The Department of Justice faces an uphill legal battle in Alaska, where it is trying to convince a federal court that confusion between two Senate candidates with nearly identical names could be enough to delay certification of the election results. Roughly two weeks before Election Day on Oct. 22, the DOJ filed a federal lawsuit seeking to delay certification if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses and votes cast for...

A Democratic candidate running for the U.S. House of Representatives said she is facing criminal charges and that she was hit with a police summons while at her own campaign event this month. Lakesha Womack, who is running to represent North Carolina’s 14th Congressional District, which is currently held by Rep. Tim Moore, R-N.C., said in a Facebook video she was confronted by police about felony charges related...

Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday that her job would be “a lot easier” if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu loses his bid to remain in power. “A lot easier. And here’s the challenge: I represent the largest Jewish population in the world outside of Israel,” Hochul told Politico Magazine when asked “How much easier would your job get if [Benjamin] Netanyahu loses?” “And I know...