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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,…
Senate race pits political scion against TV-savvy Republican
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Latino congressman and mainstay of Democratic politics in northern New Mexico is vying for an open U.S. Senate seat against a television-savvy Republican challenger with household name recog…
House Democrats pass partisan COVID bill; relief talks drag
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats controlling the House narrowly passed a $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Thursday night, a move that came as top-level talks on a smaller, potentially bipartisan measure dragged on tow…
Voters come out in force for Chicago's 1st day of voting
CHICAGO (AP) — A line snaked down the street and around the block in downtown Chicago on Thursday as voters braved a chilly, rainy day and set aside coronavirus fears to cast their ballots weeks ahead of the Nov. 3…
Barrett opposed 'abortion on demand,' raising doubts on Roe
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett signed a 2006 newspaper ad sponsored by an anti-abortion group in which she said she opposed “abortion on demand” and defended “the right to life from ferti…
Trump adds to election anxiety by pushing legal boundaries
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has floated the unconstitutional idea of delaying the Nov. 3 election. His administration violated a judge's order on the 2020 census and could be held in contempt. Another …
Melania Trump praises care at detention centers in tape
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump expressed support for the care that migrant children separated from their families received in U.S. detention centers, suggesting the facilities were better than what they…
Texas governor restricts mail-in ballot drop-off locations
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday dramatically reduced the state's number of drop-off sites for mail-in ballots, a move the Republican said was needed to ensure election security, while Democr…
Utility reform bill sparked by storm outages heads to Lamont
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Legislation that could ultimately base electric rates on a utility's performance, the General Assembly's initial response to thousands of frustrated Eversource customers left without power fo…
California Gov. Newsom surprises, disappoints with vetoes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Labor unions in California celebrated earlier this month when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws expanding paid family leave and making the coronavirus eligible for workers' compensation benefi…
Trump moves Wisconsin rally amid surge in COVID-19 cases
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump moved a planned western Wisconsin appearance to elsewhere in the state amid calls from a city mayor and the state's governor, both Democrats, that he not hold a rally the…
Statement from Trump's doctor on president's virus diagnosis
WASHINGTON (AP) — Text of a statement from Sean Conley, physician to the president:
Conservative hoaxers face charges over false voter robocalls
Two conservative operatives were charged Thursday in connection with false robocalls that aimed to dissuade Black residents in Detroit and other Democratic-leaning U.S. cities from voting by mail, Michigan's attorn…
California governor mixes decisions on labor, crime, housing
California Gov. Gavin Newsom was no rigid ideologue when it came to his decisions on the hundreds of bills sent to him in an odd legislative year shortened by the coronavirus. The first-term Democrat most often sid…
Denying, defending and numb: Voters not moved by Trump taxes
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin (AP) — Danielle Fairbank closed the tailgate of her fire-engine red pickup truck in a Target parking lot in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and offered a hearty “Fake news!" to dismiss reports that President …
Senate race pits political scion against TV-savvy Republican
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Latino Congressman and mainstay of Democratic politics in northern New Mexico is vying for an open U.S. Senate seat against a television-savvy Republican challenger with household name recog…