
NAACP sues DOJ for records on midterm "election monitors"
The civil rights group filed an emergency FOIA suit after the Justice Department failed to answer a Sept. 1 request about plans to deploy roughly 1,000 monitors for the Nov. 3 midterms.

The civil rights group filed an emergency FOIA suit after the Justice Department failed to answer a Sept. 1 request about plans to deploy roughly 1,000 monitors for the Nov. 3 midterms.

The former senator is counting on labor to beat Republican Sen. Jon Husted in a toss-up race that could decide Senate control. But some building trades unions are backing Husted.

Press Robinson, whose lawsuit led to the Supreme Court's Callais ruling, says Black political power is under threat as Louisiana votes under sharply redrawn maps this fall.

The president warned the arts center could close or be 'ripped down' without his name on it. Historians say sitting presidents since Washington have mostly avoided putting their names on public assets.

Former sheriff Mark Lamb is favored in Arizona's 5th District, but some LDS voters, citing character and misconduct allegations he denies, are turning to independents or Democrat Elizabeth Lee.

Vietnam veterans suing over the project, plus Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Rep. Don Beyer, say the arch dishonors the fallen. A key preservation review was cut short and a federal vote is expected in November.