Alec Schemmel

Minnesota AG Keith Ellison accuses Gov. Greg Abbott of making Texas a "sanctuary state for violent criminals" amid an extradition battle regarding an ICE agent charged in a Minneapolis shooting.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani twice declined to distance himself from NYC-DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo, who faces a pending rent case and scrutiny over his union credentials and family townhouse renovation.

Florida will bar welfare benefits from covering tattoos, theme-park tickets, video games, vapes and other nonessential purchases under a first-in-the-nation plan Trump wants other states to follow.

Abdul El-Sayed praised Egypt's community life and called Americans "deeply atomized" in a podcast, adding to resurfaced remarks criticizing U.S. culture.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro joined 23 states to sue the USPS over Trump-backed mail-ballot rule, arguing Congress — not the president or Postal Service — sets federal election rules.

California Senate Democrats rejected a Republican effort to ban all sex offender registry tiers from holding public office, including school board seats, in a party-line vote.

Marcye Scott fell short against former Gwinnett County school board chairman Everton Blair in her bid to finish the final months of her late father’s House term after leading the first round of voting.

A Gavin Newsom aide mocked former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's South Carolina NAACP visit as the Democratic Party faces a growing fight over Black voter outreach in 2028.

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley emerged as the more moderate alternative to democratic socialist Francesca Hong, but his record includes racial-equity budgeting, net-zero climate goals and more.

A dad says families objecting to a trans school teacher are being told public school may not be for them, while another speaker said children of “bigots" could be relocated.

Democrats rallied behind Eric Swalwell as Republicans raised alarms over Fang Fang — newly declassified FBI files are now casting fresh light on what agents knew.

Atlanta Mayor accused DNC of “abandoning" the South and Black voters in scathing letter to national party leadership after Atlanta got cut from hosting the 2028 Democratic National Convention.

Dems running in battleground districts criticized over middle-class bios they are presenting to voters as financial records and other materials paint a picture of wealth others don't often have.

Abdul El-Sayed says he wants to go beyond Bernie Sanders' public ownership model for a major American industry, calling for "some system of public control."

Darline Graham admitted national security is "not my thing" at a South Carolina GOP Senate runoff debate when asked about Taiwan and the South China Sea.

Angie Nixon pulled off an upset over retired Army Lt. Col. Alex Vindman in Florida's Democratic Senate primary despite Vindman's name and fundraising advantage.

Trump-backed Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., defeated her challengers in Florida's GOP Senate primary to keep Marco Rubio's former seat through 2029.

The American dream of home ownership slipped further away in all 50 states despite $460 billion in HUD spending over a decade, watchdog finds.

Former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell admitted to FBI agents in 2015 that he had intimate relations multiple times with suspected Chinese spy Christine 'Fang Fang' Fang.

Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan Senate bid faces scrutiny over thousands of euthanized animals at Detroit Animal Control during his tenure as the city's health director.

Gun Owners of America members completed the first silencer transfers without National Firearms Act registration since 1934 after a court ruling.

Internal emails reveal Justice Department officials scrambled to interpret Biden's clemency decisions after they were announced without normal vetting.

Trump-backed incumbent Andy Ogles falls despite a late push from the president, while Republicans’ new congressional map set up a Trump-vs.-AOC proxy fight that could prove pivotal come November.

Squad-backed 'Tennessee Three' lawmaker Justin Pearson won the Democrat primary in Tennessee's redrawn 9th Congressional District after redistricting split the Memphis-area district.

Tom Smith suggested at an event following Tuesday's statewide primaries in Michigan that he will be resuming his run in Michigan's 8th Congressional District, despite recently suspending his campaign.

Every Democratic Party member of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee boycotted a hearing on the Muslim Brotherhood's alleged U.S. network, describing the hearing as "a political creepshow."

Four Jewish bar associations demand Zohran Mamdani correct the exclusion of Jewish members from his 19-person judiciary advisory panel in New York City.

South Dakota's first gubernatorial primary runoff pitted incumbent Larry Rhoden against outsider Toby Doeden after neither cleared the 35% threshold to win outright.

Marcye Scott and Gwinnett County school board chair Everton Blair advance to an Aug. 25 Georgia special election runoff in the 13th District for a House seat.

The searchable database names affluent property owners who could face the proposed pied-à-terre tax, raising new privacy and security concerns.