Raleigh News & Observer reports that Governor Cooper has temporarily halted efforts by the Republican legislature to restructure power in North Carolina to limit the impact of Democratic wins in the ...

Interesting read.

The agreement clears the way for Trump-appointed ‘landing teams’ to start entering government offices to receive briefings from career staff about the operations of hundreds of federal agencies, a ...

Washington Post’s Editorial Board comes out in favor of RCV, arguing it is working well in both Alaska and Maine to select more moderate candidates that are more likely to reflect the preferences of ...

The 119th Congress is highly unlikely to be able to deliver effective government. Politico Playbook projects, “House Republicans are facing roughly two months with a 217-215 split — a one-seat ...

WUNC: The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted unanimously Tuesday to certify the 2024 elections, except for a handful of contests under recount and protest. That includes the race for a seat ...

The incoming Trump administration’s vow to dismantle the leftwing “censorship cartel” has thrown a shadow over the cottage industry of academics, non-profits and researchers that sprang up to combat a ...

The end of the two federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald J. Trump on Monday left momentous, unsettled questions about constraints on criminal wrongdoing by presidents, from the scope ...

With 60 of North Carolina’s 100 counties completing recounts in a closely contested state Supreme Court race, appointed incumbent Democrat Allison Riggs’ lead has dropped by 67 votes over Republican ...

Eight states have enacted their own Voting Rights Acts: California, Connecticut, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Virginia and Washington. These state VRAs mirror the federal VRA in many ways ...

Harry Enten for CNN: the reaction from Democrats to Donald Trump’s 2024 victory is, to put it mildly, very much unlike their reaction to his 2016 win. Instead of mass protests in the streets, ...

NYT: President-elect Donald J. Trump’s legal team found evidence that a top adviser asked for retainer fees from potential appointees in order to promote them for jobs in the new administration, five ...