Galveston County Sheriff candidate under investigation, at risk of losing peace officer license
Republican candidate for the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office, Jimmy Fullen, is now in the middle of an investigation involving the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, also known as TCOLE. Fullen is accused of not being truthful about his work history statements at previous law enforcement jobs he has had.
Abbott appoints first judges to new appeals court for cases involving state government, businesses
The Texas Legislature created the court last year, with proponents saying it would increase efficiency and opponents arguing that it was an effort by Republicans to circumvent Democrat-dominated courts.
US Coast Guard boss says she is not trying to hide the branch’s failure to handle sex assault cases
The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has tried to assure frustrated senators she is not attempting to cover up the branch’s failure to adequately handle cases of sexual assault and harassment at the service academy in Connecticut.
Former Trump attorney in Wisconsin suspended from state judicial ethics panel
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended former President Donald Trump’s Wisconsin lawyer from a state judicial ethics panel a week after he was charged with a felony for his role in a 2020 fake electors scheme.
Texas AG files lawsuit to stop rule ‘forcing’ healthcare providers to perform gender transitions
The states of Texas and Montana have teamed up in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and multiple members of the Biden Administration in an attempt to terminate controversial policies surrounding gender affirming surgeries.
Trump will meet with House and Senate Republicans this week near the Capitol
House Republicans will meet privately with Donald Trump as the former president returns to Capitol Hill for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by his supporters trying to overturn President Joe Biden’s election.
More global confidence in Biden than Trump even as views of US democracy decline, poll finds
A new poll finds that people around the globe have greater confidence in President Joe Biden to do the right thing compared to his challenger in this year's U.S. elections, former President Donald Trump.
Jurors will resume deliberations in federal gun case against President Joe Biden's son Hunter
Jurors are set to resume deliberations in the criminal case against President Joe Biden’s son over a 2018 gun purchase when prosecutors say Hunter Biden was in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction.
Two weeks after hush money verdict, Trump to meet with Senate Republicans
Former President Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans Thursday, speaking to the group just two weeks after he was convicted on 34 charges in his hush money trial and as GOP senators have increasingly rallied around him.
Trump will speak to a Christian group that calls for abortion to be 'eradicated entirely'
Donald Trump is scheduled to address a Christian group that calls for abortion to be “eradicated entirely,” as the Republican frontrunner has repeatedly taken credit for the overturning of national abortion rights but said he wants to leave the issue to the states.
Nevada has a plan to expand electronic voting. That concerns election security experts
Voting on reservations across the country has historically been exceedingly difficult, with tribal voters sometimes having to travel long distances to their polling place or facing barriers because they don't have a physical address.
Hunter Biden's gun trial enters its final stretch after deeply personal testimony about his drug use
The criminal trial of President Joe Biden’s son is heading into its final stretch as the defense tries to chip away at the prosecutors' case laying bare some of the darkest moments of Hunter Biden’s drug-fueled past.
Republican challenger to Tester leans into his outsider status in Montana U.S. Senate debate
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy embraced his status as an outsider who came to Montana to start a business during the first debate in a race that could tip the balance of power in the Senate.
Takeaways from Hunter Biden's gun trial: His family turns out as his own words are used against him
Hunter Biden’s trial on gun charges brought by his father’s Justice Department has spotlighted embarrassing details about the president’s son in full view while first lady Jill Biden has sat in a Delaware courtroom.
Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows pleads not guilty in Arizona's fake elector case
Former Donald Trump presidential chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump 2020 Election Day operations director Michael Roman have pleaded not guilty in Phoenix to nine felony charges for their roles in an effort to overturn Trump’s election loss in Arizona to Joe Biden.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in North Dakota's state primaries
While possible Republican vice presidential hopeful Doug Burgum travels the country campaigning for former President Donald Trump, the race to succeed him as North Dakota governor tops the list of contests voters will decide in statewide and local primaries.
The Latest: 2 more prosecution witnesses expected in Hunter Biden's trial
Federal prosecutors are wrapping up their gun case in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial with two more witnesses expected in their effort to prove to jurors that the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun purchase form when he said he wasn’t “an unlawful user of, or addicted to” drugs.
The prosecution is wrapping up in Hunter Biden's gun trial. There are 2 more witnesses expected
Federal prosecutors are wrapping up their gun case against Hunter Biden, with two more witnesses expected Friday in their effort to prove to jurors that the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun purchase form when he said he wasn’t “an unlawful user of, or addicted to” drugs.
Former officers who defended the US Capitol on Jan. 6 visited the Pa. House. Some GOP members jeered
Some Republican members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives booed and walked out this week when two former police officers who helped protect the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot were recognized on the state House floor.
State rejects health insurers' pleas to halt plan that will shake up coverage for 1.8 million Texans
Affected Texans who receive Medicaid coverage would be shifted to new insurers next year if the state health and human services agency sticks to its plan. It’s now up to the executive commissioner to make a final decision.
Dispute over mailed ballots in a New Jersey county delays outcome of congressional primary
Whether to count more than 1,900 mail ballots cast in one New Jersey county will be up to a judge after their envelopes were unsealed prematurely and members of the local election board deadlocked on how to proceed.
Secret Service head says RNC security plans not final as protesters allege free speech restrictions
The head of the U.S. Secret Service says security plans for the Republican National Convention are still being determined as protesters blasted restrictions they claimed will violate free speech with just weeks until the event.
The Census Bureau failed to adequately monitor advertising contract for 2020 census, watchdog says
The Office of Inspector General says the Census Bureau didn’t adequately monitor contract orders worth hundreds of millions of dollars dealing with advertising to promote participation in the 2020 census.
The ACLU is making plans to fight Trump's promises of immigrant raids and mass deportations
The American Civil Liberties Union has prepared a blueprint for using lawsuits, advice to state and local officials and lobbying in Congress to try and thwart the large-scale raids, huge detention camps and mass deportations that former President Donald Trump has promised should he win a second term.