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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,…
Friendly skies: Jet-owning donors reap Trump-era rewards
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Pogue, owner of a Texas construction company, provided the use of a private jet to President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign last fall. Several months later, his father received a president…
Trump campaign sues Philadelphia over mail-in voting offices
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign followed through on a threat to sue Philadelphia, filing papers in court Thursday night over city officials preventing campaign representatives from watching…
Voting rights groups organize hotline to report interference
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Voting rights organizations in New Mexico have announced a nonpartisan voter protection program intended to make it easier for people to report election interference and seek out consultation …
Pfizer CEO pushes back against Trump claim on vaccine timing
The head of Pfizer, one of the drugmakers racing to develop a coronavirus vaccine, told employees on Thursday he was disappointed that its work was politicized during the presidential debate and tried to reassure U…
Fired officer says he didn't believe woman's cries for help
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado police officer fired for ignoring the cries for help from a Black woman riding in his cruiser upside down while restrained said Thursday he did not know she had fallen off the back seat int…
Tillis, Cunningham spar over Supreme Court, absentee voting
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said in a debate Thursday night with Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham that the president's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court — if appointed — should not r…
Lawmakers approve funding for hospitals, landlords, farmers
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Hospitals, veterans' centers, farmers and landlords in Mississippi would receive money to respond to the coronavirus pandemic under bills passed by state lawmakers Thursday night.
GOP challenger fundraising tops South Carolina's Cunningham
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham has outraised the freshman Democrat in the final fundraising quarter before their general election matchup, as both candidates ratchet…
Kansas has $73M tax surplus; recovery still seen as fragile
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas collected nearly $73 million more in taxes than expected in September, suggesting that its economy is bouncing back faster than the state had initially anticipated, though officials still…
Challenger says Alaska's US Rep. Young is ducking debates
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska U.S. House candidate Alyse Galvin is frustrated because she says the incumbent in the race, who is also the longest-ever serving Republican in the House, has not agreed to participat…
Trump debate comment pushing Black Americans, others to vote
DETROIT (AP) — When President Donald Trump refused to outright condemn white nationalists in this week's presidential debate and urged his supporters to monitor polling sites, Portia Roberson was reminded of earlie…
In big states, tiny counties, Trump attacking voting rules
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When Donald Trump's campaign took issue with a new rule on processing some votes in North Carolina, it didn't just complain to the Board of Elections and file a lawsuit. It wrote to some of the…
Stay in Congress to be fleeting for Georgia election winner
ATLANTA (AP) — More than $1 million and 30,000 ballots later, Georgia voters will be sending someone to Congress amid hopes that a month in Washington is worth it.
Plan released to cover part of projected $2 billion deficit
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Facing at least a $2 billion budget shortfall that's largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Ned Lamont and his budget office on Thursday released a partial deficit mitigation plan that re…
Why Trump doesn't want to talk about abortion rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump doesn't want to talk about abortion.