FAQ: What cases are before the Supreme Court this term?
The justices are set to hear disputes with implications for future elections, race and college admissions, LGBTQ rights, and more. Robert Barnes Link...
GOP sees path to Senate majority via Nevada and Georgia amid spending boost
Republicans are catching up in money and polls as they zero in on Georgia and Nevada as their best shots to flip a seat and win the upper chamber. Isaac Arnsdorf Link...
Abbott and O’Rourke clash on immigration, guns in only scheduled debate
The fierce exchanges came during a fast-paced televised debate Friday evening — the only such meeting scheduled between the two candidates in the Texas governor’s race. Annie Linskey Link...
Arizona GOP chair: DOJ has not attempted to enforce false-elector subpoenas
Federal prosecutors have not taken any steps to enforce months-old subpoenas issued to Donald Trump’s false presidential electors in Arizona, state GOP Chair Kelli Ward indicated in a Friday court filing. “The grand jury issued subpoenas to each of Arizona’s alternate electors,” Ward’s attorney Laurin Mills wrote in the...
Supreme Court rearranges its seating chart as Jackson takes the bench
Tradition is a long-held value at the US Supreme Court, where the nine justices’ adherence to a myriad of historic rules makes the inner workings of America’s highest court reliably consistent even as its decisions sometimes send shock waves through the country. Link...
What Ginni Thomas, wife of Clarence Thomas, said behind closed doors to the Jan. 6 committee
Conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, walks to a room at the O’Neill House Office Building, part of the Capitol complex, where she is being interviewed by the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022....
‘He’s not going to scare us’: Why the West isn’t buying Putin’s bluster
The Russian leader’s boasts don’t match the reality in Ukraine. By Paul McLeary Link...
Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis turns from combative politics as hurricane hits
Cooperation between DeSantis and President Biden has temporarily paused the rhetorical knife fight that was set to grow ahead of the midterms. Michael Scherer Link...
Feds offer training to election workers to deal with potential violence at polls
Federal officials are offering state and local election officials training to “safely de-escalate” confrontations with voters that could turn violent ahead of November’s midterm elections, according to an email to election workers obtained by CNN. Link...
How to read polls like an expert — or, at least, not like a newbie
With the midterm elections looming, we reached out to a number of professional pollsters to ask what advice they would give non-experts. Philip Bump Link...