Spanberger sends back over a dozen amendments to Virginia state budget on eve of deadline

SCOTUS Says States Can Count Late-Arriving Mail Ballots

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states can count mail ballots that are cast by Election Day but arrive later, rejecting a GOP challenge to Mississippi law's for late-arriving ballots.

SCOTUS Upholds State Laws Allowing Ballots To Be Accepted After Election Day

In a blow to the integrity of U.S. elections, the Supreme Court upheld state laws permitting election officials to accept postmarked ballots after Election Day on Monday. The ruling was 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining the court’s liberal justices in the majority. The dispute in Watson v. RNC […]

DeSantis signs $117.6 billion Florida budget

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) on Monday signed into law a $117.6 billion budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year. It came after nearly $1.6 billion in line items slipped into the plan by the Republican-led Florida legislature. DeSantis inked the final budget just two days before the fiscal year began on July 1, a delay that […]

RNC Sues Colorado’s TDS-Afflicted Elections Chief For Violating State Constitution

Secretary of State Jena Griswold's UOCAVA guidance permitting 'never residents' of Colorado is in conflict with residency law.

Abdul El-Sayed Becomes First Senate Candidate Backed by Pro-Palestine Jewish Group

The political arm of Jewish Voice for Peace, known for protesting the genocide in Gaza, is wading into the race for the open Senate seat in Michigan. The post Abdul El-Sayed Becomes First Senate Candidate Backed by Pro-Palestine Jewish Group appeared first on The Intercept.

Supreme Court sends geofence warrant case back to lower court

The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy when it comes to their cellphone location data, tossing out a ruling against a man convicted in a Virginia bank robbery case. The justices held 6-3 that law enforcement’s use of a geofence warrant to identify Okello Chatrie was a search under the…

Supreme Court finds geofence warrants constitute a search under Fourth Amendment

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that law enforcement’s use of a geofence warrant to obtain cellphone location data constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment, marking a significant privacy ruling while stopping short of declaring the investigative tactic unconstitutional. In a 6-3 decision written by Justice Elena Kagan, the justices vacated a lower court ruling involving Virginia […]

Here Are the States That Refused to Participate in the Great American Fair