Brad Brooks

More than 15 years after the U.S. Supreme Court reshaped American politics with its Citizens United campaign finance ruling, Montana voters will decide whether to make their state the first in the nation to bar corporations from spending money on ​elections through a ballot initiative.

The body of Nolan Wells, 18, was found on a Mississippi barrier island that he visited over the July 4 weekend with three white friends.

The Texas Board of Education on Friday approved mandated reading lists for public school children that include passages from ​the Bible - the latest effort by leaders there to infuse ‌the education system with conservative and religious ideals.

Democrats are trying to cast Trump as the leader of an administration losing touch with an anxious public as the Iran war pushes the price of gas and other goods higher. These voters in rural Colorado say they're sticking with their man.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift filed trademark applications for two audio clips and one image of ‌herself in what a trademark attorney said is an attempt to protect her voice and likeness from deepfake videos and audio created by artificial intelligence.

It drew widespread criticism even from some religious conservatives who typically support him.

A Colorado appeals court on Thursday overturned the nine-year prison sentence, but not the conviction, given to Tina Peters, a former county ​clerk convicted of tampering with voting machines in her pursuit of claims the 2020 presidential ‌election had been stolen from Donald Trump, as Trump repeatedly and falsely claimed.

Relative calm belies the lasting damage caused by ICE and other federal agents.

A Minnesota prosecutor on Monday said her office is investigating the "potentially ​unlawful behavior" of federal agents during a crackdown earlier this year on undocumented immigrants that met widespread resistance and ‌in which agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens, sparking nationwide outrage.

Investigators are working to determine if criminal negligence played a role in the avalanche that killed at least eight people on a guided backcountry ski trip in California, but emphasized it is too early to determine if any charges would be warranted, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday.