Why I'm voting against the For the People Act  —  THE MOUNTAIN STATE'S TRUSTED NEWS SOURCE.  —  The right to vote is fundamental to our American democracy and protecting that right should not be about party or politics.  Least of all, protecting this right, which is a value I share, should never be done in a partisan manner.

At GOP meeting, Georgia Republicans look backward to 2020  —  JEKYLL ISLAND — The Georgia GOP convention was supposed to be a chance for thousands of conservative activists to project unity and chart out their strategy headed into 2022 races.  Instead, much of the conference was focused …

Trump endorses North Carolina's Rep. Ted Budd for Senate after Lara Trump declines to run  —  GREENVILLE, N.C. — Former president Donald Trump jumped into a competitive Senate primary on Saturday night in North Carolina, endorsing Rep. Ted Budd for a hotly contested seat in the 2022 election.

Trump's August election reinstatement theory is even worse than it looks  —  I'm afraid this is even worse than it looks.  —  The National Review is now confirming that Donald J. Trump, the former president of the United States (and probable Republican nominee in 2024) …

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says no ‘hardwire deadline’ on infrastructure deal  —  Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo appears on ABC's “This Week.”  —  Infrastructure negotiations between the White House and Republicans continue on Monday with the two sides still very far apart …

Democratic Report Raises 2022 Alarms on Messaging and Voter Outreach  —  A new report, in perhaps the most thorough soul-searching done by either party this year, points to an urgent need for the party to present a positive economic agenda and rebut Republican misinformation.

A Gun Rights Win in California With Sights Set on the Supreme Court  —  A federal judge overturned California's assault weapons ban.  State officials vowed to win on appeal, but gun advocates are emboldened by a shifting Supreme Court.  —  SACRAMENTO — In 1989, a gunman's three-minute …

My trip to Europe is about America rallying the world's democracies  —  Joe Biden is president of the United States.  —  On Wednesday, I depart for Europe on the first foreign travel of my presidency.  It is a trip stacked with meetings with many of our closest democratic partners …

Why Democrats may defy history and win the 2022 midterms  —  (CNN)Democrats have to defy history to hold onto the House in the 2022 midterms.  As I've noted before, the president's party almost always loses House seats in the midterms.  History, though, is a guide, not a fortune teller.

Texas AG Says Trump Would've ‘Lost’ State If It Hadn't Blocked Mail-in Ballots Applications Being Sent Out  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, said former President Donald Trump would have lost in Texas in the 2020 election if his office had not successfully blocked counties …

Justice Department withdraws FBI subpoena for USA TODAY records ID'ing readers  —  WASHINGTON - The FBI has withdrawn a subpoena demanding records from USA TODAY that would identify readers of a February story about a southern Florida shootout that killed two agents and wounded three others.

Workers Are Gaining Leverage Over Employers Right Before Our Eyes  —  “Employers are becoming much more cognizant that yes, it's about money, but also about quality of life.”  —  The relationship between American businesses and their employees is undergoing a profound shift …

Eight is more than enough: New York has too many candidates and a muddle of a mayoral race  —  As the size of New York City's press corps keeps shrinking, the size of its mayoral field keeps growing, and we appear to be staggering toward a second straight almost accidental mayor.  Hey, what could go wrong?