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Thompson leads 13th District race, plans focus on costs, access
EPHRATA — Joshua Thompson led Deanna Martinez by 3,278 votes for the 13th Legislative District’s state representat…
GOP hopeful Supreme Court battle will help shift election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four years ago, the allure of conservative Supreme Court appointments helped persuade skeptical Republicans to support Donald Trump for president. Two years ago, a contentious clash over Trump's c…
AG Healey: Intimidating voters illegal at polling places
BOSTON (AP) — Interfering or intimidating voters at polling locations is illegal, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said.
Whitmer: Loss of powers may put state back in 'danger zone'
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said her use of emergency powers to manage the pandemic is not unique and she worries that efforts to take away her unilateral authority, if successful, could lead corona…
Analysis: US to hit 200K dead; Trump sees no need for regret
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the
Connecticut officials join nation in mourning Ginsburg
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials are joining the nation in mourning the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, while some are calling on Senate Republicans to wait to vote on her succe…
No vote on RBG successor until after election, Collins says
Republican Sen. Susan Collins said Saturday there should be no vote on a successor to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg until after the election.
Ginsburg's death draws big surge of donations to Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats raised more than $71 million in the hours after
Trump promises to replace Ginsburg with a woman - and soon
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is promising to put forth a female nominee in the coming week to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, pushing the Republican-c…
How Ginsburg's death could reshape the presidential campaign
NEW YORK (AP) — A presidential campaign that was already tugging at the nation’s most searing divides has been jolted by the
Nevada governor orders half-staff flag honor for Ginsburg
CARSON CTTY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has ordered that flags at all public buildings and grounds be flown at half-staff in honor of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Trump, Biden absorb news of Ginsburg death on the fly
BEMIDJI, Minnesota (AP) — Minutes into the latest Donald Trump campaign rally, the world got word that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died. But no one told the president.
AP Explains: What's next with the Supreme Court vacancy?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The death of Supreme Court
McConnell's legacy: Wielding majority power to reshape court
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s legacy time for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Arizona Senate race could impact confirmation of new justice
PHOENIX (AP) — If Arizona Democrat Mark Kelly wins a seat in the U.S. Senate, he could take office as early as Nov. 30, shrinking the GOP’s Senate majority at a crucial moment and complicating the path to confirmat…
Iran vows 'hit' on all involved in US killing of top general
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The chief of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatened Saturday to go after everyone who had a role in a top general's January killing during a U.S. drone strike in Iraq.