Republicans are repeatedly portraying Democrats as a

Georgia secretary of state and gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp improperly purged more than 340,000 voters from the state’s registration rolls, an investigation charges. Greg Palast, a journalist and the director of the Palast Investigative Fund, said an analysis he commissioned found 340,134 voters were removed from the rolls on the grounds that they had moved – but they actually still live at the address where they are registered.

Oklahoma lawmakers have passed legislation that would require officials to consider abortion to be murder. The Tulsa World reported a law was passed Monday afternoon that would force any state official to defy the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized privacy for the procedure. It was also done without any discussion or debate on the House floor.

Anita Earls has been the North Carolina GOP’s chief antagonist in the courtroom. Now she’s running for a seat on the state Supreme Court as a GOP threat to pack the court looms.

Party polarization is even worse than most people think, according to a new Michigan State University study. And neither party can shoulder the blame, as it doesn’t matter which party is in charge, said Zachary Neal, associate professor of psychology and global urban studies. “What I’ve found is that polarization has been steadily getting worse since the early 1970s,” he said.

As Hurricane Florence took hold of the Carolinas in mid-September, partisan talk swirled like the winds. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi blamed the Trump administration for listening to “naysayers” who didn't want to switch to clean energy. Fossil fuels, she told reporters, absolutely contributed to the severity of the hurricane: “This is something that we have to look at in a big way, and it’s not served by denial of the facts.”

They'll save Trump every time, no matter what he's done. By Damon Linker.

Free of that pesky Voting Rights Act, Republicans are closing down every polling site they can to stop the blue wave. It won't be enough. By Justin Rosario.

It’s not just about the $32,000 couch. By Mark Joseph Stern.

The United States is full of personally decent and caring, often highly intelligent people mired in political ignorance and delusion. By Paul Street.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) violated federal law by using a common vendor to illegally coordinate with four Republican Senate candidates, according to a complaint filed by a non-partisan public interest watchdog. On Monday, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted a 25-page complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that that the NRA used a consulting firm to evade federal rules prohibiting coordination between congressional candidates and outside spending groups.

New research has disturbing implications.

Republican sentiment has seemed as welcome as an unruly wedding guest in Britain in recent weeks. Still, away from the pomp and ceremony laid on for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, a group of anti-monarchists gathered to mark the occasion in their own way. Around 130 people attended the International Republican Convention on Saturday, the culmination of a four-day meeting of the Alliance of European Republican Movements in the centre of the UK's capital, London.

The president's messaging appears to be working with his base.

Paul Ryan believe that Democrats, if given any meaningful authority in Congress, would take steps to hold the president accountable for his actions.

Trump’s criticism of law enforcement provides an opening for candidates in New York, Arizona and West Virginia to rail about legal overreach.

US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election this year, in a big blow to Republicans ahead of autumn's mid-term elections. A spokesman for Congress' most powerful lawmaker confirmed he would not stand for another term in his Wisconsin district this November. A source close to Mr Ryan told the BBC his decision was family-related.

The speaker of the House will inform his colleagues on Wednesday morning that he will not be running for reelection.

Mr. Jones, a Holocaust denier and former member of the American Nazi Party, was the sole Republican candidate in a suburban Chicago congressional district.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans made clear Tuesday they won't take steps to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired, insisting it's unnecessary.