Former state rep tops ranked-choice slugfest as Alaska advances nominees for governor

🔮 Second Amendment advocates argue additional gun restrictions would not have stopped the killer and could make it harder for armed civilians like Giamanco to intervene.

🔮 The heated exchange prompted moderators to call for decorum and warn that microphones could be shut off if the candidates continued interrupting one another.

🔮 Jones' announcement did not identify specific Trump administration actions, but the president signed a March 2025 order seeking stricter proof-of-citizenship requirements for voter registration and changes to mail-ballot rules and backed the SAVE Act to mandate voter ID. "At a time when the Trump administration has sought to push the federal government further into the administration of state elections, we will work closely with the Department of Elections and the Federal Accountability Unit to protect Virginia’s authority, the integrity of our elections, and every eligible voter’s right to be heard," said Ajay Saini, the OAG official Jones named to lead the division.

🔮 He suggested Sheinbaum's demand for evidence of the Coast Guard shooting could reflect pressure within her own political coalition to justify working with the Trump administration.

🔮 The advice drew applause during Thursday's forum — and a " Wow" from Booker, who then blasted former Tabernacle Deputy Mayor Justin Murphy's remarks as the kind of " Yahoo" foreign policy that has dragged the United States into costly wars in the Middle East.

🔮 Journalist Scott MacFarlane, who live-tweeted from the hearing, described Reyes as "scream[ing]" at administration attorneys over the government's late-Friday notification that tree removal would begin Saturday.

🔮 The spokesperson added: "Voting by noncitizens and other ineligible voters is a federal crime, and the department will enforce the law whether a case involves one illegal ballot or hundreds." The cases involve allegations ranging from fraudulent registration applications to ballots cast in multiple elections.

🔮 "We have the opportunity to fix it," Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher said of a surge in Somali gang violence across the Twin Cities — but warned authorities could be facing a much more difficult problem if the groups escalate the resources they use.

🔮 The notices come as Virginia separately implements a federal court ruling that sharply narrowed which felony convictions can trigger disenfranchisement, while voters this fall will decide whether to amend the state constitution to automatically restore voting rights upon release from incarceration. "

🔮 Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., who represents America’s "Data Center Alley," warns that backlash could obstruct the very buildout Washington considers a national priority unless Congress steps in — arguing that community buy-in is necessary to keep expansion moving. "The communities are being steamrolled by the industry," Subramanyam told Fox News Digital.