Elections
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Postal service ceased work on computer system for Trump's election security measure, official says
Following a Supreme Court ruling shooting down Trump's executive order seeking to limit mail-in voting to eligible voters, Postmaster General David Steiner said work to develop a system to implement the order has stopped.
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Some states preparing to counter ICE agents at polls
President Donald Trump has said that he would do "anything necessary" to ensure election integrity. Likewise, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE agents could legally be at polling places if they're serving immigration warrants.
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Manager at Texas PAC explains in video how Dems are skirting laws to pay voters: 'a little gray'
The Zoom class, the PAC's operating manager says, tells voters why voting is important and "why Republicans are causing all these bad things. So, it's like a roundabout way of paying people for their votes, essentially."
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Top DOJ official threatens to punish states that don’t clean up voter rolls, follow law
Though many blue states protest, states are required to submit voter data to the DOJ under federal election laws to enable verification of voter eligibility, prevent non-citizens from voting illegally, and detect duplicate registrations or multiple votes across jurisdictions.
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Mamdani’s 'aunt' from his Islamophobia speech wasn’t his aunt after all
Mamdani's speech framing his family and fellow Muslims as victims of the post-9/11 era received a stark fact-check.
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California to deploy observers to watch DOJ poll monitors during election
“They’re not going to be allowed to interfere in ways that the law prohibits,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said
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Conservative activist fights 'destitution' Democrat AG imposed on him after voters sided with him
"They took away my home, everything I ever earned in my lifetime, and made it illegal for me to earn a living," voter initiative guru says in seeking to lower campaign finance penalties secured by attorney general-turned-governor.
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Newsom's Prop 50 ballot text admits partisan revenge, may face legal hurdles
While Texas’ redrawn map was court-ordered, California’s ballot language screams how political the measure is. A pending Supreme Court case might make the initiative doomed to fail in court.
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Trump says he hasn't 'really thought about' running again in 2028, pushes for Vance, Rubio team-up
“We have JD [Vance] obviously — the vice president is great,” President Trump said
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Newsom says he will consider entering 2028 presidential race after 2026 midterm elections
“Yeah, I’d be lying otherwise,” he says
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New York Knicks call out Mamdani for unauthorized use of their logo
A Knicks spokesperson emphasized that they “do not endorse Mr. Mamdani for Mayor” and any use of their copyrighted logo in his campaign is unauthorized.
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Justice Department to send election monitors to six counties in California, New Jersey
New Jersey voters will be voting on an array of issues and choosing their next governor, while California voters will decide whether the state legislature can redraw the state's congressional map.
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You Vote: After Wednesday's fiery debate in the NYC mayor race, what are you hoping for now?
Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa launched into blistering attacks against each other on a range of issues.