Supreme Court: States can purge voters who don’t vote or respond to warnings

The court's conservative majority ruled 5-4 that Ohio did not violate federal laws by purging voters who don't vote and fail to return notices confirming their residency. Failing to vote can lead to getting knocked off voter registration rolls, a divided Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision that likely will help Republicans and harm Democrats.

Democrats Adopt New Rule Requiring Candidates To Actually Be Democrats

Democrats have adopted a new rule requiring future candidates for President to certify that they are Democrats, but it seems largely unenforceable. In addition to changes to the rules regarding the role of superdelegates in the nomination process, the Democratic National Committee is also working on other changes to the way the party's nomination process works, and this one seems to be directly aimed at Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and his supporters: Democratic National Committee officials on Friday moved forward with a proposal to force the party's presidential candidates to identify as Democrats, a move that drew immediate criticism from a top official in Bernie Sanders' 2016 campaign.

Kim Jong Un Brought His Personal Porta-Potty To The Trump-Kim Summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly brought his personal toilet with him to his historic meeting with President Donald Trump. Kim's arrival in Singapore was preceded by the arrival of a IL-76 cargo plane carrying essential supplies, including a "portable toilet that will deny determined sewer divers insights into to the supreme leader's stools," South Korea's Chosun Ilbo reported Monday.

Federal food aid to Puerto Rico high in salt, sugar

An analysis of federal food aid delivered in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria reveals that much of the food exceeded federal dietary guideline limits for sugar and sodium. Credit: Uriyoan Colon-Ramos After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in September of 2017, the Federal Emergency Management Agency began distributing emergency food.

After Spade and Bourdain, Schumer Wants to Increase Funding for Suicide Prevention

It was hard not to sit back and really examine the prevalence of suicide last week after two celebrities, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, both took their own lives. Sen. Chuck Schumer must have been thinking about it as well, and along with a report on the state of suicides across the country, he wants to increase funding for suicide prevention.

Police in Phoenix confront armed robbery suspects in house

Trump told Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that it was a "real honor" to... President Donald Trump has thanked the prime minister of Singapore for hosting Tuesday's historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump told Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that it was a "real honor" to be with him.

Running for Reelection, Mia Love Distances Herself from Trump

As we're wrapping up our interview in a small call room at the National Republican Congressional Committee headquarters, a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol, I asked the Utah congresswoman a question she'd probably been dreading since Election Night 2016: Will you support President Trump for reelection in 2020? In normal times, it would be unnecessary to ask a member of Congress whether she'll be backing her party's incumbent president, especially when that president is supported by nearly 90 percent of the party's voters. But these are not normal times, and Love, who has represented Utah's fourth congressional district since 2015, is unlike most legislators.

Trump takes aim at China’s tech sector. That could hurt U.S. innovation.

Visitors to the 21st China Beijing International High-tech Expo look at robots and a helicopter drone on display on May 17. The U.S.-China tech rivalry looks likely to intensify, despite ongoing efforts to avoid a tariff war . Among other targets, the Trump administration has taken aim at two aspects of China's presence in the United States: high-tech investment and students.

Forget the “Big Sort”: Republicans’ advantage in Congress was carefully engineered

We'll soon know how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule in two key partisan gerrymandering cases, one from Wisconsin and the other from Maryland, which have the potential to remake how our congressional districts are drawn. Whatever the court determines, multiple lower and state court decisions should finally put to rest one important debate: Is the durable Republican congressional advantage across otherwise competitive purple states a natural geographic edge, or an unnatural upper hand obtained via extreme gerrymandering? In Wisconsin, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Republicans and their expert witnesses have defended GOP supremacy on legislative and congressional maps as the result of natural sorting.

Senators pay tribute to Golez

Senators paid tribute to former Congressman Roilo Golez, whom they consider a friend, a patriot, and "lover" of the people. The senators pause for a photo before the opening of the second regular session of the 17th Congress at the Senate yesterday.

Key races to watch on South Carolina primary day

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson faces two GOP primary challengers on Tuesday, one of several key races to watch around the state. File/John A. Carlos II /Special to The Post and Courier South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson faces two GOP primary challengers on Tuesday, one of several key races to watch around the state.

The Latest: Pompeo offers North Korea security assurances

People watch a TV screen showing file footage of U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 11, 2018. Final prep... .

NFIB v. Sebelius Comes Backto Bite Obamacare

Unless you have been vacationing in a far away galaxy, you will have heard the ululations of Obamacare apologists enraged by the Trump administration's refusal to defend the health care law against a 20-state lawsuit challenging its constitutionality.Obamacare advocates claim that the failure to defend the ACA in Texas v. United States is an unprecedented dereliction of duty by the Department of Justice .