Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was sentenced to a three-year prison term today by a Texas judge in a conspiracy and money-laundering case concerning $190,000 in corporate political…
Asked to overturn an administrative ruling that determined the former White House chief of staff for President Barack Obama remained a resident of Chicago while he worked in the nation’s…
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has released an interim report that accuses the U.S. Justice Department of stonewalling an investigation into the DOJ’s handling of a voter intimidation case…
Spending on TV advertising in state supreme court elections totaled $12 million this year, with an unprecedented amount of money pouring into retention elections, including the election in Iowa that…
In a first-time-ever rejection of sitting Iowa Supreme Court judges for retention, state voters have nixed three justices at the polls following their approval last year of same-sex marriage.
Updated: Four Chicago election judges were arrested today, including two who were allegedly drunk, one who was accused of yanking a provisional ballot out of a voter’s hands and another…
A Republican congressional candidate who asserted that Morgan Freeman had narrated his attack ad against the incumbent says a contract gave him the wrong impression.
As Republicans appear to be positioned to make significant gains in today’s election, which is expected to draw a large turnout, some Tea Party voters may have a decision to…
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused an appeal seeking to overturn federal disclosure requirements for groups that spend money independently of political candidates.
A judicial candidate censured this week by a legal ethics agency in Nevada over her criticism of her opponent has won an emergency restraining order from chief federal judge of…
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