News for April 1, 2025

Republican Randy Fine won a special election for Florida’s 6th Congressional District, helping Republicans strengthen their narrow House majority.

The House blocked Speaker Mike Johnson’s bid to stop a vote on remote voting for new parents, handing him a rare setback and keeping the issue alive.

A fight over remote voting for new parents helped bring the House floor to a halt after Speaker Mike Johnson tried to block the plan and a group of Republicans broke with him.

Susan Crawford won Wisconsin’s costly Supreme Court race, defeating Brad Schimel in an election that drew heavy national money and attention.

Republicans won both Florida special elections, giving Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis seats that helped widen the GOP’s narrow House majority.

Susan Crawford won Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race after a huge campaign that became a test of Donald Trump’s influence and Elon Musk’s political spending.

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election is likely to turn on turnout in two very different places, with President Donald Trump’s supporters in rural areas and Democrats in Dane County as the key forces.

The Democratic National Committee and nonprofit groups sued President Donald Trump over his executive order on elections, saying it is unconstitutional and could make voting harder.