Challengers argued that the new law was unconstitutional because it returns voting rights to felons on release, before civil rights are returned. The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld a 2023 state law returning voting rights to Minnesotans with felony convictions immediately after their release from prison. In its Aug. 7 ruling, the state’s highest court
After years of commenting on politics, CNN weekend anchor John Avlon, a self-proclaimed “centrist,” decided to, in his words, “step up and get off the sidelines.” In February, the former Rudy Giuliani speechwriter announced that he was running as a Democrat to unseat Republican representative Nick LaLota in New York’s First Congressional District, located in
The Biden-Harris administration has, for years, vowed to deploy thousands of solar panels to stabilize Puerto Rico’s power grid amid regular blackouts, government mismanagement, and ever-increasing residential electricity rates. But, years after making that promise, a $1 billion program central to that effort yielded only a tiny handful of solar panels, the Washington Free Beacon
Mexico argued in its lawsuit that eight U.S. gun makers were in some way responsible for the trafficking of firearms fuelling crime in their country. A Massachusetts District Court Judge has dismissed Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit against six out of the eight named American gun manufacturers that the country argues are responsible for firearms flooding
Newhouse, who finished second in the Washington state primary, voted to impeach Trump in 2021. Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse has survived a primary challenge in Washington state’s Fourth Congressional District against opponents backed by former President Donald Trump. Newhouse, a former state legislator and state cabinet member who voted to impeach Trump in 2021, has
Walz said he had a ‘responsibility’ to ‘serve if called on’—but quickly left the force when Iraq deployment loomed (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz knew his National Guard battalion was being eyed for a likely deployment to Iraq when he decided to retire, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Walz said
Both campaigns made stops in Wisconsin and Michigan, Vance stumped on immigration and manufacturing, Harris and Walz on labor. DETROIT—The Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns vied for voters’ attention in dueling rallies in key battleground states on Aug. 7. Vice President Kamala Harris and her newly designated running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, stumped in