take-all model — one day after Donald Trump called for th ... Read More

Some of Trump's allies in Congress already support his 2025 ideas on deportations and Jan. 6 pardons

Donald Trump is campaigning on promises of mass deportations and of pardons for those convicted in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, and his ideas are being met with little pushback by a new era of ... Read More

Morning Report — Foreign aid to get weekend vote; Mayorkas charges dismissed

There’s finally an expected date for House votes on aid to Ukraine and Israel. Bucking conservative criticism, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday rolled out the text for three bills that ... Read More

Senate dismisses one of two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary

The Senate has voted to dismiss the first of two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the first step in ending its trial on his handling of ... Read More

Utah representatives split on reauthorization to US government surveillance program

Utah's representatives were split on a bill to reauthorize a U.S. surveillance program that passed the House on Friday. Read More