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As Congress tables proxy voting, state lawmakers seek solutions for parents who serve in office

A bipartisan group of representatives have forced a delay in Congress over a proposed rule that would let new parents cast their vote by proxy

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/congress-tables-proxy-voting-state-lawmakers-seek-solutions-120757316

How a fight over proxy voting for new parents upended the US House

The U.S. House is rethinking its voting rules after a push from Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to allow proxy voting for new parents

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/fight-proxy-voting-new-parents-upended-us-house-120738527

Justice Department seeks to restrict testimony of fired pardon attorney

The Justice Department is attempting to use executive privilege to prevent its fired pardon attorney from telling Congress about the circumstances of her departure, and dispatched armed deputy U.S. marshals to her home to deliver restrictions on her te...

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/justice-department-seeks-restrict-testimony-fired-pardon-attorney-120567022

Former US Rep. Mia Love honored in Utah after brain cancer death

Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love will gather in Salt Lake City to honor her life and legacy after she died of brain cancer in March at age 49

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/former-us-rep-mia-love-honored-utah-after-120549768

Will Trump's tariff wars affect the 2026 World Cup or 2028 LA Olympics?

As the United States prepares to welcome the world for FIFA’s Club World Cup this June, golf’s Ryder Cup in September, the World Cup next year and the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, the question becomes: Will the world want to come

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trumps-tariff-wars-canada-mexico-affect-2026-world-120363380

UFC boss Dana White texts with Trump, starts a boxing league and does things his way

Dana White spends his time texting with President Donald Trump, running UFC and starting a new boxing promotion

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/ufc-boss-dana-white-texts-trump-starts-boxing-120270607

Transgender Americans aim to block Trump's passport policy change

A federal judge will consider whether to block a Trump administration policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/transgender-americans-aim-block-trumps-passport-policy-change-120122034

What to know about Wisconsin's Supreme Court race

Wisconsin’s upcoming Supreme Court is just entering its final stretch and it’s already breaking records as the most expensive judicial election in the nation’s history

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/wisconsins-supreme-court-race-120106460

Halfway to the 2030 census, the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits over the last one

The U.S. is halfway to the next once-a-decade census, but the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits that grew out of the last one

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/halfway-2030-census-supreme-court-dealing-lawsuits-120090553

First Black Republican Rep. Mia Love has died

Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died on Sunday

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/former-utah-rep-mia-love-black-republican-woman-120085572

Jury convicts failed New Mexico political candidate in drive-by shootings

A jury has convicted a failed political candidate of federal charges in connection with a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of state and local lawmakers in Albuquerque in the aftermath of the 2020 election

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/jury-convicts-failed-new-mexico-political-candidate-drive-119971513

Democrats clashed over their shutdown strategy. But the party's identity crisis runs far deeper

Democrats are confronting stark divisions within their party as leaders grapple with their losses in the 2024 election cycle and how to confront an emboldened Trump administration

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/democrats-clashed-shutdown-strategy-partys-identity-crisis-runs-119942075

Trump says his administration is set to release JFK files with no redactions

President Donald Trump says files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy will be released without any redactions, making good on a promise he made during his campaign

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-administration-set-release-jfk-files-redactions-119905593

Democrats running for New Jersey governor navigate the delicate politics of immigration

New Jersey’s governor’s race this year, one of just two along with Virginia, is emerging as a proving ground for Democrats struggling to find a message that can win over voters

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/democrats-running-new-jersey-governor-navigate-delicate-politics-119847866

Trump administration ramps up rhetoric targeting the courts amid mounting legal setbacks

President Donald Trump’s supporters are echoing some of the rhetoric and actions that elsewhere have preceded attacks on the judiciary as the courts deliver a series of setbacks to his dramatic attempt to change the federal government without congressi...

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-administration-ramps-rhetoric-targeting-courts-amid-mounting-119847768

Earle-Sears has faced tough races before. Her campaign for Virginia governor is no different

Virginia's lieutenant governor is used to facing formidable obstacles in her political campaigns

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/earle-sears-faced-tough-races-campaign-virginia-governor-119585442

Texas Rep. Al Green unrepentant as he faces censure vote in House for disrupting Trump speech

Rep. Al Green is facing censure in the House for his outburst during President Donald Trump’s address to Congress

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/texas-rep-al-green-unrepentant-faces-censure-vote-119500715

US Rep. and former Houston mayor Sylvester Turner dies at 70

A spokesperson for Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas says he has died just two months after taking office and hours after attending President Donald Trump's address before Congress

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/us-rep-former-houston-mayor-sylvester-turner-dies-119480107

First-term Michigan senator assails Trump's policies in Democratic response

First-term Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan has delivered the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s joint congressional address

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/term-michigan-senator-assails-trumps-policies-democratic-response-119415302

Tennessee sets execution dates for four inmates after nearly three-year pause

The Tennessee Supreme Court has set new execution dates for four inmates after a nearly three-year pause

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/tennessee-sets-execution-dates-inmates-after-year-pause-119436456