Susan Crawford defeated Brad Schimel for a State Supreme Court seat in a race that shattered spending records and maintained a liberal majority on the court. Read full article

The pause is limited to certain states while the case proceeds, narrowing the scope of an earlier order that had paused firings nationwide and led to the reinstatement of thousands of federal employees. Read full article

Another round of “deferred resignation” offers is part of the Trump administration’s stepped-up effort to rapidly downsize the government. Read full article

The Republicans who were elected on Tuesday to fill seats left empty by Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz had President Trump’s backing. Read full article

The cracks in support show how seriously some conservatives are taking the administration’s aggressive and at times slapdash tactics. Read full article

California Democrats rejected two Republican bills that would have banned transgender athletes from female sports. In a rare turn, Republicans tried to use the Democratic governor’s own words to challenge Democrats. Read full article

In an unorthodox move, Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney in Washington, is questioning former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s family and former White House officials about clemency. Read full article

The world’s richest man misstated a statistic from the Social Security Administration to once again overstate fraud in the program. Read full article

Former federal employees went to a Capitol Hill basement to find the lawmakers. Democratic senators said that they would keep fighting as hard as they could. Most Republicans ignored the workers. Read full article