Anti-democratic moves by state lawmakers raise fears for 2024 election
In September, the GOP-controlled Wisconsin state senate voted to oust Meagan Wolfe as the head of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Wolfe was the target of false conspiracy theories about illegal voting during the 2020 election, but she has refused to step down. Henry Redman/Wisconsin Examiner In Wisconsin, Republican lawmakers are threatening to impeach both the state’s election administrator,…
Fulton 19 recap: 900 local residents to receive jury summons in election interference trial
Booking photos from the Fulton County conspiracy case charging Donald Trump and allies with trying to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. Top row, from left Jeffrey Clark, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Michael Roman, Ray Smith, David Shafer, Sen. Shawn Still. Center row, from left, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro. Bottom…
Georgia AG shrugs off open records violations but demands local DAs enforce all laws equally
Critics complain state Attorney General Chris Carr’s office isn’t consistently enforcing the Georgia Open Records Act. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder When Gov. Brian Kemp signed the GOP-backed Senate Bill 92 in May, he set Georgia on a path to creating something the state had never seen before: a prosecutorial oversight commission with the muscle to shove…
‘If we don’t get the aid, we will lose the war’: Zelenskyy asks Congress to help Ukraine
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, right, walk with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Win McNamee/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday traveled to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers to reiterate the need for…
Shutdown inches closer as U.S. House GOP fails to pass defense bill, lawmakers exit D.C.
The U.S. Capitol. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans were unable for a third time Thursday to begin debate on the Defense funding bill, throwing another wrench into Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s leadership tenure. The 212-216 vote that rejected the rule for the $826 billion Defense spending measure was unexpected, coming less than a day after…
U.S. Senate confirms a military nominee, the first since Tuberville blockade began
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, speaks during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Sept. 28, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images The U.S. Senate confirmed a nominee for a high-ranking military post Wednesday night and advanced another, the first votes on military nominations or promotions since Alabama Republican Tommy…