The big picture: The most competitive matchups can be found in primaries in New Jersey and Utah, and general elections in Arizona, Montana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Four people, including two minors, were charged in connection to a mass shooting after the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade that left one person dead and at least 22 injured.
The big picture: Two adults were charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a case on admissions at a prestigiousnorthernVirginia high school that eliminated standardized testing to diversify its student body.
Why it matters: The high court last year overturned decades of precedent by ending affirmative action — but left a path open for schools to consider other options to seek diversity.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) faces rising criticism from the GOP over how it's handling election security.
Why it matters: 2024 is already proving to be a difficult year for election security, with state-backed foreign disinformation and AI-fueled scams flooding voters.
Why it matters: Haley slammed GOP politicians who she says have "surrendered" to the "herd mentality" in politics, including many who "publicly embrace" former President Trump, but "privately dread him."
Why it matters: Texas is one of many states that have passed laws limiting discussions about slavery in schools, and Webber's descendants say teaching her story is the best way to fight attempts to erase history.
Homicides connected to extremism declined in 2023 for the second year in a row, but risks for extremist violence remain high asantisemitism and domestic terror threats have risen, according to new data.
Democrats in Washington statewant to pass a law this year that would slow conservative efforts to ban books in local classrooms and school libraries.
Why it matters: The push in Washington's Legislature follows a nationwide wave of attempts from the political right to limit what kids can read — often targeting works written by or about LGBTQ people and people of color.
Savannah Guthrie,co-anchor of NBC News' "Today" show, is out today with "Mostly What God Does," a candid account of her connection to God and a gentle invitation to "come as you are" to faith — all told with what she calls "nothing but my curiosity and a receptive heart."
Why it matters: The book "is by far the most personal and vulnerable thing I've ever undertaken," Guthrie, 52, tells Axios. "I'm way out of my comfort zone. But I just felt like I had something good to say about God and couldn't help but share it."
A group of Senate conservatives is demanding help from Mitch McConnell on forcing a full impeachment trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: Senate Democrats will control the process. But thehistoric impeachment articles are proving to be the next flashpoint for the GOP minority leader.
President Biden's re-election team now has $130 million in the bank, while the Republican National Committee has little cash and Donald Trump's team is spending tens of millions on legal bills.
Why it matters: Despite Democratic angst over the president's poor polling, the Biden campaign announced Tuesday morning that it raised $42 million in January — adding to his vast fundraising advantage over Trump and the RNC.
The widow of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse is among some 50 people facing charges over her husband's assassination, according to an indictment first reported by local media on Monday.
The big picture: Haiti Judge Walther Wesser Voltaire's final report on the July 2021 Port-au-Prince attack that killed the president and seriously injured the then-first lady Martine Moïse, who's accused in the probe of being among the accomplices in the plot, is separate to a U.S. case in Miami on the killing.
