From the States
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400 suspected noncitizen voters in Washington state just tip of the iceberg, GOP chair says
Washington's secretary of state says timing of Monday’s DOJ press conference is “no doubt intended to cast unfounded suspicion on the results ... Cases of voter fraud, including noncitizen voting, are incredibly rare."
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More than half a million absentee ballots have been returned in Wisconsin
In the 2022 midterms, 741,795 absentee ballots were returned with 318,130 voting using in-person absentee.
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California awards $18 million to daycare with 39 nonexistent locations
William Law Foundation's latest tax returns from 2024 show executive director was only employee and paid himself at least $540,000 with $180,000 in deferred compensation. The salary was apparently funded entirely by taxpayers.
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NYC Mayor Adams sues city board over campaign financing
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is taking the city's campaign finance board to court over its decision to deny his reelection campaign more than $3.4 million in public matching funds.
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DOJ sues North Carolina elections board over the need for accurate voter rolls
“Accurate voter registration rolls are critical to ensure that elections in North Carolina are conducted fairly, accurately, and without fraud,” said Assistant AG Harmeet K. Dhillon of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.
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Trump says Canada considering his offer to join US for Golden Dome missile defense
Trump said if Canada remains a standalone nation, it will have to come up with $61 billion to get protection from a space-based missile defense system that the U.S. military has yet to build.
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NC Sen Tillis says senators should pass the president’s agenda
Tillis, with $4 million cash in hand for a reelection bid in 2026, has taken heat back home in western North Carolina for comments related to the embattled Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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CA faces 'wall of debt' with $10B-20B annual deficits for years: Report
The LAO’s report forecasts “persistent future deficits,” even after accounting for California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May budget revisions to address a $12 billion budget shortfall.
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Texas House passes Parental Bill of Rights
Bill affirms parents are the primary decision-makers in their child’s education, and bans DEI ideology in K-12 public schools.
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SCOTUS asked to decide challenge to IL’s post election ballot counts and challenges to state laws
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to intervene in a case that could reshape how federal candidates challenge state election laws.
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Maryland Democrats plan to override governor’s veto of reparations commission bill
The commission would study federal, state and local policies from 1877 to 1965 in the post-Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras, which the legislation said led to "economic disparities based on race, including housing, segregation and discrimination, redlining, restrictive covenants, and tax policies.”
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Bills allowing prayer, Bible in school, 10 commandments head to Abbott’s desk
SB 10, filed by state Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford, and SB 11, filed by state Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, previously passed the Senate.
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Teenager who was charged with killing Austin Metcalf to be tried as adult in Texas
Karmelo Anthony, 17, was charged with first-degree murder after allegedly stabbing Metcalf at a high school track meet.