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Summary List PlacementA Black Capitol Police officer who was suspended after being photographed wearing a red "Make America Great Again" while on-duty defending the Capitol on January 6 says he did so in order to blend in with the crowd to save his fellow officers from danger, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The Journal reported that the officer, identified as Lt. Tarik...

Summary List PlacementPresident Donald Trump is set to be impeached for a second term in his first term in office, with the US House expected to vote Wednesday to charge him of inciting an insurrection in the US Capitol on January 6.  After Trump was impeached for the first time in December 2019 on charges of abusing his office and obstructing Congress, he and...

Summary List PlacementThree Democratic members of Congress have announced that they've tested positive for COVID-19 in the days following the January 6 insurrection of the US Capitol, when over 100 members of Congress had to shelter together in a secure location for hours.  On top of lawmakers being stuck in the same room together, several Republican representatives refused to wear masks, which may have...

 Summary List Placement President-elect Joe Biden has officially earned over 270 Electoral College votes, formally cementing his victory over President Donald Trump. Slates of presidential electors in all 50 states and the District of Columbia met to cast their votes on Monday, beginning with Indiana, New Hampshire, Tennessee, and Vermont at 10 a.m. ET. Biden surpassed 270 votes formally cast for him with California's votes...

Summary List PlacementIn the course of one morning on December 7, two federal judges in Georgia and Michigan eviscerated lawsuits brought by conservative attorney Sidney Powell seeking to overturn the state's presidential election results.  Powell, who previously represented retired Gen. Michael Flynn and was, until recently, affiliated with President Donald Trump's campaign, pledged to "release the Kraken" on a massive but ultimately unfounded election...

Summary List Placement Arizona's top election official Katie Hobbs is preparing for Arizona counties to certify their election results on Monday's deadline after a tumultuous election cycle beset by unsubstantiated claims of fraud in Arizona's election, protests outside election offices, and attacks on the integrity of the process she oversees.  "We've been in communication with all the counties, and the election officials have told...

Summary List Placement Georgia's Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is facing death threats, public attacks from fellow Republicans, and even pressure to throw out all the mail ballots cast in entire counties, he told the Washington Post in an interview published on Monday. Raffensperger, who was elected in 2018 to succeed now-Governor Brian Kemp, was criticized in June by some Democrats over long...

Summary List PlacementIndependent candidate Dr. Al Gross is challenging Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska this November.  The candidates Sullivan, a former clerk on multiple state and federal courts, has served as Alaska Attorney General and Department of Natural Resources Commissioner, and was first elected to the US Senate in 2014. Sullivan has also served in the US Marine Corps since 1993 in multiple roles, and currently holds...

Summary List PlacementFor months, President Donald Trump has been spreading misinformation that mail voting is fraudulent, casting doubt on the validity of ballots that arrive after Election Day in order to undermine the integrity of the November general election. And as Axios and CNN reported on Sunday, he's now setting the stage to either prematurely declare victory on election night or refuse to concede.  However,...

Summary List Placement California is voting on Proposition 20, a measure to roll back some of the criminal justice reform measures enacted both by past ballot initiatives and by legislation previously signed into law by former Gov. Jerry Brown.  Those measures were aimed at reducing California's bloated prison population after the US Supreme Court ruled in 2011 that the overcrowding in California state prisons...

Summary List PlacementThe California Republican Party doubled down on its use of unauthorized ballot dropboxes, potentially in violation of state law, shortly before state officials issued cease-and-desist orders against them in the matter.  On Sunday evening, news outlets including the Orange County Register and CBS Los Angeles reported that local election officials in parts of the state including Orange County, Los Angeles County, and...

Summary List Placement President Donald Trump made a disturbing number of incorrect claims about election integrity in voting and said he is "counting on" the US Supreme Court and his Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett to potentially resolve a disputed election in the first presidential debate against Democratic nominee Joe Biden.  Tuesday's debate, moderated by Fox News' Chris Wallace at Case Western University...

Summary List Placement President Donald Trump announced Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee for US Supreme Court to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday. Justice Ginsburg died September 18 at age 87 due to complications from cancer. Shortly after the news broke of her death, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced in a statement that whoever Trump nominates to replace her will...

Summary List PlacementJust weeks before the November 3 presidential election, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling on an obscure provision of state law, requiring voters to place mail ballots in not just one but two envelopes in order to be accepted and counted.  Pennsylvania, a critical battleground state worth 20 votes in the electoral college, is permitting all voters to vote by mail...

Summary List Placement   Many employers are making it easier than ever to work remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting millions of Americans to temporarily relocate to be with family or permanently move to a city or state with lower cost of living.  While there isn't comprehensive data yet on exactly how many Americans have moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a Pew...

Summary List Placement  Democrat Jon Ossoff will face Republican Sen. David Perdue for the US Senate election in Georgia this November.   The candidates:  Ossoff is an investigative journalist, business owner, and Georgia native. Before running for US Senate, he was the 2017 Democratic nominee for the high-profile special election in Georgia's 6th district, which he ultimately lost. Ossoff launched his US Senate campaign in September...

Summary List Placement  Former fighter pilot and 2018 House candidate Amy McGrath is challenging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in Kentucky's US Senate race. The candidates:  McConnell, one of the most high-profile and influential Republicans of the past half-century, is seeking a sixth term to the US Senate. He's also one of the most reviled and despised Republican figures among Democrats, making Kentucky's Senate...

Summary List Placement  The races:  New Hampshire is holding congressional and state primaries on September 8, some of the last congressional primaries of the 2020 election cycle. The most competitive race of the day is the Democratic primary for governor between State Senate Majority Leader Dan Feltes and New Hampshire Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky to face incumbent Republican Gov. Chris Sununu, who is running for a second...