Politics

A Maryland Court of Appeals upheld a decision from a lower court that allowed county election workers to count mail-in ballots before election day. The court of appeals issued the ruling on Friday, which allows local boards of canvassers in state counties to “meet and open envelopes, canvass, and tabulate mail-in ballots” on Oct. 1. CLICK HERE TO GET THE …

Illinois Rep. Sean Casten, a Democrat, announced Friday that his daughter’s death in June was from a cardiac arrhythmia. “This past June, our daughter, Gwen Casten, died of a sudden cardiac arrythmia. In layman’s terms, she was fine, and then her heart stopped,” the Casten family wrote in a statement. Gwen Casten, 17, died peacefully in her sleep in June …

FIRST ON FOX: Ahead of former President Trump’s rallies this weekend in the key general election battlegrounds of Arizona and Nevada, a recently formed Trump super PAC is launching ads in crucial midterm races in both states. The spots by Make America Great Again Inc., which start running on TV Saturday, were shared first with Fox News Friday.  The new ads …

Planned Parenthood will invest $5 million in the state of North Carolina ahead of the midterm elections this November, the company announced Friday. Planned Parenthood Votes and Planned Parenthood Action PAC North Carolina said the money will be used across 14 legislative swing districts to produce ads, mailings, phone banks and assist canvassing efforts. The investment is part of the …

Abortions in both Arizona and Ohio are legal once again after two separate rulings in court on Friday. At the Arizona Court of Appeals, a three-judge panel sided with Planned Parenthood on Friday, which argued that Pima County Court Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson shouldn’t have lifted an injunction that prevented a pre-statehood law that bans abortions in all circumstances, …

Editor’s note: This story contains graphic language. Former first lady Michelle Obama’s voting initiative is partnering with a dating app that made a video titled “No Voting No Vucking.” The voting initiative, When We All Vote announced that it would be working with the BLK dating app on Oct. 4 and doing “voter registration activations” with the company. The BLK …

The lawyer for an Arizona woman who pled guilty to ballot abuse is asking a judge for leniency in sentencing her.  Guillermina Fuentes, 66, pled guilty to one count of ballot abuse on June 2 and admitted to collecting four early voting ballots during the 2020 election and then giving them to Alma Juarez, who dropped them off at a …

President Biden’s move to pardon Americans with prior federal convictions of simple marijuana possession will not include offenses committed by illegal immigrants — an exception that has already bristled some immigrant activists. Biden announced Thursday that those convicted of simple possession of marijuana under federal law would be pardoned, while also urging governors to pardon those convicted of state offenses. …

The White House on Friday said it has seen no indication Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons despite comments made by President Biden warning the U.S. has not “faced the prospect of Armageddon” in 60 years.  “We have not seen any reason to adjust our own strategic nuclear posture, nor do we have indications that Russia is preparing to …

Mexican criminal cartels are increasingly using social media to recruit people in the U.S. to help with their smuggling operations at the southern border, just as the U.S. is facing a historic migrant surge – with the apprehension of a tractor-trailer packed with dozens of migrants marking the latest instance of such recruitment methods. Transnational criminal organizations coordinate operations at …