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Preliminary primary results set stage for November races across Columbia Basin
EPHRATA — Initial results from Washington's Aug. 5 primary election show several closely watched races beginning t…
Voters are still requesting mail-in ballots despite deadline
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Local election officials in Virginia say the state's website could be giving voters the false impression that they can still apply for a mail-in ballot to vote on Nov. 3.
Raging California fires keep tens of thousands from homes
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crews tried to beat back two out-of-control wildfires in Southern California on Tuesday that have kept tens of thousands of people out of their homes even as another round of dangerous fire weath…
The Latest: Trump says he's getting husbands back to work
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Ohio Supreme Court denies county party's election complaint
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court denied a complaint on Tuesday from a county Democratic Party that argued its party chairman was denied a vacant seat on the county elections board by Secretary of State Frank…
Court hears challenge to Minnesota mail-in ballots extension
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A challenge to Minnesota's seven-day extension for counting absentee ballots received after Election Day went before an appeals court panel Tuesday, as attorneys for the Republican plaintiffs arg…
Melania Trump slams Biden, Dems in first solo campaign stop
ATGLEN, Pa. (AP) — Melania Trump lined up squarely with her husband Tuesday on her first solo trip of the 2020 campaign, slamming Joe Biden, Democrats and the media as she pushed the president's reeelection message…
Judge stops Election Day gun ban near Michigan polling sites
DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Tuesday blocked a
2 conservative hoaxers charged in Ohio for robocalls
CLEVELAND (AP) — Two conservative operatives facing criminal charges in Michigan were indicted in Cleveland on Tuesday for organizing tens of thousands of hoax robocalls — made to predominantly Black Midwestern cit…
Biden vows his unity can save country; Trump hits Midwest
WARM SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) — Joe Biden traveled Tuesday to the hot springs town where Franklin Delano Roosevelt coped with polio to declare the U.S. is not too politically diseased to overcome its health and economic c…
Justice Thomas' wife boosts unsupported claims against Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is using her Facebook page to amplify
Murphy: 2.6 million ballots already cast in New Jersey
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — There's a week until Election Day and more than 2.6 million ballots have already been cast in New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy said Tuesday.
University of Maine student accused of voting as roommate
ORONO, Maine (AP) — A University of Maine student is facing criminal charges for voting with an absentee ballot in the name of a former roommate, officials said Tuesday.
Obama, Ivanka Trump campaign in Florida as key race tightens
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Trump and Biden campaigns brought heavyweight surrogates to Florida on Tuesday as both sides push their supporters to vote in a tightening race that suggests the nation's largest sw…
Denver tightens capacity rules for businesses, offices
DENVER (AP) — Denver will enforce tighter restrictions for restaurants, retail and offices, reducing maximum capacity from 50% to 25% amid rising coronavirus cases in the state.
New Mexico building infrastructure for vaccine distribution
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It could be well into next year before a COVID-19 vaccine is widely available, but top health officials in New Mexico said Tuesday that they have submitted their plan to the federal governm…