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First lady Melania Trump will attend LSU’s football game Saturday to announce an endowment to the university that will support students from the foster care system. Trump said she will launch the “Fostering the Future” campaign during the Tigers’ matchup against the Alabama Crimson Tide. It features a $5 million…
There are two things I look forward to ahead of Election Day, and both involve an intense passion for fine details. One is the obligatory newsroom pizza binge, and God help the soul who takes liberties with ordering. It’s not the time to go rogue with an artisan crust or bespoke toppings. The other eagerly
Starting in January, the party will control both chambers of Congress, giving them the upper hand over much of President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Voters in four states are on track to pass or have passed measures to restrict transgender athletes’ participation in sports, a key policy focus of the Trump administration.
WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in Congress have just a couple months to decide how they want to balance investigations into President Donald Trump and his administration with securing his signature on major bills to address the cost of living, a top concern for voters. While Democrats gained control of the House and…
Federal law already bars noncitizens from voting in federal elections, and no state currently allows noncitizens to vote in statewide elections.
In a series of late-night interviews, the president said he would accept the results. He acknowledged that Democrats had performed well as they retook the House and Senate.
he post was an unusual public distancing by a sitting vice president and marked a significant first step in a post-Trump Republican political landscape that Vance will likely seek to lead.
Democrats are set to hold 28 governor’s offices compared with Republicans’ 20. Races in Alaska and Kansas have not yet been called.
Late Tuesday evening, 33 ballot measures to restrict data centers were passed by voters or were leading in ongoing vote counts, according to the tracking website Data Centers on the Ballot.
The post-election process includes numerous steps and varying deadlines for when ballots have to be certified, since each state has different laws governing not only what happens on Election Day but what happens afterward.
The 56-year-old Brooklynite would lead Democrats’ charge against President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans’ policies, while pursuing an affordability and accountability-focused agenda.
Unofficial results reported by the Associated Press show that with 85% of the vote counted, El-Sayed was leading Rogers 51.9% to 46.1% as of 2:27 a.m. when the AP officially called the race.
Alaska’s closely watched U.S. Senate race remained too close to call early Wednesday morning as Democratic challenger Mary Peltola led incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan by only a few hundred votes with thousands more remaining to be counted.
Chauna Banks, a Black Democrat, finished first Tuesday in the 6th Congressional District primary, a district that had to be redrawn after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled its previous version was a racial gerrymander.
Voters across the country administered a sharp reprimand to President Donald Trump and Republicans who hold majorities in Congress, with Democrats gaining control of the Senate and on track by early Wednesday to take over the House as well.
Republican Congresswoman Julia Letlow survived a closer-than-expected challenge from Democrat Jamie Davis to claim Louisiana’s open seat in the U.S. Senate.
Half of the ballot items involved property taxes that help pay for many parish governments, sheriffs and public schools.
Joseph Cao, the former Republican congressman who Gov. Jeff Landry picked as a placeholder on the state school board late last year, won the right to take over the job for good in Tuesday’s election.
The four sitting members of Congress from Louisiana successfully fended off longshot challengers in Tuesday’s election
A glut of Monroe-area Republicans on the 5th Congressional District ballot opened the door for a Democrat from the city and a Central Louisiana lawmaker to claim the top two spots in Tuesday’s primary election.
Those historic victories were called early during Tuesday’s high-stakes midterm elections, when Democrats hoped to claw back state power from Republicans, who have controlled a majority of governorships and state legislatures for the last 16 years.
Democrats are losing the District 5 seat covering North Louisiana that they have held since 1974 when it was created in a revised Louisiana Constitution
U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody won her third statewide election Tuesday as Republicans kept hold of the Florida seat to which Moody was appointed after President Donald Trump nominated Marco Rubio as secretary of state.
Pappas is the first openly gay man elected to the Senate, and his win helps Democrats’ chances to take control of the upper chamber.
Cooper is no stranger to winning statewide elections: He won two terms as governor and four as attorney general. Now, that success is translating to the federal level.
