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Ohio governor signs bill effectively banning ranked choice voting

Senate Bill 63, a bipartisan bill, will generally prohibit ranked choice voting and withhold state funding for local governments that use it. Previously, municipalities have been allowed to implement ranked choice voting if they so choose, although no Ohio city uses the practice.

Both sides in Iran war attack energy facilities as oil prices surge

Israel kept up its campaign of targeting Iran’s leaders on Wednesday, killing the country’s intelligence minister, and an Iranian offshore natural gas field was struck in a sign of the war’s mounting pressure – from both sides -- on the region’s economic lifeblood.

Watch live: Schumer, Democrats rail against GOP-led SAVE America Act

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) will speak with reporters Wednesday morning to voice their opposition to the GOP-led Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. The election reform bill, backed by President Trump, would require Americans to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote and to bring a