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As expected, voters on Tuesday rubber-stamped Republican President Donald Trump and former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden in primary elections in Connecticut, where officials anticipated large numbers of absentee ballots because of the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to the presidential races, voters cast ballots in two GOP congressional primaries to determine who will face long-serving Democratic incumbents in November. Secretary…

Republicans remain split with Democrats, and even among other Republicans, on spending for the bill outlining a second round of relief from the coronavirus pandemic. House leaders say they are hoping for a deal by Friday and a vote by next week.

Misdemeanor assault charges have been filed against Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey’s husband for allegedly pointing a handgun out his front door and ordering a group of protesters to leave his Granada Hills property in March. David Allan Lacey, 66, was charged Monday with three misdemeanor counts of assault with a firearm involving the March 2 run-in with…

The leaders of big tech companies Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google were interrogated by Congress on Capitol Hill this week for misusing their market power. Erik Gordon, a professor at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, joined LX News to discuss how much power Congress really has to rein in these digital giants.

Cooper Hefner, the 28-year-old son of the late Playboy founder, has launched an exploratory campaign to run as a Democrat for the California State Senate. He joined LX News to make his case for why voters should give him a chance.

The state Senate has passed the controversial police accountability bill early Wednesday morning after it began debating it on Tuesday evening. The proposed legislation passed in the House last week after hours of emotional debate. Early Wednesday morning, the bill was passed by the Senate after a vote of 21 to 15. The bill called for more oversight of police…

Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden laid out details of his “Build Back Better” plan at a speech in Delaware on Tuesday, and explained how aspects of his plan will help fight systemic racism.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr says he does not believe in systemic racism in policing while answering questions from Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas.

Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., recounts six decisions made by U.S. Attorney General William Barr that he says left him “deeply concerned.” He accused Barr of “aiding and abetting” Trump’s “worst failings.”

A bill is on its way to President Trump’s desk that would provide billions of dollars for national park repairs and maintenance plus other conservation-related projects. Marcia Argust of the Pew Charitable Trusts joined LX News to discuss how the Great American Outdoors Act will also be a key driver of new jobs.

NBC10 Boston, Telemundo Boston and NECN will host the first of three televised U.S. Senate Democratic debates scheduled for the summer of 2020. The debate with U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and challenger, U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy, will be held on Sunday, July 26, from 7 to 8 p.m. from a secure and closed studio inside the NBCUniversal Boston Media Center…

Anyone following the US Senate race between Ed Markey and Joe Kennedy knows the race has evolved since it began last September when Kennedy had a 14-point lead in the first poll.  Boston University Professor Tom Whalen says, “I think it has definitely tightened.” And as the polls have narrowed, the race has grown increasingly heated with the most...

Actor Chris Evans began a website to let politicians speak unfiltered.

An expanded unemployment benefit created to help workers who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus is set to expire this month if it is not extended. Michele Evermore, a senior policy analyst for the National Employment Law Project, explains why the $600 benefit is especially crucial to women, people of color and young workers.

After winning the Democratic nomination for Texas’ 24th congressional district, Candace Valenzuela is set to take on Republican Beth Van Duyne in November. Valenzuela joins LX News to explain why becoming the first Afro-Latina in Congress is so important for representation, and how she plans to help families and small businesses struggling with the coronavirus pandemic if she is elected.

A federal appeals court has overruled a judge’s decision that allowed the Texas Republican Party to hold an in-person convention in Houston, marking a win for the the nation’s fourth-largest city in an ongoing battle with the state GOP

LX Storyteller Noah Pransky gives an update on ‘Zombie campaign funds’ i.e. unused political funds sitting in the accounts of retired politicians, and how that money is now being put to good use.

Minutes into President Donald Trump’s official Rose Garden announcement Tuesday on China and Hong Kong, the event took a sharp turn: his remarks turned to his presidential opponent Joe Biden. “Joe Biden‘s entire career has been a gift to the Chinese communist party,” Trump claimed, one of many attacks leveled at his political opponent in what has traditionally been...

The coronavirus has made campaigning difficult for politicians, but it’s also posed problems for the journalists covering politics.

As the Trump administration pushes full steam ahead to force U.S. schools to resume in-person education, public health experts warn that a one-size-fits-all reopening could drive infection and death rates even higher