The race was called by the Associated Press less than an hour after polls closed Tuesday.
Just a handful of highly competitive Senate races will determine who holds the majority in the upper chamber.
Democrats are largely expected to regain control of the U.S. House once all ballots are counted in this year’s midterm elections, though it will likely take days or even weeks to know just how many seats the party will pick up.
States Newsroom's DC Bureau team is monitoring election results throughout the country Tuesday night to keep track of whether Republicans retain control of the U.S. Senate or cede power to Democrats.
Across the United States, voters headed to their polling places. At churches, schools and community centers, they rendered their verdict on the direction of the country and those who lead it.
High voter turnout in Detroit is seen as integral to success for Democratic candidates.
The U.S. Department of Justice shed some light Tuesday morning on where it will deploy observers for what it has called its largest ever Election Day monitoring effort. In Louisiana, its personnel will be at polling sites in East Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Orleans parishes, according to a statement from the agency. No…
While much of the national attention on today’s midterm elections has focused on control of Congress, voters across the country will also choose which party controls the levers of state power.
Trump came into his second term with his party in control of both chambers of Congress. But historically, the president’s party loses seats in the midterm elections, and this cycle appears unlikely to be an exception.
The 10-minute “tele-rally” on the eve of Election Day was the first occasion in which the president has actively campaigned for Letlow since she secured the Republic Party’s nomination in June.
If the goal is clean, dependable electricity, Louisiana should also evaluate offshore wind.
Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry expects turnout among registered voters to reach 48% to 52% once voters go to polls one Election Day, matching levels for midterm election cycles over the past 12 years, her spokesman said.
Trump spoke for roughly 45 minutes, bouncing from topic to topic. His remarks included but were not limited to unfounded allegations of “unprecedented” vandalism to the pool’s lining.
The decision marked a significant blow to President Donald Trump’s bid to control voting in the country’s most populous state and capped a whirlwind three weeks of legal war between the U.S. Department of Justice and California’s state and local election officials.
The way Gulf Coast states manage their catch limits for red snapper, a popular catch among recreational anglers, is poised to change next year as fisheries management officials recommend adding more flexibility for states into federal rules.
Average income-restricted rent fell year over year in 13 of 50 markets, compared with three for market-rate rent.
The appeal came on the eve of Election Day and as more than 5 million mail ballots have already been cast in California, a state where voters are expected to elect dozens of Democrats to the U.S. House.
A community activist is suing U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, alleging the congressman violated his First Amendment rights by blocking him from his official Facebook page in retaliation for political criticism.
As broad affordability concerns define elections across the country, voters in several states on Tuesday will have a say on their future utility bills.
On the eve of Election Day, a GOP victory appears less certain, according to election analysts as well as political advisers and elected officials from both major parties.
In a 20-page order issued Sunday morning, U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason said the federal government failed to explain how it has the authority to bring its lawsuit.
When the polls close Tuesday night, the 2026 U.S. election will go down as one of history’s most expensive and extraordinarily ugly midterms — galvanizing record-breaking early voter turnout among a deeply divided electorate.
Students have protested against laws and decisions from local election officials that they say could make casting ballots harder, including off-campus polling sites and bans on student IDs when voting.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a U.S. Department of Justice request that would have required state and local election officials to not tabulate ballots from voters on a list the U.S. Department of Homeland Security developed unless they could prove their citizenship.
As Trump’s midterm travel that began in early October hits its final stops, the president was slated to rally in Florida on Friday and visit Kansas and Iowa over the weekend.
Almost 90% of U.S. properties facing high flood risk don’t have insurance to cover such a catastrophe, according to a government watchdog agency’s latest report. To address the problem, it’s calling upon Congress to confront large structural issues within the insurance industry to try and close the coverage gap.
