Washington — Latino advocacy groups and voting rights organizations Thursday filed a suit in federal court challenging the Trump administration’s policy of allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to enter polling locations in certain circumstances to conduct immigration enforcement during the 2026 midterm elections. The suit in the District Court for the District of…
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Elon Musk’s America PAC has dropped $100 million to support the GOP in critical races that could control the future of the Senate. It includes TV commercials, digital ads, and a social media blitz across platforms Musk owns and platforms he doesn’t. The eleventh-hour push is a brazen attempt to stoke the anti-trans moral panic and turn equal rights for transgender people into a make-or-break…
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As the midterm elections near, a slew of extremist candidates — selected by GOP primary voters at Donald Trump’s urging over the past few months to represent their party in the general election — are aiming to woo the public in marquis races around the country. Should they get elected, they will push the U.S. political system even further to the right, mainstreaming views that until recently would…
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Perhaps sensing that Republicans are likely to fare poorly in this year’s midterm elections, President Donald Trump sought to distance himself from blame in an interview late last week. Speaking to Punchbowl News in an interview that aired on Friday, Trump deflected any responsibility for Republicans’ poor polling numbers, instead claiming that voters were mad at GOP lawmakers or candidates…
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As the 2026 elections approach, transgender people across the country are watching one fight in particular: a wave of anti-trans ballot measures heading directly to voters this November. Five states — Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and Washington — are set to put measures before the electorate that would target transgender people in sports, medical care, and in Arizona’s case…
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It’s been four years since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the federal constitutional right to abortion. In the immediate aftermath of the decision, national attention centered on implementation of state bans and a rapidly shifting legal landscape. But four years later, one of the most impactful developments has…
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