Shasta County faces another pivotal election — and more uncertainty over voting

Shasta County Supervisor Mary Rickert, a devoted Republican who owns a ranch and speaks proudly about gun ownership, is an unlikely progressive icon. But for some in this Northern California county, where the 72-year-old devout Catholic and grandmother has been confounded by conspiracy theories about voter fraud and other extremist ideologies for the past three […]

Trump And Harris Running Neck-And-Neck In Pivotal Swing States, New Polling Shows

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are virtually tied in three key Midwestern battleground states, according to a Trafalgar Group poll released Saturday. A Trafalgar Group survey of general election voters gives Trump a lead with a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points. Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvaniaare three of the most […]

California races will be pivotal in determining House control

Barring divine intervention or the West Coast being underwater, President Biden will easily win California in the November election. But if he, or Donald Trump, the likely Republican nominee, secures a second term in the fall, the future of both policy issues will depend largely on which party controls Congress, and the current U.S. Republicans […]

‘Stay Out Of The Court’s Business’: GOP Criticizes Dems’ Supreme Court Ethics Bill Ahead Of Pivotal Vote

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday denounced a Democratic-sponsored Supreme Court ethics bill ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s scheduled vote on the bill. legal committee is scheduled vote On Thursday, Democratic Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on Supreme Court Ethics, Challenges, and Transparency (SCERT) activityThis would require judges to adopt codes of […]

Pollsters Shift Five House Seats Toward Dems After Pivotal SCOTUS Ruling

The Cook Political Report on Thursday updated its assessments of five House elections across several states in 2024, after the Supreme Court ruled against Alabama’s redistricting plan. moved to the Democratic Party. A court on Thursday destroyed a map of the Alabama legislature prepared by Republicans for the 2022 midterm elections and ruled: Allen vs […]