Embattled New Jersey Rep. Thomas Kean Jr.’s (R) hopes of hanging on to his battleground seat may be dimming after national Republicans effectively abandoned the race last week.  The fierce contest between Kean and Democrat Rebecca Bennett, a former Navy helicopter pilot, has tipped in her favor in recent weeks. The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF),…

A third of Americans think that the government should try a second time to put 50-year-old Christa Pike to death after she survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection last month. A four-day Reuters/Ipsos poll found 33 percent American adults said a second attempt should be made to execute inmates who survive the…

Tim Pawlenty, the former Republican governor of Minnesota, acknowledged on Tuesday morning there was a “political layer” to the Trump administration’s investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Federal agents searched the Democrat’s Washington, D.C., home on Oct. 12 as part of an ongoing criminal probe into allegations of fraud and false statements made in immigration…

Texas state Rep. Gina Hinojosa (D) filed a lawsuit on Monday to force her opponent in the state’s gubernatorial race, Gov. Greg Abbott (R), to release his emails with Republican ally Elon Musk. The complaint accuses Abbott of violating state public records law by refusing to provide Hinojosa with requested documents of the governor’s exchanges…

The Mississippi attorney general’s office said in a statement Monday that a state investigation found the use of force was “justified” in an officer-involved shooting in June that took the life of a 1-year-old boy. While responding to a shoplifting call at a Walmart in Senatobia, an officer fired at a moving vehicle, killing Kohen…

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) has reached an agreement with the Trump administration to close 19 federal investigations into the school over alleged concerns of antisemitism and race discrimination.  In the deal, UNC admits to no wrongdoing and pays no money to the administration but agrees to standards the Trump administration…

The state said the administrator regularly brought the gun to work with her and that it was often left within childrens' reach.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers broke an American citizen’s arm over the weekend. “ICE agents brutally attacked and broke the arm of a North Long Beach resident and U.S. citizen. The videos are horrific and should concern not just our community but the country,” Garcia said in a…

A Kansas man allegedly vowed to shoot President Trump and researched nearby rooftops last week ahead of his Wichita-area rally. Jaden J. Read, 24, was charged Saturday for making threats against the president. “Let’s shoot Trump honestly, where’s our shooter? I’m tired of living this money life,” he wrote on Facebook in response to a…