T. Elliot Gaiser will be nominated to lead the influential Office of Legal Counsel, a department official said. Read full article

Energized against the new Trump era, and against Elon Musk, Democrats pulled off a crucial judicial victory in Wisconsin and cut into Republican margins in two Florida congressional races. Read full article

The state has required voters to use photograph identification for nearly a decade, but an amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution was seen as making it more difficult to roll back that rule. Read full article

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