Four facts you should know about the Supreme Court decision to revive a GOP-drawn voting map
Story at a glance On Tuesday, the Supreme Court issued a brief order that allows a Louisiana U.S. House district map to stay in place. That's despite a lower court judge ruling the map was likely in violation of federal voting protections. The justices also allowed the Louisiana case to be added to next term’s docket, with Ardoin v.
Read MoreRaskin on anonymous pushback to Cassidy Hutchinson testimony: She 'has no motivation or interest in lying'
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) pushed back on anonymous sources disputing former top White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony that former President Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the presidential vehicle and lunged at an agent when informed he would not be able to join his supporters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Raskin, a member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, said on
Read MoreCassidy Hutchinson’s testimony is too incriminating for the DOJ to ignore
Any congressional oversight hearing that seeks to convince an audience of something new must have both style and substance. Recognizing that their work is anything but a typical congressional oversight hearing, members of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol knew from the outset that they had their work cut out for them. First, the style. The select committee clearly appreciates that in a hyper-partisan political environment, optics matter just as much as substance. Every step they’ve taken in their presentation was don
Read MoreNikki Haley attending Iowa fundraiser amid 2024 speculation
Nikki Haley is slated to attend a fundraiser in Iowa on Thursday, prompting fresh speculation that the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is eyeing her own presidential bid in 2024. Haley, also the former governor of South Carolina, will join Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) in the Hawkeye State for a fundraiser on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the planning. Also on Thursday, Haley is scheduled to attend the Feenstra family picnic, hosted by Iowa Rep. Randy Feenstra (R). The congressman announced Haley’s attendance last month,
Read MoreA lesson for Republicans: Voter access is good politics
As the nation watches the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack lay out the details of its investigation, there is a consistent thread in witness testimony from the committee’s hearings: there was no evidence of widespread fraud in 2020. Several Republican officials have rejected the basis of these claims in their statements before the committee. It’s an unfortunate turn of ev
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