The Trump administration’s bid to separate 20,000 mail ballots in California that it says are likely from noncitizens met another defeat Wednesday as a trial judge refused to intervene.  U.S. District Judge David Carter ruled California can continue to accept the questioned ballots like any other. “This request violates longstanding constitutional principles mandating that states have control over…

The Trump administration’s bid to separate 20,000 mail ballots in California that it says are likely from noncitizens met another defeat Wednesday as a trial judge refused to intervene.  U.S. District Judge David Carter ruled California can continue to accept the questioned ballots like any other. “This request violates longstanding constitutional principles mandating that states have control over…

Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola (D) responded to the Justice Department’s (DOJ) lawsuit seeking to block her state from certifying its election results should her Republican challenger lose, saying Friday the move was “frivolous.” “This is clearly corruption. This is clearly a very desperate attempt to cling to power, using his allies in Washington, D.C.…

A new poll released Friday suggests half of Americans are concerned Republicans may try to overturn the results of November’s midterm election. Fifty percent of respondents to the New York Times/Siena University survey said they were either “very” or “somewhat worried” the GOP may use “illegal means” to overturn the election, compared to 49 percent…