A Franklin County woman pleaded guilty to stealing mail and using it to commit fraud. On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, Miranda Burgess, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft, ...

DELIVERING US THE FACTS. THE FEDS CANNOT TELL STATES HOW TO RUN ELECTIONS, BUT THE FEDS CAN WITHHOLD FUNDING, WHICH MAKES THIS THREAT NOT AN ENTIRELY EMPTY ONE. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAID IT ON ...

Mail ballots are linked to a big surge in Nevada voter participation, including in red rural counties. Democrats accounted for 38% of mail ballots cast in Nevada's 2024 general election. Republicans ...

With control of Congress at stake in the 2026 midterm elections, Trump is doubling down on efforts to end mail-in voting. In the 2024 election, nearly 30% of Americans who voted cast their ballots by ...

Legal experts say President Trump lacks the constitutional authority to stop states from offering mail ballots. Both Missouri and Kansas currently allow absentee voting by mail, but Kansas Republican ...

“I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS,” President Trump declared Monday in a Truth Social post. Later that day, he promised an executive order “to end mail-in ballots because ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An FBI raid on the home of ex-National Security Advisor John Bolton was reportedly linked to allegations he used a private email server to send sensitive documents to his family. Bolton, who has since ...

A Montgomery man has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for orchestrating a mail and bank fraud scheme that caused more than $1 million in losses, and for illegally possessing ...

President Trump promised Monday to work to end mail-in voting and said work is already underway on an executive order to ban it before the 2026 midterm elections, although the Constitution does not ...

President Trump announced Monday on his social media site, Truth Social, that he plans to "lead a movement" to get rid of mail-in ballots and voting machines in the country ahead of next year's ...