Arizona U.S. House candidate Abe Hamadeh declared Attorney General Kris Mayes "illegitimate" in a Thursday appearance on Steve Bannon's War Room after she handed down indictments against Arizona Republicans and allies of former President Donald Trump for their role in the 2020 election contest. Hamadeh previously ran against Mayes in 2022 and continues to contest the results of the election. Mayes won by just 280 votes and Hamadeh contends there are about 9,000 uncounted ballots that would likely break in his favor.

The Stop Cop City movement reported on Thursday that Georgia State Police confronted its protesters as they attempted to create a pro-Palestine encampment on the Emory University campus. A post to the social media platform X by Stop Cop City activists claims "an encampment in the Emory quad" was established at 7:30 a.m. "to demand total divestment from Israeli apartheid and Cop City," the activists' preferred term for the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced on Wednesday he will embark on a week-long "international trade mission" to Europe as lawmakers continue work on the biennial Virginia budget ahead of the May special legislative session. The governor's office confirmed Youngkin's "third international trade mission" will include stops in Germany, Denmark, Finland and Swizterland between April 28 to May 3. He plans to meet with business leaders, public officials and Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

A proposed University of Minnesota policy would require scholars to obtain permission from Native American groups when doing research involving their cultures. However, an anthropologist has concerns about the proposal.

Partisan divides remain for Pennsylvania’s energy future, but the state’s electric grid keeps posting drops in emissions. PJM, the 13-state grid that stretches from Illinois to North Carolina, noted a trend that’s continued for two decades: dramatic declines in pollutants.