Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A national security expert who fled to the U.S. from Cuba is warning that one "vicious cycle" currently dominating American ...

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day, a persistent target of President Donald Trump. The 5-4 decision rejected a Republican-led attack on laws ...

A forklift operator loads absentee ballots for mailing in Raleigh, N.C., in September 2020. (Gerry Broome/AP) WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court ruled against Republicans’ attack on mail-in ballots ...

California’s notoriously slow process of counting ballots and certifying an election is once again a topic of debate, including in Los Angeles County, where voters have been waiting for nearly a week ...

California’s ballot counting pace is not a sign of cheating. The state conducts the count in accordance with state law. Its count takes longer than most states. The majority of California voters cast ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Democrat Xavier Becerra is projected to advance to the November general election in California's gubernatorial race. Republican challenger Steve Hilton trails Becerra by less than one percentage point ...

Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, anti-abortion rights advocates have continuously pursued laws and court cases to make access to abortion more difficult. A report published Tuesday finds ...

• The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case about whether states may count mail-in ballots received after Election Day. Multiple conservatives were skeptical of a Mississippi law, enacted ...

The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Monday that mail-in ballots received after polls close on Election Day should be counted, posing major implications for November’s midterm elections. Mississippi ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative justices on Monday seemed particularly skeptical of arguments by the state of Mississippi that mail-in ballots arriving after Election Day should still be counted.

Joseph Duggar, a star of "19 Kids and Counting," was arrested on child molestation charges. The alleged incident involved a 9-year-old girl during a 2020 vacation in Florida. Duggar is awaiting ...