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Heritage Foundation touts controversial Project 2025 plan on RNC outskirts

By Ashley Murray - July 16, 2024

Potential buyers try out guns which are displayed on an exhibitor’s table during the Nation’s Gun Show on Nov. 18, 2016 at Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia.

Gun rights advocates at convention spell out plans if GOP gains control in November

By Jennifer Shutt - July 16, 2024

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Even when big cases intersect with their families’ interests, many judges choose not to recuse

By Noah Pransky, Brooke Williams and Andrew Botolino for ProPublica - July 16, 2024

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Reporting live from Native America and the Republican National Convention

BY Shaun Griswold - July 15, 2024

The far-right fuss over voter rolls isn’t about election integrity. It’s an effort to suppress.

BY Greg LaRose - July 15, 2024

‘One inch from a potential civil war’: Near miss in Trump shooting a close call for democracy

BY Arie Perlliger - July 14, 2024

After 235 years, America still isn’t ready for President Kamala Harris

BY Samantha Willis - July 13, 2024

Qualifying for Louisiana’s election candidates starts Wednesday

BY Wesley Muller - July 15, 2024

Louisiana requests federal assistance following Hurricane Beryl

BY Julie O'Donoghue - July 11, 2024

Louisiana issues emergency declaration after Beryl

BY Louisiana Illuminator - July 9, 2024

Parents seek injunction to block Ten Commandments displays during lawsuit

BY Louisiana Illuminator - July 9, 2024

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Protest march reaches perimeter of Republican convention site in Milwaukee Monday

BY Isiah Holmes and Henry Redman - July 15, 2024

U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, celebrate as he is nominated for the office of vice president alongside Ohio Delegate Bernie Moreno on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee

Trump pick of J.D. Vance as running mate opens new battlefront in presidential race

BY Jennifer Shutt and Ashley Murray - July 15, 2024

Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. JD Vance

Who is J.D. Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate in 2024?

BY Nick Evans - July 15, 2024

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speak at the daily press briefing at the White House on July 15, 2024 in Washington, D.C.

After Trump assassination attempt, Secret Service comes under heavy criticism

BY Shauneen Miranda - July 15, 2024

A large projection screen shows Former President Donald Trump addressing supporters in Freeland, Michigan.

U.S. Senate committee to investigate Trump assassination attempt

BY Jon King - July 15, 2024

A man speaks into microphones at a podium

‘Desperate, last-ditch attempt’: GOP mega donor makes final pitch for La. constitutional rewrite

BY Piper Hutchinson - July 15, 2024

U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters in the spin room following the CNN Presidential Debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, at the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta

Trump picks Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate

BY Jennifer Shutt and Ariana Figueroa - July 15, 2024

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives to court for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City.

Federal judge dismisses Trump classified documents criminal case

BY Ashley Murray - July 15, 2024