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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,…
Iowa again a battleground, sign of Trump's Midwest obstacles
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Scott Brennan stood powerless in the Iowa Democratic Party's war room in the wee hours of Feb. 4 as efforts to report 2020's first presidential caucuses results failed spectacularly. But the…
Pennsylvania counties push for changes to mail ballot law
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's counties pressed lawmakers and Gov. Tom Wolf to allow them to process mail-in ballots before Election Day in the battleground state as they consider the prospect of waiting unt…
Britain has imposed sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, his son and six others over crackdown
LONDON (AP) — Britain has imposed sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, his son and six others over crackdown.
Annual gun rights rally on tap on Pennsylvania Capitol steps
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Preparations outside the Pennsylvania Capitol building are underway for an annual gun rights rally that has drawn hundreds and hundreds of supporters in recent years.
Some in NYC get absentee ballots with wrong return address
NEW YORK (AP) — Mail-in voting has gotten off to a rocky start in New York City, where election officials sent out a large number of absentee ballots with the wrong names and addresses on the return envelopes.
EU defends commissioner who criticized Hungarian government
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union officials and Germany came to the defense of an EU commissioner Tuesday after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called for her resignation because she publicly criticized his gove…
Iowa US Sen. Ernst says court view 'consistent' in debate
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Monday night she had been “very consistent” in her views on Supreme Court justices despite supporting a vote on President Donald Trump’s nominee while working …
Poland, Hungary hit back on democratic standards in the EU
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Threatened with the potential loss of European Union funds over their records on democracy, the governments of Poland and Hungary say they plan to establish a new institute to assess how well …
Rights group: Cyprus pushed back migrants, ignored claims
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cypriot authorities pushed back 200 migrants and refugees arriving from Lebanon aboard boats earlier this month, ignoring their claims for asylum while in some instances using violence and co…
US, Australia, India ministers to meet in Japan next week
TOKYO (AP) — Top diplomats from the U.S., Australia and India plan to gather in Tokyo next week to discuss their common regional concerns, such as China's increasingly assertive actions, in the first face-to-face m…
Northern California sheriff says three people have died in a fast-moving wildfire west of Redding
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California sheriff says three people have died in a fast-moving wildfire west of Redding.
Conservative law firm seeks to end Wisconsin mask order
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative law firm asked a judge on Monday to immediately put an end to Wisconsin's mask mandate, arguing that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers doesn't have the authority to issue such an order …
1st District debate turns on missed votes; working mothers
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's most competitive U.S. House race also became its nastiest Monday night as U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham accused his Republican challenger of missing dozens of votes in the South Ca…
Democrats try to stick to health care in Supreme Court fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are confronting the limits of their power as they fight against the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett with a strategy aimed at avoiding costly mistakes that could hurt the pa…
Collins, Gideon clash over Supreme Court, pandemic in debate
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Sara Gideon clashed Monday over the Supreme Court and the response to the pandemic during their second debate in the closely watch…