States’ efforts to disqualify former president Donald Trump from their primary ballots for “engaging in insurrection” have come to an end, with the Supreme Court ruling that states cannot enforce the 14th Amendment for federal candidates. The ruling in Trump v. Anderson reverses the Colorado Supreme Court’s disqualification of Trump. It also means Trump’s disqualifications […]Read More

LONG BEACH, Calif. — As Katie Porter high-fived her way to the microphone at a recent rally here with Taylor Swift’s “The Man” pumping from loudspeakers, two front-row fans greeted her bearing mini versions of the accessory she made famous: whiteboards, theirs bearing the hashtag #TeamKatiePorter. “I just love how she stands up and represents […]Read More

Donald Trump is poised to continue his march to the GOP presidential nomination on Tuesday, when 15 states will vote to award more than a third of the party’s delegates and test how quickly Republicans are coalescing behind the former president. Trump has decisively won all but one contest so far and is expected to […]Read More

Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley won her first contest in the Republican presidential nomination race on Sunday after triumphing in D.C.’s primary. It is not likely to change the contest’s trajectory. After three days of voting, polls in the Washington race closed at 7 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday. Though only 19 delegates were […]Read More

The Supreme Court is set to announce at least one opinion Monday morning, leading to speculation the justices could rule on Donald Trump’s eligibility for the Colorado ballot the day before Super Tuesday — when presidential primary elections are held in that state and more than a dozen others. The high court took the unusual […]Read More

Congressional appropriators on Sunday released half a dozen bills that, if passed this week, would keep six agencies — about 40 percent of the government — funded for the rest of the fiscal year after months of turmoil and blockades led by conservative Republicans seeking severe cuts to federal spending. The package totals $704 billion, […]Read More

Congressional appropriators on Sunday released half a dozen bills that, if passed this week, would keep six agencies — about 40 percent of the government — funded for the rest of the fiscal year after months of turmoil and blockades led by conservative Republicans seeking severe cuts to federal spending. The package totals $704 billion, […]Read More

Longtime allies of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are urging him to run for reelection and say they believe he will seek to hold onto his Senate seat in November. The 82-year-old two-time presidential candidate from solidly blue Vermont is the second-oldest member of the Senate and would be nearing 90 years old at the end […]Read More

Longtime allies of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are urging him to run for reelection and say they believe he will seek to hold onto his Senate seat in November. The 82-year-old two-time presidential candidate from solidly blue Vermont is the second-oldest member of the Senate and would be nearing 90 years old at the end […]Read More

The national movement for school vouchers has burgeoned in recent years, riding the momentum of Republican championing of parental rights during the covid-19 pandemic. More than 30 states now have programs that let parents use taxpayer dollars to take their children out of public schools. Yet there remains a stubborn holdout, one particularly notable because […]Read More