Politics

ABOVE PHOTO: Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, with Attorney General Merrick Garland, speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. The U.S. Justice Department announced civil rights charges Thursday against four Louisville police officers over the drug raid that…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks as he stands with his mother Verlene Warnock and his daughter Chloe during an election night watch party, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, in Atlanta. Sen. Warnock has defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a runoff election in Georgia. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) By Bill Barrow And Jeff Amy ASSOCIATED…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. The day after Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she would step aside, Jeffries announced his own history-making bid Friday to become the first Black American to helm a major U.S. political party in Congress as leader of the…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This combination of photos shows, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 3, 2021, left, and Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaking in Perry, Ga., Sept. 25, 2021. (AP Photo) By Mary Clare Jalonick ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — Democrats have secured their majority in the Senate for…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Mitzi Jonelle Tan, of the Philippines, center, participates in a Fridays for Future protest calling for money for climate action at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 11, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. As the U.N. climate talks in Egypt near the half-way point, negotiators are working hard to draft deals on a…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This combination of photos shows, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 3, 2021, left, and Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaking in Perry, Ga., Sept. 25, 2021. (AP Photo) By Meg Kinnard ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Georgia’s election runoff rules could determine control of the Senate…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., left, reacts alongside Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak during an election night party hosted by the Nevada Democratic Party, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) By Will Weissert, Jill Colvin, And Sara Burnett ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Democrats kept control of the Senate on Saturday,…

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ABOVE PHOTO: An aide waits for the arrival of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., during an Election Night party at The Westin Washington hotel in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images) By Brian Slodysko ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — For weeks, Republicans predicted a “red wave” would…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Election workers perform a recount of ballots from the recent Pennsylvania primary election at the Allegheny County Election Division warehouse on the Northside of Pittsburgh, June 1, 2022. Unlike in many other countries, elections in the U.S. are highly decentralized, complex and feature a long list of races on the ballot, from president…

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ABOVE PHOTO: The warehouse at the Maricopa County Elections Department stores all the equipment and signage for all the voting precincts in Phoenix, Sept. 8, 2022. Big tech platforms say they are working hard to address misinformation about voting and elections ahead of the November midterms, but a look at their sites shows they are…

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