Walnut City Council: As of the 4:52 p.m. update, incumbents Linda Freedman and Nancy Renne Tragarz appeared to hold a clear lead for two of the three available seats. For the third seat, Kaylee May Law held about a four percentage point lead over the rest of the field. A total of six candidates ran for the three available City Council seats.
Canceled oral arguments in one case and a judge’s recusal in another have added to questions about the future of four state cases against Donald J. Trump and his allies.
In addition to the Santa Fe County ballots, Los Angeles County election officials said they also received two ballots that should have been mailed to Torrance County, New Mexico. That county’s clerk, Linda Jaramillo, said she did not recall receiving the ballots from Los Angeles County but expressed faith in the nation’s mail service.
A renowned lawyer argues that the cases against the president-elect should be “abandoned.” Whatever one thinks about that conclusion, its reasoning is flawed.
The recount underway in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race marks the end of a chaotic post-election period that has become the latest example of how disputed election rules can expose weak points in a core function of American democracy.
In a letter to Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday, Manhattan prosecutors said they intend to oppose Trump’s forthcoming motion to dismiss, but they agreed to pause further proceedings while that motion is litigated.
In the wake of Donald Trump's historic reelection to the presidency, a number of high profile celebrities have left the Elon Musk-owned Twitter.
A satirical claim that grocery chains cut prices 4% in response to Trump winning the presidential election is circulating like it is authentic.
Republican Jay Furman said he did not appear on some voters' ballots in Texas' 28th Congressional District election against Henry Cuellar.
Kern and Tulare county taxpayers are on the hook for a special election after Republican Vince Fong won his Congressional seat along with an Assembly seat he no longer wanted.