Pennsylvania’s Republican attorney general is taking on Snapchat. Attorney General Dave Sunday filed suit Tuesday against Snap Inc., accusing the social media giant of designing its platform to keep children compulsively engaged while misleading parents about the content young users can encounter. The lawsuit, filed in Philadelphia County Court, alleges Snapchat has marketed itself as […]
Dan McKee is still losing the Rhode Island governor's race, just by less than he was a few months ago. A new WPRI/Emerson College poll released Tuesday found Democratic challenger Helena Foulkes leading the incumbent governor 45% to 30%, with 25% of voters undecided. The survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted August 21-22 by […]
Vice President JD Vance told a crowd in Brewer, Main that the 2026 midterms are a fight against socialism and made his case in a state Republicans desperately need to hold. The vice president headlined a rally Monday at Compotech, a defense technology manufacturer, in what marked his second appearance in Maine this year after […]
Massachusetts State Rep. Francisco Paulino, D-Methuen, was arrested Wednesday and taken into federal custody after a grand jury indicted him on 11 charges stemming from an alleged pandemic-era benefits scheme. The U.S. Attorney's Office for Massachusetts and FBI Boston announced the indictment, which includes eight counts of wire fraud and three counts of unlawful monetary […]
Maine's U.S. Senate race went negative on television this week, with Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson opening fire on each other's records as the general election sprint intensifies. Jackson, who replaced Graham Platner as the Democratic nominee in July after Platner's campaign collapsed amid misconduct allegations, is casting affordable health care as his top […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) threw her support behind Sen. Ed Markey on Thursday, injecting progressive star power into a Massachusetts Senate primary he now leads by nearly 30 points, hours before the candidates' final debate. Ocasio-Cortez cited her legislative "partnership on the Green New Deal" with Markey in a statement from his campaign, backing the […]
A longtime Democratic donor is now raising money for Kathy Hochul's Republican challenger, a defection that lands as new polling shows the New York governor's race tightening with fewer than three months to Election Day. Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of the late Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, has crossed party lines to support […]
Governor Dan McKee ordered a 60-day statewide pause on new Flock camera installations Tuesday, freezing state police activation of the surveillance technology as a wave of Rhode Island towns moves to tear the systems out entirely. McKee directed the R.I. State Police to pause installation and activation of new Flock Safety cameras for the next […]
A Bronx man who disrupted Shabbat services at Manhattan's Central Synagogue now faces federal hate crime charges, escalating a case that began with state-level charges last week. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York filed a criminal complaint Tuesday charging Larry Montes, 46, with two counts of committing hate crimes and […]
Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators have formalized an unusual alliance, launching a joint fundraising committee that pools contributions across party lines. Sen. Dave McCormick (R) and Sen. John Fetterman (D) filed paperwork for Common Ground PA with the Federal Election Commission on July 6, listing four joint fundraising participants: Every Vote PAC, Pennsylvania Honor, Fetterman for […]
Federal immigration enforcement is drawing renewed attention across New Hampshire as reports of increased ICE activity surface in communities including Keene, Lebanon and the Upper Valley. New Hampshire Public Radio reported Tuesday that immigration advocates have been documenting increased ICE activity in several parts of the state, including reports of recent detentions. The reports come […]
A 28-year congressional career came to an end Tuesday night when former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin defeated 14-term Democratic Rep. John Larson in Connecticut's 1st Congressional District primary. Bronin won 54% of the vote to Larson's 33%, delivering the biggest upset of Connecticut's 2026 election cycle. It was also the first time in modern Connecticut […]
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul still leads Republican Bruce Blakeman, but a new Siena poll shows the Republican closing the gap and exposing vulnerabilities for the Democratic incumbent. Hochul leads Blakeman 49% to 39% among likely voters, according to Siena’s first likely-voter poll of the 2026 election cycle. Her lead has been cut to 10 […]
Vermont Democrats are betting on a sharp turn to the left in November. Amanda Janoo, a 38-year-old former United Nations worker, won Tuesday’s Democratic primary for governor, defeating former nonprofit executive Aly Richards and setting up a general election fight with Republican Gov. Phil Scott. Janoo entered the race in March as a virtual unknown, […]
Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation Monday stripping away Massachusetts' 24-week gestational limit on abortion, making the state one of ten in the country with no cutoff on how late in pregnancy the procedure can be performed. The "Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act" replaces the state's previous statute which required a threat to the mother's […]
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee's reelection campaign has placed no significant television ad orders for this week, according to FCC filings, a sharp pullback that comes as the Democratic incumbent struggles to keep pace financially with primary challenger Helena Foulkes just weeks before voters go to the polls. McKee spent roughly $30,000 on local ad […]
State Sen. Michael Testa (R-Cumberland) is calling on the New Jersey Legislature to return from summer recess for a special session to pass a voter ID law, after Gov. Mikie Sherrill said she would not oppose one. Sherrill made the comments during a July appearance on News 12's "Ask the Governor," telling a viewer she […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) declined to rule out a run for president or a Senate primary challenge against fellow New York Democrat Chuck Schumer during an appearance Sunday on ABC's "This Week." Asked directly by host Jonathan Karl whether she plans to run for president in 2028, Ocasio-Cortez initially deflected. "I'm focused on winning the […]
