States divided along partisan lines in response to shootings

Gun control measures are likely going nowhere in Congress, and they have also become increasingly scarce in most states.

Recount cranks up in Pennsylvania's GOP primary for Senate

With just 910 votes separating the two leading candidates in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate, counties were preparing Thursday to start the recount between celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick.

Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism prevention bill

Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, has failed in the Senate.

Pa. Senate primary: Oz, McCormick race heads into recount

Pennsylvania’s top election official says the margin between the top two candidates in last week’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate is tight enough to trigger a recount.

Pennsylvania candidates offer little consensus on gun measures

After the tragedy in Texas, calls for more gun control grow louder. But, among Pennsylvania candidates for office, there is little consensus.

Pennsylvania candidates offer little consensus on gun measures
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After the tragedy in Texas, calls for better gun control grow louder. But, among Pennsylvania candidates for office, there is little consensus.

Indiana lawmakers override veto to enable transgender sports ban

Republican lawmakers in Indiana have voted to override the GOP governor’s veto of a bill banning transgender females from competing in girls school sports and join more than a dozen other states adopting similar laws.

Trump rebuked with stinging losses in Georgia GOP contests

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp defeated Donald Trump’s hand-picked challenger in the Republican primary. Kemp will face Democrat Stacy Abrams in a key governor’s race in November.

Delaware Gov. John Carney vetoes marijuana legalization bill

Delaware's governor has vetoed a bill that would legalize the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by adults for recreational use.

GOP intervenes in Pa. Senate race vote-counting lawsuit

The national and state Republican parties are taking the side of celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania’s neck-and-neck GOP primary contest for U.S. Senate and opposing a lawsuit by ex-hedge fund CEO David McCormick.

Radnor Township votes on preemptive abortion protection ordinance with Roe V. Wade in limbo

The Radnor Township Board of Commissioners voted on a controversial ordinance Monday that would prevent local police from arresting anyone who has an abortion, provides an abortion, or helps someone get an abortion if Roe V. Wade is overturned. 

McCormick sues over counting mail ballots in Pennsylvania Senate race

McCormick's lawsuit, filed after hours, asks the state's Commonwealth Court to require counties to promptly count mail-in ballots that lack a required handwritten date on the return envelope. It is the first — but likely not the last — lawsuit in the contest between Oz and McCormick, a former hedge fund CEO.

Supreme Court again declines to rule in abortion case

The Supreme Court issued opinions on Monday, and once again, the Court did not include a ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the highly-anticipated abortion case that could overrule Roe v. Wade.

Pennsylvania Senate GOP primary too close to call, recount likely

Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for an open U.S. Senate seat is too close to call and is likely headed for a statewide recount to decide the winner of the contest between heart surgeon-turned-TV celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick.

Court rules on mail ballots as Senate race votes are counted

A federal court ruled Friday that mail-in ballots without a required date on the return envelope must be allowed in a 2021 Pennsylvania county judge race, a decision that could complicate the ongoing process of vote counting in the state's neck-and-neck U.S. Senate Republican primary.