1+ hour, 13+ min ago  (396+ words) Detroit election officials accused the Justice Department of using "thin gruel" to create a "pretext" to justify sending voting monitors to the city for Michigan's August 4 primary, letters exclusively obtained by TPM show. That includes what city officials suggested was…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (444+ words) A federal judge ruled in favor of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) Thursday, finding that Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated the senator's constitutional rights by attempting to downgrade his rank and retirement benefits." Hegseth targeted Kelly after he participated…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (751+ words) Hi, and welcome back to The Franchise! "A lot has been investigated by serious investigators and then some really crazy stuff has been investigated by less serious investigators, and so I just wonder what could you be going back to…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (633+ words) The FBI has expanded its investigation into President Trump's delusion that the 2020 election was stolen from him, with reports that it issued a grand jury subpoena for documents about the election results in Maricopa County, Arizona, a blue county in…...

6+ mon, 2+ day ago  (796+ words) Thank you for your patience over the last few weeks while I, and other TPMers who help me put this together each day, took a break for the holidays. We're back, with an appropriately brutal series of events to wade…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (108+ words) The Arizona Attorney General and Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva (D) sued on Tuesday to force House Speaker Mike Johnson to finally swear her in formally. This is a breaking news story and will. .. Arizona AG, Rep-elect Grijalva Sue House to Force Her…...