Federal Judge Blocks Alabama Effort to Remove Noncitizens From Voter Rolls

The Justice Department had sued the state, alleging that it violated a federal law prohibiting systematic changes 90 days before an election. A federal judge on Oct. 16 ordered Alabama’s secretary of state to halt its effort to inactivate and move toward removing noncitizens from its voter rolls because doing so violated a federal prohibition

Obama to Rally Las Vegas Democrats as Nevada Early Voting Begins

Driving mail-in ballot, early voting turnout is pivotal in Nevada where normally at least 85 percent of the purple electorate vote before Election Day. Former President Barack Obama will be in Las Vegas on Saturday to rally Democrat voters to get to the polls when Nevada’s Oct. 19–Nov. 1 early voting period begins. Fewer than

Trump Signals He Will Ban Transgender Athletes in Women’s Sports via Executive Action

‘It’s such an easy question,’ the former president says. Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday told a Fox News-hosted town hall event that he would ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports through executive action. The former president and GOP presidential candidate was asked by a voter about whether he plans to address transgender

Rep. Mike Lawler: Political Process Isn’t ‘Meant to Be Easy’ | NTD’s Profiles of Service

In this episode of NTD’s “Profiles of Service,” we sit down with freshman congressman Rep. Mike Lawler, representing New York’s 17th District in the scenic Hudson Valley. Lawler explains what lies behind how he became rated the fourth most bipartisan member of the House, according to The Lugar Center. “For me, it’s not that har…

Nebraska Supreme Court Restores Voting Rights for Convicted Felons

The decision could allow some 7,000 people in Nebraska who have completed their sentences to cast ballots this November. Nebraska election officials must register people with felony convictions to vote, the state’s highest court has ruled. In a decision issued on Oct. 16, the Nebraska Supreme Court ordered the state to reverse course and follow

Jack Smith Says Supreme Court’s Jan. 6 Ruling Allows Obstruction Charge Against Trump

The justices held in Fischer v. United States that the DOJ had applied an overly broad reading of a law used by the special counsel in his indictment of Trump. Special counsel Jack Smith argued in a filing on Oct. 16 that former President Donald Trump should still face trial under an obstruction law even