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Ballot processing continues as certification approaches
EPHRATA — Election officials in Grant and Adams counties are nearing the finish line of the 2026 general election,…
Indiana race opens up after attorney general's troubles
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Democrats are targeting the state attorney general’s race as their best chance to break the stranglehold Republicans have over state government.
Whitmer plot could affect fight for battleground Michigan
Gretchen Whitmer knew she’d have the spotlight Thursday. And she decided not to waste it.
De Blasio asks ICE to ban officers from identifying as NYPD
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio asked federal immigration authorities Friday to ban its officers from portraying themselves as local police, saying such practices drive victims and witnesses of crime “into the…
Screeners nominate 25 for 5 seats on redistricting panel
PHOENIX (AP) — A screening panel has winnowed a field of 51 applicants down to 25 nominees for five seats on a state commission that will take on the politically charged task of drawing new congressional and legisl…
Israeli protests against Netanyahu draw tens of thousands
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign demonstrated across the country Saturday evening, saying he is unfit to rule while on trial for corruptio…
No 'dogma': Democrats walk tightrope on Barrett's faith
WASHINGTON (AP) — “The dogma lives loudly within you.”
Specter of election chaos raises questions on military role
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a question Americans are unaccustomed to considering in a presidential election campaign: Could voting, vote-counting or the post-vote reaction become so chaotic that the U.S. military would …
Trump's doctor says the president is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump's doctor says the president is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus.
Pennsylvanians to pick 3 statewide row office holders Nov. 3
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Voters next month will decide who should be Pennsylvania's highest-ranking law enforcement official and oversee an agency with about 250 lawyers and a budget approaching $190 million.
GOP's Supreme Court push may box in Cory Gardner
DENVER (AP) — Six years ago, Colorado Democrats failed to convince enough voters to reject Cory Gardner's bid for the U.S. Senate. Their warnings that the Republican could, someday, be the confirming vote for a Sup…
Florida GOP fights to animate Trump's base without president
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Nearly 300 Republicans packed shoulder-to-shoulder maskless and sweating inside a Holiday Inn conference room this week in the heart of the Florida Panhandle to see their party's biggest po…
Belarus' authoritarian leader visits his foes in prison
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus' authoritarian president on Saturday visited a prison to talk to opposition activists, who have been jailed for challenging his re-election that was widely seen as manipulated and trigg…
Anti-police 'satanist' runs for sheriff as Republican in NH
With more than 4,200 votes, Republicans in one New Hampshire county nominated an unconventional candidate for sheriff: a self-described satanist whose campaign slogan disparages the police.
Warming trend means California's lethal fire season not over
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cool weather and light drizzle in some places provided relief for firefighters working to increase containment of numerous wildfires across California on Saturday, but the forecast for dry and …
Five things to know about court nominee Amy Coney Barrett
WASHINGTON (AP) — Confirmation hearings begin Monday for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. If confirmed, the 48-year-old appeals court judge would fill the seat of liberal Justice R…