The FBI is investigating whether a top Russian banker with ties to the Kremlin illegally funneled money to the National Rifle Association to help Donald Trump win the presidency, two sources familiar with the matter have told McClatchy.Source: FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump...
When he shut down his controversial voter integrity commission, President Trump went to Twitter, as he is wont to do, and argued the need for voter identification. He’s right, we should have a voter ID system.Source: I agree with Donald Trump, we should have voter ID. Here's how and why....
President Trump has shown little interest in fighting the threat of Russians hacking U.S. elections. He's shown a lot of interest in fighting voter fraud, something he insists — without evidence — is widespread. Parts of his administration are doing just the opposite.Source: Trump Official On Russian Hacking: 'A National Security Issue'...
(CNN)Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake came to the Senate floor Wednesday with a simple message for Donald Trump: Stop attacking the media.Source: Jeff Flake's 20 most damning lines about Donald Trump's assault on the press...
State voter registration data collected by President Trump’s abandoned election fraud commission will be destroyed and not shared with the Department of Homeland Security or any other agency, a White House aide told a federal judge.Source: White House says it will destroy Trump voter panel data, send no records to DHS...
There has been so much action on partisan gerrymandering recently, I thought it is worth gaming out what is likely to happen over the next few months in relation to a number of cases at, or heading, to SCOTUS. Back in 2004 the Supreme Court in Vieth v.Source: The State of Play on Partisan Gerrymandering Cases at the Supreme Court...
CNN's Tammy Kupperman and Janet DiGiacomo contributed to this report.Source: Judges order North Carolina congressional districts redrawn quickly...
The recall election for California state Sen. Josh Newman will be held on June 5, the same day as the statewide primary. Republicans looking to recall the Fullerton Democrat had hoped to hold an election last November, but Democrats delayed it by changing the law.Source: June 5 set for California state Sen. Josh Newman recall election...
Any candidate jumping in to, what is destined to be, a crowded 2020 Democratic primary will confront a stark political reality: the biggest, most expensive state in the country now actually, truly matters. California is not a customary playground for presidential aspirants.Source: Why California, Not Iowa, Could Pick the Next Democratic Presidential Nominee...
