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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…
Texas reports 4,732 new coronavirus cases, 154 new deaths
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas reported 4,732 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Saturday and 154 new deaths from the disease it causes, COVID-19.
Candidate's arrest highlights Connecticut GOP's challenges
A Republican congressional candidate's arrest on domestic violence charges on the eve of this month's primary election has prompted some prominent members of the Connecticut GOP to advocate for change so the party …
Police investigate possible shot fired at LA Trump caravan
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police searched apartment buildings for three men following reports that someone may have fired a shot at a car caravan of supporters of President Donald Trump that rolled through Los Angeles on …
NY congressman calls for doubling community policing grant
WASHINGTON (AP) — A New York congressman is seeking to double the amount of funding for a Justice Department community policing grant program used to hire officers across the U.S.
Kansas candidate admitting abuse had liberal message, base
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 19-year-old Kansas House candidate who admitted to
Health experts decry Trump's shunning of virus rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — Public health experts expressed concern Friday about President Donald Trump's largely mask-free, socially un-distanced
Trump surveys Hurricane Laura damage in post-convention trip
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — President Donald Trump got a firsthand look Saturday at the damage from Hurricane Laura on a post-Republican National Convention trip that allowed him to use the trappings of his office to …
Arizona student group slammed for raising money for gunman
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A Republican student group at Arizona State University is receiving backlash for donating money to the 17-year-old gunman who fatally shot two protesters in Wisconsin.
State TV: 4 migrants die in fire on boat off Italian coast
ROME (AP) — Fire erupted on a migrants’ sailboat off the coast of southern Italy on Sunday, and Italian news reports said at least four perished and others were missing in the sea, the latest drama in the nation’s …
2nd Iowa judge backs GOP, rules ballot requests invalid
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A second Iowa judge has ruled in favor of President Donald Trump's campaign and ordered a county to invalidate at least 14,000 absentee ballot requests.
Trump still faces skepticism in suburbs following convention
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pat Newell backed Donald Trump in 2016.
With the conventions now over, what's next in campaign 2020?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden have emerged from their presidential nominating conventions with each candidate believing he has a head of steam. Trump’s job approval ratings and sta…
2 Kansas doctors but differing COVID-19 takes in Senate race
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall's audience of about 40 people packed a banquet room in a Kansas City-area bistro. No one wore a mask during his lunchtime remarks about the coronavirus. The Repub…
AP FACT CHECK: Is US great again or dystopian? GOP says both
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Convention begged this question: Why are President Donald Trump’s most fervent supporters describing the state of his union as a hellscape?
At D.C. march, families decry 'two systems of justice'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. famously laid out a vision for harmony between white and Black people 57 years ago, his son issued a sobering r…