As the Trump administration waged a public legal fight with California over the ballots of suspected noncitizen voters in mid-October, behind the scenes a federal grand jury in Santa Ana issued a series of subpoenas to election officials in Los Angeles County at federal prosecutors’ urging. The subpoenas demanded a…
Louisiana would join a trend among states that have banned certain foreign nations from gaining control of private property if its voters approve a change to the state constitution on Tuesday’s ballot. Amendment 8 specifically prohibits a “foreign adversary” or their representative from expropriating property. The…
It’s still unclear if this year’s midterm elections will break the overall record voter turnout of 2018. The 53% turnout that year was the highest rate in a midterm since 1914.
The Midwest rallies mark the final sprint to Election Day on Nov. 3 — now just four days away — where the GOP is itching to maintain its narrow majority in the U.S. House and control of the Senate.
As concerns rise about the potential for federal influence over the results of next week’s midterm elections, many voting experts and advocates remain confident that the nation’s highly localized systems of administering and counting votes will persevere.
Medicaid recipients who are disabled or have a chronic illness will not have to prove they are unable to work to be exempted from new work requirements that take effect next year, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
The plaintiffs whose lawsuit led to the dismantling of one of Louisiana’s two majority-Black congressional districts in Louisiana are now targeting the remaining district, a move that could severely dilute Black voting power in the state.
The Louisiana Department of Health is urging the public not to use tap water for their sinuses or contact lenses following a fatal Acanthamoeba infection this year, one of 10 infections in the state reported since 2024. Health officials did not say when or where the infected person died. It’s one of two “serious”…
The processing delays come amid broader attacks by the Trump administration related to voting and citizenship, with officials attempting to block some ballots from being counted and threatening election officials with prosecution.
Meanwhile, election forecasters say Democrats remain heavily favored to win the majority in the House, and Senate races have also moved in the direction of Democrats.
The Trump administration’s sweeping efforts to combat noncitizen voting and assert authority over elections is under intense scrutiny in courtrooms across the country.
The focus on a short list of campaigns highlights how much power voters in a small number of congressional districts have to determine whether Republicans keep control of that chamber for the next two years or Democrats take over.
The U.S. Senate race in Louisiana is entering its final days much more competitive than many expected it to be even a few weeks ago.
The Justice Department filed a notice of appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court, where a three-judge panel has already denied its emergency request on procedural grounds. Two of the judges also expressed opposition on the merits — a strong signal the Trump administration will probably lose again.
A lawsuit accuses Homeland Security of operating what it calls an “Unlawful Voter Initiative” — a policy to target thousands of naturalized and derivative citizens for voter eligibility investigations and tracking.
New pipeline projects are booming across the United States at the same time the Trump administration rolls back federal environmental and safety regulations, according to a new report.
A half-dozen states enacted laws this year changing voting rules for people with felony convictions, including when their rights can be restored and how they can register to vote — affecting voters in next week’s elections.
Mental healthcare for Louisiana’s foster children in crisis faces an uncertain future after the state’s child welfare agency could not reach terms to renew a contract that’s been in place for more than 30 years. In response, state lawmakers have pleaded with the leader of the Department of Children and Family Services…
Next Tuesday, Idahoans will vote to determine whether the state’s near-total abortion ban should remain the law.
Democrats and voting rights advocates have long feared Trump would attempt to interfere in the midterm elections, especially if Republicans appear poised to lose control of Congress.
Most of the nation returns to standard time Sunday morning, and Congress could decide as early as next month whether it will be the last time people have to change their clocks.
The groups sent a letter to the governor Monday asking if he would meet with them to discuss his vision for tackling what they see as a looming threat to the state’s vulnerable coastal areas and the ecosystems they host.
The remark by a DOJ lawyer about “criminal liability” for election officials who process ballots drew a sharp rebuke from the judge presiding over the hearing.
One of the three national credit rating agencies upgraded Louisiana’s bond rating at the end of last week. The state should now expect to pay less in interest when it borrows money for roadwork and other construction projects.
The bargain retailer is accused of raising prices for products at the register without updating sticker prices on shelves.
