Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi and Montana were among the states that evacuated statehouse offices or buildings.

Some also called for protecting Second Amendment rights as Maine lawmakers returned for a new session that is expected to focus on gun safety in the wake of the mass shooting in Lewiston in October.

Lawmakers will hold public hearings Wednesday afternoon on proposals to grant tribes exclusive access to all Internet gambling and to open the door for a tribal casino.

The indictment says a Qatari investor negotiated a multimillion-dollar investment in a real estate project planned by Fred Daibes, one of three businessmen charged, and the 70-year-old senator and his wife.

Republican leaders who criticized Shenna Bellows' decision said on Tuesday that they condemn any threats or use of violence.

The filing cites Scott Perry's role in trying to help stall the certification of the election by installing an acting attorney general who would be receptive to Trump’s false claims of election fraud.

The former president said in a court filing Tuesday that Secretary of State Shenna Bellows doesn't have the authority to remove him from the ballot and 'acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner.'

Lawmakers return to the State House on Wednesday for the start of the second regular session of the 131st Legislature.

Instead, he looked back on technological advancements in the nation’s court system, detailing developments from 19th-century quill pens to modern artificial intelligence.

In separate campaign stops, both Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley reinforced that, if elected, they would pardon former President Donald Trump, who is facing 91 felony counts.

Before checking into Walter Reed, Fetterman had never publicly discussed his battle with depression. He has since said that he has experienced it on and off throughout his life.

The secretary of state says she and her staff have received 'non-stop' threats, including a swatting at her home Friday night – in which a fake emergency is called in to elicit a heavy police response.

About two dozen Democrats have indicated they won’t seek reelection. Only 14 Republicans have said they are not seeking another term.

Republicans said Secretary of State Shenna Bellows' decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the Maine primary ballot is a partisan political decision made to take away voter rights.

The 2024 elections will be dominated by the presidential contest and the battle for control of Congress.

As states around the country arrive at different decisions about the former president's eligibility to appear on primary ballots, Maine's secretary of state said election laws here and the evidence presented both played into her decision.

Before Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows kicked Trump off the ballot Thursday, her work pointed to a career of liberal advocacy.

Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, struck down a bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors. More than 20 states have passed similar restrictions in the past two years.

U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat, said that despite voting to impeach Trump, he thinks the decision to remove the former president from the primary ballot was wrong.

Maine secretary of state's decision to bar Donald Trump from the ballot forces the U.S. Supreme Court's hand to settle the issue of his eligibility.

The new law, signed last week by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, allows local police to make immigration arrests.

Shenna Bellows ruled that the former president is not qualified to hold the office of the president under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Trump's campaign condemned the ruling and said it will appeal.

The Republican announced she would enter the crowded GOP primary in retiring Rep. Ken Buck's seat in the eastern side of Colorado, leaving the more competitive 3rd District seat in the state's west.

Candidates for U.S. House, U.S. Senate differ on best approach to guns.

The Republican candidate also accused the man who asked her the question at Wednesday's event in New Hampshire of being a Democratic plant.

Asked during a town hall in Berlin, New Hampshire, what she believed had caused the Civil War, Haley replied that it involved 'the freedoms of what people could and couldn't do.'

The U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, that bans from office those who 'engaged in insurrection.'

In a filing Wednesday, attorneys for the former president said statements that Secretary of State Shenna Bellows made on social media show she already has decided Trump engaged in insurrection and that she is biased against him.

The motion to preclude Trump from introducing broad categories of arguments is a way for prosecutors to try to set parameters on what information they believe the jury should, or should not, hear when the case reaches trial.

The ruling contrasts with Dec. 19 decision by Colorado Supreme Court which found Trump ineligible to be president because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Britain is one of the world’s oldest democracies, but some worry that essential rights and freedoms are under threat.

Experts are warning that the spread of misinformation could get worse in the coming presidential election contest.

The Iranian-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah and affiliated groups, under an umbrella of Iranian-backed militants, claimed credit for the attack that left a U.S. service member with critical injuries.

The report comes as Trump seeks the 2024 Republican nomination while grappling with multiple criminal indictments, including a federal case and a Georgia case tied to his efforts to overturn Biden's victory.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court said it will proceed with adopting remedial maps in time for the 2024 election unless the Republican-controlled Legislature can pass maps that Gov. Tony Evers will sign.

The campaign is evaluating its options regarding a possible appeal, a spokesperson said.

The two Republicans are escalating their attacks on each other in a last-ditch effort to close in on frontrunner Donald Trump less than a month before the party's first nominating contest.

Legislative leaders are considering new bill requests for the session that starts Jan. 3, including a background checks proposal from House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross that's similar to one that failed in the Maine Senate earlier this year.

The president's rebuke comes amid increasingly harsh language from his leading 2024 opponent.

Committees funded almost entirely by the state's 2 largest electricity providers spent more than $136 per vote to defeat a nonprofit power company proposal, while proponents spent less than $10 per vote on their losing campaign.

Challengers seeking to keep former President Donald Trump off Maine's presidential primary ballot say a Colorado court ruling this week helps their case.

The justices will be asked to decide on Donald Trump's immunity from prosecution and eligibility for office, a pivotal role not seen since Bush v. Gore in 2000.

Donald Trump’s attorneys had promised to appeal any disqualification immediately to the nation's highest court, which has the final say about constitutional matters.

Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman asked a federal judge to swiftly enforce last week's massive defamation damages award before Rudy Giuliani's assets are dissipated.

Former President Donald Trump's chief of staff was indicted in August along with Trump and 17 others on charges that they illegally conspired to keep the Republican incumbent in power despite him losing the election.

The man who will oversee elections in one Nevada county has pleaded not guilty, along with 5 fellow Republicans, on charges that they submitted false paperwork claiming the lie that Donald Trump had won the state in 2020.

White House and Senate negotiators struggled to reach a border security deal that would unlock President Biden’s request for billions of dollars worth of military aid for Ukraine and other national security needs.

Former President Donald Trump has spent a sliver of the time his 2024 GOP presidential rivals have in the state, holding a handful of rallies and avoiding being grilled by voters.

The appearance in Durham was part of a swing taking the former president through early nominating states as he cites his wide polling lead over a dwindling field of GOP hopefuls.