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— Extend the police takeover: Under the 51-year-old federal law creating D.C.’s local government, Trump can seize control of ...

In Maryland, Delegate David Moon, Democrat of Montgomery County and majority leader of the House of Delegates, has said he ...

Texas Republicans were unable again Monday to approve new congressional districts to meet President Donald Trump’s demands.

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 8, 2025 U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, thought to be the Hoosier Democrat most ...

The Voting Rights Act was signed into law 60 years ago but has been slowly eroding for more than a decade. That erosion ...

Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives fled the state Sunday bringing the legislature’s special session to a ...

Texas Democrats have prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

Dozens of Texas Democrats left the state to protest a redistricting map, facing potentially steep consequences. Lawmaker ...

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he'll try to remove Democratic lawmakers from office if they do not return after many ...

Former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley on Monday announced his 2026 Republican bid for the U.S. Senate in ...

The documentary "Searching for Simorgh" will make its public debut Aug. 1 at the Montgomery Film Festival.