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Grant County primary turnout slips from 2022 levels as officials look ahead to November election

EPHRATA — Grant County's voter turnout in the 2026 primary election finished at nearly 34%, a figure county electi…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Dan Feltes wins Democratic primary election for governor in New Hampshire

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dan Feltes wins Democratic primary election for governor in New Hampshire.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Trump, Biden surrogates bring campaign messages to Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota is getting extra attention from the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Joe Biden this week.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Bill Cassidy launches his first TV ad ahead of fall election

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy on Wednesday started television advertising for his reelection bid, launching a 30-second spot that focuses on his work on veterans' issues.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Over 300 groups urge more scrutiny of China on human rights

GENEVA (AP) — More than 300 civil society groups including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the International Service for Human Rights are urging the United Nations to set up an international watchdog …

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
GOP targets Democratic-run California in election gamble

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican candidates eager for a turnaround in heavily Democratic California are spotlighting what they see as a dire threat to families and communities — their own state’s policies.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
'It's going horribly': College towns fret about census count

PHOENIX (AP) — Betsy Landin was listed by her parents on the 2020 census as living at her family's home in Phoenix when she really should have been counted in the college town of Tempe, where she studies finance at…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Polish PM hands Belarus opposition leader key to new center

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister gave Belarus' leading opposition presidential candidate a symbolic key to a new Belarusian center in Warsaw, saying Wednesday that the Polish government wanted to provi…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An anti-immigrant Norwegian lawmaker said Wednesday that he has nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Another showdown set this week over Georgia voting machines

ATLANTA (AP) — Voting integrity activists will try this week to convince a federal judge that Georgia should scrap its brand new touchscreen voting machines in favor of hand-marked paper ballots. The state, meanwhi…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
More than 100 UK lawmakers condemn China over Uighurs abuse

LONDON (AP) — More than 100 British lawmakers signed a letter to the Chinese ambassador Wednesday condemning what they described as “a systematic and calculated programme of ethnic cleansing against the Uighur peop…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Democratic primary for NH governor too early to call

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Democratic gubernatorial race between two Concord attorneys hoping to upgrade their Statehouse experience remained too early to call early Wednesday, while Republican Gov. Chris Sununu easi…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Air Force awards $13.3 billion contract for nuclear missiles

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force on Tuesday awarded a $13.3 billion contract for engineering and development work on a replacement for the Minuteman 3 missile, which has operated continuously for half a century as a…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Trump planning to withdraw more US troops from Iraq

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will announce Wednesday that it is withdrawing additional troops from Iraq, as President Donald Trump tries to make good on his campaign promise to disentangle the country…