Author: David Gregoire

The Wisconsin GOP filed a complaint Monday against Green Bay elections officials after hundreds of duplicate absentee ballots were mailed, raising concerns about administrative errors and election integrity. The complaint, lodged by the state Republican Party on Monday, focuses on a batch of absentee ballots that were sent out in duplicate to voters in Green Bay. Party officials say the problem affected scores of mailings and created a mess for local administrators trying to track returned ballots. The filing accuses elections staff of procedural failures that need immediate review. From the GOP perspective, duplicate absentee ballots are not a minor…

A U.S. Army staff sergeant is seeking to stop his wife’s deportation after she was detained on a Louisiana military base where the couple planned to live together just days after their wedding. The case centers on a wife who was detained inside a Louisiana military installation, prompting her husband, a U.S. Army staff sergeant, to pursue legal steps to prevent her removal from the country. Military installations have unique security and jurisdictional rules, and detentions that occur on base can complicate immigration enforcement and access to counsel. Local and federal authorities may coordinate differently when an immigration-related detention happens…

The Maine Supreme Court issued a unanimous advisory opinion saying proposed legislation to broaden ranked choice voting would, if enacted, violate the Maine Constitution, and that ruling has energized critics who argue the change would undermine straightforward elections. The court’s opinion makes clear the state judiciary sees a constitutional barrier to expanding ranked choice voting beyond current limits. That legal opinion came through as a unified voice from the bench, signaling the court did not see room to approve the broader plan without running afoul of the state charter. Lawmakers and party leaders now have to decide whether to accept…

Iowa’s appellate court has cleared the way for enforcement of a state law that limits classroom discussion of LGBTQ+ topics for kindergarten through sixth grade and allows certain library and classroom materials to be restricted. The appellate ruling affirms that schools can follow the statute’s age-based limits without a statewide injunction blocking enforcement. That means districts and teachers now have clearer legal direction on what is permissible with younger students. The decision is a key moment in the debate over classroom content and how much control schools should have over what children are exposed to at early ages. This is…

Kil Bae is a Manhattan tailor who hems dresses and alters vintage pieces like a Tommy Hilfiger jacket, operating a small shop that reflects how craftsmanship, changing customer habits, and industry pressures shape modern alterations work. Hunched over a sewing machine, Kil Bae is hemming a dress inside his Manhattan tailor shop when a new customer stops by with a vintage Tommy Hilfiger jacket he wants taken in. The scene is quiet and focused, a ritual of measuring, pinning, and careful stitching that has been practiced the same way for decades. That personal touch is precisely what keeps customers coming…

Activists are pushing for a third impeachment of President Trump, and this piece examines who is behind it, what they claim, why their polling deserves scrutiny, and what the broader political and constitutional risks might be. “A group of liberal activists is gunning for a third impeachment of President Trump and says they’ve got polling to back it up.” That claim has been floated loudly, and it is worth looking past the headlines to see how the push is being framed. From a Republican perspective, this move looks less like accountable governance and more like an escalation of partisan tactics…

The Democrat Party’s official X account used the Easter weekend to reminisce about allegedly “better times” when one of their own was leading the country, while leaving out any reference to Joe Biden’s four years in the White House. The social post was a clear bit of selective memory, a snapshot meant to comfort supporters without wrestling with tougher questions about recent performance. From a Republican view, that kind of nostalgia feels like a political Band-Aid, not an honest look at the record. When the song is only about the highs and skips the lows, voters deserve to know what…

Artemis II astronauts pushed farther from Earth than ever during a Monday lunar fly-around, chasing a new distance record and opening up views of the moon’s far side that humanity has rarely seen. The moon has been growing larger in the window for the Artemis II crew as they carried out a high-speed lunar fly-around that set a fresh distance milestone from Earth. The mission’s trajectory sent the crew well beyond usual low-Earth operations, giving them a rare vantage on the lunar far side. That perspective promises images and observations of terrain most humans have never directly witnessed. The flight…

An early-morning airstrike hit a residential building southwest of Tehran, killing at least 13 people and raising urgent questions about civilian protection and regional escalation. Reporting from Iran says that “An airstrike early Monday struck a residential building in a city southwest of Iran’s capital, Tehran, killing at least 13 people, Iranian media reported.” The image of homes turned to rubble and families shattered by a single strike is hard to ignore. In plain terms, this is a human tragedy with immediate and long-term political consequences. Eyewitnesses describe scenes of chaos: neighbors digging through debris, ambulances racing past, and smoke…

A short, vivid look back at the particular pleasure and patience of waiting for the mail and how that small ritual shaped connections and attention. “Oh yes, wait a minute, Mr. Postman …” “