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GOP senators renew calls to nuke filibuster after voter ID bill languishes

(The Center Square) – With Congress juggling government funding, the farm bill, government surveillance reauthorization and more, a Republican election security bill has taken a backseat, much to the chagrin of President Donald Trump. As U.S. lawmakers take a week-long recess, Trump and a vocal minority of Republican senators

LA City Council member seeks to allow noncitizens to vote

Noncitizens already may vote in other municipal races in California, Vermont, Maryland; Washington, D.C.

PAC spent $760K supporting center-right GOP legislative candidates in one month

A coalition of center-right Republican candidates who have decried the flood of out-of-state money into this year’s GOP legislative primaries are themselves benefitting from a political action committee that’s bankrolled by undisclosed donors and has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into Montana elections. Conservatives4MT,

Could oyster farmer with a Nazi tattoo scandal be Democrats' new champion?

Could oyster farmer with a Nazi tattoo scandal be Democrats' new champion?

A gruff oyster farmer who only recently got rid of his Nazi-style tattoo is the unlikely face of the Democrats' bid to seize the Senate from President Donald Trump's Republicans -- and recover working-class voters. That a man like Graham Platner finds himself on the front

Sheehy introduces legislation targeting foreign mining labor standards

Sheehy introduces legislation targeting foreign mining labor standards

In the backdrop of an effort to increase American energy production and mineral exploration, Montana Republican Sen. Tim Sheehy and Democratic counterpart from Delaware, Sen. Chris Coons, introduced a bill Friday to “unmask” Chinese labor abuses in Africa. A press release announcing the legislation said it “underscores the cost of

Allies jolted on defence as Trump pulls troops from Germany

Allies jolted on defence as Trump pulls troops from Germany

America's NATO allies put a brave face Monday on a US decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, but warned it was proof Europe needs to step up for its own security, and fast. US President Donald Trump cast fresh doubts over the future of the alliance

A democracy or a republic? History shows that some Americans are asking the wrong question

A democracy or a republic? History shows that some Americans are asking the wrong question

As the nation observes its 250th birthday, historians can help settle one present-day dispute: Is the United States a democracy or a republic? For years, advocates have argued the point. Yet the question itself is misleading. It assumes that the categories constructed by political theorists neatly describe actual practice.