California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Democrats backed an aggressive redistricting plan designed to help Democrats gain as many as five U.S. House seats. But one newly called race has already delivered an embarrassing setback for the party. Two Republican candidates in California’s 40th Congressional District have advanced

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a major ruling in favor of Mississippi death row inmate Terry Pitchford, finding that he was denied a fair opportunity to challenge the prosecution’s removal of Black jurors during his trial. In a narrow 5-4 decision in Pitchford v. Cain, the Court vacated

Republicans are raising serious concerns after late-arriving ballots dramatically reshaped the Los Angeles mayoral primary, pushing right-leaning candidate Spencer Pratt out of the top two after he had led the field shortly after Election Day. The latest ballot update elevated two left-wing Democrats above Pratt, even though Pratt had been

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is facing growing pressure as Republicans continue racking up wins on immigration enforcement, border security, and election integrity. Just days after the Senate showed majority support for the SAVE America Act, Republicans delivered another significant victory for President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda. Lawmakers passed

California Democrats suffered a major setback in the state’s 40th Congressional District after nearly a week of ballot counting ended with two Republicans advancing to the general election. The result shuts Democrats out of the November contest for a seat they had hoped to target as part of their

The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to decide a major election case that could reshape how states handle mail-in ballots received after Election Day. The case, Watson v. Republican National Committee, asks whether states may count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive days later. At

The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie, took another unexpected turn after authorities confirmed that human remains had been discovered in the Sonoran Desert near Tucson. Police quickly determined, however, that the remains were not connected to Guthrie’s disappearance. The remains were found

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered another setback to the Biden regulatory agenda, throwing out a lower-court ruling that had upheld federal efficiency standards for furnaces and water heaters. In American Gas Association v. Department of Energy, the justices vacated a decision from the D.C. Circuit that

Bill Essayli, the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, said Sunday that California officials are continuing to block a federal audit of the state’s voter rolls, even as concerns mount over election policies that critics say weaken public confidence in the system. Essayli said his office