West Virginia’s House of Delegates passed a resolution Tuesday that would let voters decide whether to prohibit people who are not U.S. citizens from voting in elections. WEST VIRGINIA HOUSE ADVANCES BILL REQUIRING STATE ID TO ACCESS INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY The resolution passed on a 96-0 vote with little debate and now moves to the state Senate. Both chambers are overwhelmingly Republican. If the 34-member Senate passes the resolution...

An Air Force veteran and former statewide candidate is running for North Dakota governor. Michael Coachman, of Larimore, announced his independent campaign on Tuesday. He has run unsuccessfully for state offices in the past, including governor in 2020, secretary of state in 2018 and lieutenant governor in 2016 and 2012. Republican Gov. Doug Burgum is not seeking a third term. In 2021, Coachman began an unsuccessful effort to...

Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California thwarted Republican Sen. Roger Marshall’s bid for unanimous consent to label the southern border migrant crisis as “an invasion” during Tuesday’s Senate session. “They can’t decide if the border is in crisis or if they’d rather wait until after the election to talk about or try to do something about it. And today, in this resolution, they’re doubling down on declaring and...