Politics

Abortion access advocates in Nevada say they have submitted almost twice the number of petition signatures needed to qualify a measure for the November ballot that would enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution. Officials still have to verify signatures.

The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial cleared the courtroom of reporters Monday and then threatened to remove the defense’s witness from the trial after his behavoir on the stand, a court transcript shows.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protégé of the country’s supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died.

GOP Sen. Marco Rubio, a potential vice presidential pick for Donald Trump, refused to say whether he would accept the results of the 2024 election.

A Missouri judge has ruled that a longshot gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan can stay on the Republican ticket.

Arizona’s Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes on Friday announced that Rudy Giuliani had been served with the notice of his indictment in connection with an alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona.

Voting by people who aren’t U.S. citizens is illegal in federal elections. States have mechanisms to check whether voters on their rolls are citizens.

Youngkin has taken action on his final batch of bills from the 2024 General Assembly session.

When an upside-down U.S. flag flew over the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in January 2021, it was largely seen in connection with the false claim by then-President Donald Trump’s supporters that the 2020 election had been marred by fraud.

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has taken final action on a last batch of bills from the year’s regular legislative session. In a statement late Friday, Youngkin said he was signing seven measures but vetoing 48. Among those he vetoed were closely watched bills that would have ended a tax break for a Confederate heritage organization and al...

The hearing was derailed when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., responded to a question from Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, by saying, “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading.”

Women say they are worried about their finances, from a higher cost of living to reduced retirement income, and that could affect the November election.

A U.S. senator is threatening to hold up a bill to redevelop the RFK stadium site in D.C. Axios D.C. reporter Cuneyt Dil joined News4’s Adam Tuss in the studio to break down the issues.