Although a petition urging Macy’s to drop its association with Donald Trump has exceeded 600,000 signatures, the retailer isn’t budging, arguing that its sales are apolitical and personal opinions are not related to merchandise, Mediaite reports. The petition began with Angelo Carusone, 30, who is a law school graduate and formerly worked for Media Matters. (Carusone…

Politico reports that Florida Rep. Allen West scored a legal win late Friday, after election officials agreed to recount a group of early ballots that the rabble-rousing Republican congressman has pushed to have re-examined. The St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections announced it would begin re-tallying all votes that were cast between Oct. 27 and…

Voice of Elmo embroiled in sex scandal involving an underage teen: Kevin Clash, the man known as the voice of Elmo, has taken a leave of absence from Sesame Street in the wake of allegations that he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy, TMZ reports. The Supreme Court will take a look at the Voting Rights…

Although Democratic political newcomer Patrick Murphy decisively defeated Republican Florida Rep. Allen West last Tuesday, the incumbent will not concede the hotly contested race, according to the Associated Press. The state issued complete but unofficial results showing Murphy with a lead of 2,442 votes, or 50.4 percent. That’s beyond the half-percent margin needed to trigger…

Just days after President Barack Obama’s re-election victory, his chief law-enforcement officer told a group of law-school students that he does not know how long he will remain on the job. While speaking at the University of Baltimore School of Law on Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who is the first African American to…

After handily winning re-election to the House of Representatives from Illinois’ 2nd District on Tuesday despite a stay at the Mayo Clinic for depression and bipolar disorder, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. may not hold the seat for long, according to several media reports. Jackson, who assumed office in 1995 and is battling legal troubles, is…

Friday, Nov. 3, 9:15 a.m. EDT: Jose Baez writes letter to Zimmerman judge: WPTV reports that Casey Anthony’s attorney has sent a letter to the judge in George Zimmerman’s case, complaining that prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda made mischaracterizations about him during a hearing last week while asking for a gag order in the Zimmerman case.…