Politics

The Libertarian Party has nominated party activist Chase Oliver for president.

Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while addressing Saturday night’s Libertarian Party National Convention, with many in the crowd shouting insults during his speech and decrying him for running up towering federal deficits and enriching pharmaceutical companies with the COVID-19 vaccine development.

Alaska’s new electoral system — with open primaries and ranked-choice voting — has been a model for voters in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ballot box. But an initiative set for this fall’s ballot asks voters to repeal the new system.

Federal prosecutors have asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” participating in the prosecution.

A New Jersey electrician who repeatedly attacked police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

A Jan. 6 rioter dubbed “Sedition Panda” for the costume head he wore when he stormed the Capitol has been convicted on each of the eight charges he faced, including assaulting a police officer.

Attorneys for Hunter Biden are due in court days before the president’s son is expected to stand trial on federal firearms charges in Delaware as his father’s reelection campaign unfolds.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress.

Farmworker, immigrant and civil rights groups who sued the state praised the ruling blocking part of the law that went into effect last year.

Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine is calling a rare special session of the General Assembly next Tuesday to pass legislation ensuring that President Joe Biden is on the state’s 2024 ballot.

Arizona doctors can temporarily come to California to perform abortions for their patients under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. California’s law is meant to circumvent an Arizona law that bans nearly all abortions in that state. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that law can take effect next month. The Arizona Legislature responded by repeali...

Louisiana lawmakers have approved a first-of-its-kind bill that would classify two abortion-inducing drugs as a controlled and dangerous substances. The final Senate vote Thursday came despite widespread criticism from doctors, who note that the drugs have other critical reproductive health care uses. They say changing the classification could make...

Experts are warning voters to be on the lookout for misinformation being spread through artificial intelligence-generated images. Few rules exist at the state or local level, and voters in other countries have been inundated with so-called deep-fakes as their election days have approached. “Generative AI is great at making up things,” University of...