Tens of millions of Americans have already made their way to the ballot box as early voting is underway in a midterm election that will determine control of the House and the Senate, possibly flipping one or both from Republicans to Democrats.
Most of those who responded to the survey lived in states with legal access to abortion, while about 20% lived in states where it was illegal or heavily restricted.
Researchers found 13 specific allegations related to obtaining, seeking to obtain, or researching how to get an abortion.
The suit alleges eight violations and asks a judge to void the parish industrial development board’s Aug. 25 quick approval of the deal, which happened hours before Gov. Jeff Landry announced the project.
Four out of five candidates at a 5th Congressional District election forum Monday said they were opposed to abortion rights, while only one said he would oppose a national abortion ban if elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
The findings suggest that improved street lighting may help cities reduce violence in targeted areas, but that infrastructure upgrades alone may not be enough to sustain those gains.
The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held rare oral arguments on Sunday as the U.S. Department of Justice seeks a court order requiring California election officials to segregate and not count ballots from some 20,000 voters who federal officials say are suspected noncitizens.
An unspecified number of election monitors from the U.S. Department of Justice will be sent to Louisiana for the Nov. 3 election, but an agency spokesman said the deployment is nothing out of the ordinary and similar to measures it has taken for decades in previous elections.
Rising costs of healthcare, gas and groceries during President Donald Trump’s second term have put Republicans on defense, not only in Washington, but in statehouse and gubernatorial races across the country.
Immigrants who enter the United States without appointments with immigration officials can be detained indefinitely and are not entitled to bond hearings, regardless of how long they have lived in the country, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
Currently, women hold about one-third of state legislative seats across the country — a record level of representation but nowhere near parity.
Across hundreds of miles of the northern Gulf of Mexico, a deep-water ecosystem collapsed after the massive 2011 Deepwater Horizon oil and gas spill, and recovery is uncertain, new research concludes.
SPRINGDALE, Pa. — Residents in a small southwestern Pennsylvania town are facing the prospect of a 47-acre data center facility on their doorstep. “Right here behind this fence is where they want to put up the data center, and as you can see, there’s houses right across the street, roughly 100 feet,” said lifelong…
The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors has approved a lease agreement that would allow SpaceX to access UL Lafayette-owned property at minimal cost ahead of an anticipated purchase. The deal involves 5 acres of university property that was once the site of Pecan Island High School. The school closed…
Louisiana has agreed to a lump-sum payment for the remainder of what BP owes from the Deepwater Horizon disaster settlement. It will also bring to an end the remaining lawsuits that parishes have brought against the company for related coastal damages, according to a news release BP issued Friday.
The Justice Department sued Alaska election officials late Thursday in a preemptive attempt to stop the state from certifying the results of its Senate election if, under the state’s ranked-choice voting method, the Republican incumbent loses by a smaller margin than the votes earned by another candidate of the same…
Many of this year’s ballot measures don’t include summaries to supplement the titles. And many voters don’t read beyond a measure’s title before deciding how to vote, Ballotpedia researchers note.
Fewer than 5% of U.S. House races are seen by a top political analysis as truly competitive heading into November’s midterm elections, giving relatively few voters the ability to determine which party controls the chamber for the next two years.
Many professional medical groups welcome more stringent evaluations. But the nonprofits strongly oppose aspects of the criteria and have filed lawsuits, warning of potential disruptions in some states or regions.
The percentage of working-age adults without health insurance has increased in the past two years, largely because many people can no longer afford Obamacare coverage after Congress allowed federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year.
A draft environmental review might shed some light on what living next to one of these facilities could look like — or sound like.
After a sometimes-bitter primary season, shared policy goals on affordability for Americans and accountability for the Trump administration have bonded the party’s left wing and its establishment factions, analysts say.
As Election Day approaches, top Democrats on the intelligence committees in Congress are preparing for the possibility that President Donald Trump will allege foreign interference to discredit unfavorable results.