LAT: The Republican Party of Orange County has forcefully swatted down unfounded claims of voter fraud in the 2024 election, debunking allegations that went viral after Democrats flipped a hotly contested congressional seat. In a county home to some of… Continue reading

NYT: Heading into the 2024 election, the conservative group Turning Point Action made a risky and expensive bet as it tried to fix Republicans’ early-voting problem: It zeroed in on infrequent voters who seemed to lean to the right.… Continue reading

CBS News: The congressional office of Republican Rep. Kay Granger of Texas denied she is in a memory care facility after a report in the Dallas Express said she has not been in Washington in months and that she had… Continue reading

“One or more of the organizations of the Plaintiffs’ counsels are politically based organizations, such as the organization United to Protect Democracy, whose website states: ‘Protect Democracy is a… group dedicated to defeating the authoritarian threat… and protecting liberal democracy.… Continue reading

From the Cook Political Report (paywalled): In the 20 most expensive House races, Democrats outspent Republicans in all but two races, per AdImpact. That’s largely due to Democratic candidates’ fundraising advantage over Republicans. Across the 20 most expensive races, the… Continue reading

As noted in this new Common Ground Democracy post.

WSJ: To adapt the White House around the needs of a diminished leader, they told visitors to keep meetings focused. Interactions with senior Democratic lawmakers and some cabinet members—including powerful secretaries such as Defense’s Lloyd Austin and Treasury’s Janet Yellen—were infrequent or grew… Continue reading

NYT: For years, President-elect Donald J. Trump has made it known that people he believes to be his enemies should be prosecuted. This week, his allies in Congress laid out a template for how to go after one of them… Continue reading

New GAO report: The U.S. Constitution requires each state’s governor to issue written orders for special elections to fill vacancies in the U.S. House of Representatives (House). Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, a federal law was enacted… Continue reading

Adam Liptak for the NYT: Public confidence in the American legal system has plunged over the past four years, a new Gallup poll found, putting it in the company of nations like Myanmar, Syria and Venezuela. “These data on… Continue reading

NYT: A judge on Monday rejected Donald J. Trump’s argument that a recent Supreme Court ruling had nullified his criminal case in New York, upholding the former and future president’s felony conviction for falsifying records to cover up a sex… Continue reading

Brian Stelter for CNN: George Stephanopoulos ended Sunday’s “This Week” program without any mention of him or ABC News settling Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against them. The suit was triggered by a segment on “This Week,” but ABC News has… Continue reading

NYT: As Republicans prepare to take control of Congress and the White House, among the many scenarios keeping Democrats up at night is an event that many Americans consider a historical relic: a constitutional convention. The 1787 gathering in Philadelphia… Continue reading