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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,…
Georgia candidates debate empowerment versus problem-solving
ATLANTA (AP) — Despite calls from the moderator for bipartisanship, candidates in a suburban Atlanta congressional district on Wednesday presented diverging viewpoints on how to solve the country's problems in a de…
Marine general has COVID after Pentagon meeting
WASHINGTON (AP) — The assistant commandant of the Marine Corps has tested positive for the coronavirus, days after he and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were in a Pentagon meeting with a Coast Guard leader wh…
Arizona early voting starts with millions of ballots mailed
PHOENIX (AP) — Early voting started Wednesday in Arizona, with counties opening sites for people to cast ballots and county Recorders mailing millions of early ballots to voters signed up to receive them.
Arizona lawmaker making some progress against coronavirus
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona lawmaker ill with COVID-19 who is on a ventilator at a Maryland hospital's intensive care unit is showing some signs of improvement, his wife announced Wednesday.
Mourners gather for former Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster burial
FRANKLIN, La. (AP) — Mike Foster, Louisiana's popular two-term former governor, was buried Wednesday with military honors in a modest set of hometown ceremonies in keeping with his no-frills attitude when in office.
SC high court rejects governor's private school aid plan
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday a program created by Gov. Henry McMaster to allocate $32 million in federal pandemic aid to private and religious schools is unconstitutional b…
Prosecutors: It's time for ex-congressman to go to prison
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors urged a judge Wednesday to reject an effort to delay or eliminate a prison sentence for the first member of Congress to endorse Donald Trump for president.
Talks to update Pennsylvania's mail-in voting law show life
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Closed-door talks on updating Pennsylvania's fledgling mail-in voting law showed signs of life Wednesday amid warnings that doing nothing will risk a dragged-out vote count in the high-stakes…
Eric Trump event venue in Nevada fined over COVID-19 rules
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada winery that hosted President Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump, for a campaign rally and an event equipment firm have been fined a combined $14,500 after state inspectors reported violations …
California's unemployment backlog shrinks to 1.3 million
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California embattled unemployment benefits agency said Wednesday it has cleared about 246,000 of its more than 1.6 million backlogged claims following a two-week “reset” where it stopped t…
AP Explains: Trump slams Russia probe; Dems cry foul
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Russia probe is back in the political spotlight. President Donald Trump this week ordered the declassification of all documents related to how the FBI and U.S. intelligence agencies investigat…
House race outspends presidential campaign in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A closely contested congressional race has spent almost $1.7 million more on political advertisements in Virginia than the presidential campaign.
Jones: Trump nominee is torpedo aimed at Affordable Care Act
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Doug Jones said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee is a “torpedo” aimed at dismantling the Affordable Care Act.
Trump looms over election rematch in New Mexico oil country
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small will defend her New Mexico swing-district seat in Congress during a second televised debate Wednesday evening against Republican former state legislat…
'Former staff' claim abuse by ex-Rep. Hill in Twitter hack
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An old government Twitter account for former California U.S. Rep. Katie Hill was hacked Wednesday, purportedly by “former staff” who criticized a planned movie about her life and accused Hill of …