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Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, left, speaks with Calloway County Democratic Party leader Zee Enix at the Graves County Democratic Breakfast, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, in Mayfield, Ky. Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes waives to supporters at the Fancy Farm Picnic, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, in Fancy Farm, Ky.
'The most bizarre thing I've ever been a part of': Trump panel found no voter fraud, ex-member says - Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, one of the 11 members of the commission formed by President Trump to investigate supposed voter fraud, issued a scathing rebuke of the disbanded panel on Friday A Member Of Trump's Voter Commission Just Said The White House's Voter Fraud Claims Were "False" - Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, a Democrat who served on President Donald Trump's voter fraud commission, published a trove of documents Friday that he said show zero signs of mass voter fraud Paul Manafort Was Deep in Debt. He Saw an Opportunity in Trump.
The legislature of Obama's home state of Illinois, passed a law last year to designate Aug. 4 as a holiday. Just a few weeks ago, he spoke before a crowd of around 15,000 people in Johannesburg, South Africa, to honor the life of Nelson Mandela.
When Zephyr Teachout is elected New York Attorney General, she's gonna emolumentize Trump right out of the White House Zephyr Teachout isn't just an expert on antitrust law and corruption, and isn't merely a netroots pioneer who has been on the right side of every technology policy fight since the Gore years -- she's also running to be the Attorney General of the State of New York, from which position she plans on gutting Trump on his corrupt business practices, targeting him using the dread emoluments clause . This one is extra special, though: Teachout just welcomed 120 of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's most skilled and dedicated volunteers into her campaign.
Three months away from tough midterm elections, Republicans urgently want to secure bragging rights for their work boosting the military and giving troops a pay raise. They have to pass legislation to pay for it first - driving the GOP, which has sworn off big spending bills, toward once again cutting a deal with Democrats.
President Donald Trump wants a Space Force, a new military service he says is needed to ensure American dominance in space. But the idea is gaining little traction at the Pentagon, where the president's defense chief, Jim Mattis, says it would add burdensome bureaucracy and unwanted costs.
Republicans Mike Dunleavy and Mead Treadwell are vying to become the third person in what is shaping up to be a three-way fight for governor in Alaska. The winner of the Aug. 21 GOP primary will advance to the general election.
WASHINGTON Former President Barack Obama started his birthday week grooving to tunes at a Beyonc and Jay-Z concert . He'll end it by marking the first Barack Obama Day on Saturday as he turns 57. The legislature in Obama's former home state of Illinois passed a law last year to designate each Aug. 4 as a commemorative holiday to celebrate the 44th president, whose political career began in the Land of Lincoln.
In this June 30, 2018, file photo, Joey Gibson, left, leader of Patriot Prayer, heads the group's rally in Portland, Ore. Portland is bracing for what could be another round of violent clashes Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, between a right-wing group holding a rally here and self-described anti-fascist counter-protesters who have pledged to keep Patriot Prayer and other affiliated groups out of this ultra-liberal city.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today released the following statement regarding Senate Bill 220, the Data Protection Act sponsored by State Senators Bob Hackett and Kevin Bacon , being signed into law: "I congratulate Senator Hackett and Senator Bacon for working with their Senate and House colleagues to pass this important bill and send it to the governor's desk and commend the governor for signing it into law," said Attorney General DeWine. "By encouraging Ohio business owners to take appropriate and proven steps to enhance their cybersecurity, Ohioans can be confident that their personal information will be better protected.
The Silver State is home to 300,000 veterans and Republican U.S. Sen. Dean Heller and challenger Democratic U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen are working harder than ever to court them. The path to victory in Nevada's tight U.S. Senate race could lie in the hands of Nevada veterans.
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In this July 16, 2018, file photo, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Schumer and Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein plan to begin meeting with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when senators start returning to Washington in mid-August.
Thousands of people traveling to Kentucky's Fancy Farm picnic this weekend hope to win prizes in bingo and other games. But the biggest winner could be the Kentucky state government, which is poised to collect $13,000 from the church that hosts the picnic because of changes to the state's tax code.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks in a sit-down conversation styled event with Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La, at Dillard University in New Orleans, Aug. 3, 2018. Warren was among the Democrats appearing at the Netroots Nations gathering.
At Netroots Nation, the largest annual gathering of liberal activists, the Democratic Party's leading left-wing voices lashed out at the political centrists. "We tried it their way and we lost to a racist extremist," Cynthia Nixon, who is waging a primary challenge against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D, said Friday.
Protesters display placards supporting U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare reform during a demonstration in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2010. America's health-care debate is entering a new phase.
While the White House remains reluctant to even criticize Russia publicly, Congress has taken another step toward ratcheting up pressure on Moscow following its efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The latest move came Thursday, when a bipartisan group of senators introduced a new package of potential sanctions on Russia.
Two possible contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination have drawn enthusiastic cheers from a gathering of liberal activists in New Orleans. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren told the Netroots Nation meeting Friday that President Donald Trump has helped wealthy corporate interests fight consumer protections, minimum wage laws and other initiatives to benefit workers by fostering racism, xenophobia and homophobia while "winking at white supremacists."
Pope Francis, left, on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 declared the death penalty wrong in all cases, a change in church teaching at odds with Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry's push for speeding executions in the state. with something akin to divine intervention, when Pope Francis declared the death penalty wrong in all cases.