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Voting probably wasn’t the first thing on our parents’ or grandparents’ minds when they arrived in the U.S. from countries and provinces where democracy was a pipe dream. Working (perhaps …

A political mailer that arrived on residents’ doorsteps last month near Baldwin Hills is stirring controversy in the Los Angeles City Council District 10 race and prompted action by the …

The average U.S. House district encompasses about 590,000 people of voting age. How many of them would you expect to cast a ballot for their representative in Congress? Half? A …

WASHINGTON —  The transcript of the congressional deposition of Hunter Biden was released late Thursday, providing a full view of the contentious testimony that took place behind closed doors Wednesday as …

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spokesperson denied a Bloomberg News story that alleged the governor pushed to exempt bakeries from the state’s fast food wage law to benefit a political donor who …

McLEAN, VA. —  The United States expects to face fast-moving threats to its elections this year as artificial intelligence and other technological advances have made interference and meddling easier than before, …

Federal election officials have been asked to investigate whether former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy personally benefited in violation of the law from the nearly quarter of a million dollars his …

CHICAGO —  A Cook County judge ruled Wednesday that the Illinois State Board of Elections must take former President Trump’s name off the state’s March 19 primary ballot but placed her …

WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court announced Wednesday it will hear arguments and issue a decision on whether former President Trump is immune from prosecution for the Jan. 6 mob attack on …

NEW YORK —  Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York appellate court Wednesday to halt collection of the former president’s $454-million civil fraud judgment while he appeals. Trump’s lawyers said in …