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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…
Newsom endorses former cop in Los Angeles prosecutor's race
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday endorsed the man he once appointed as police chief and district attorney in San Francisco in the race for the top prosecutor’s job in Los Angeles.
The Latest: First lady expresses sympathy for virus victims
WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump is expressing sympathy for families affected by COVID-19, an “invisible enemy” she said has challenged America but brought its citizens together.
China protests alleged US spy plane incursion during drills
BEIJING (AP) — China is protesting the alleged incursion of a U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane into a no-fly zone imposed during live-fire military exercises in the country’s north.
South Dakota's Noem to appear at RNC as virus cases rise
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — From the earliest days of
The Loyalist: VP Pence preserves own presidential prospects
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President
OK-House-5-nominated
Takeaways from GOP convention: Power, positivity and policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The second day of the Republican National Convention started with a decidedly different, more positive tone, with an emphasis on Americans who say have they benefited from President Donald Trump’s…
Ranked voting in presidential election put on ice in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Ranked choice voting won’t be used in the presidential race this November in Maine after a judge allowed a Republican-led referendum that would let voters decide whether to use the voting sys…
Bice wins GOP runoff for CD5, will face Horn in November
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State Sen. Stephanie Bice won the Republican nomination on Tuesday for the 5th District congressional seat in Oklahoma City, setting up a showdown with first-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Kendra Ho…
Tulsa Mayor GT Bynum wins re-election to 2nd term in office
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Incumbent Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum won re-election to a second term in office Tuesday, holding off a challenge from a young, Black community organizer and six other candidates to secure another fo…
Nevada governor won't make 'ballot harvesters' register
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak ratcheted up tensions in Nevada’s increasingly partisan battle over election management on Tuesday when he rejected a request from its Republican secretary of …
Defying precedent and possibly law, Pompeo dives into race
WASHINGTON (AP) — Casting aside his own advice to American diplomats and bulldozing a long tradition of secretary of state non-partisanship, Mike Pompeo plunged into the heart of the 2020 presidential race Tuesday …
AP Analysis: Trump's convention aims to airbrush his tenure
WASHINGTON (AP) — At
Once-powerful NY lawmaker due to surrender for prison term
NEW YORK (AP) — Following years of fending off going to prison, former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is about to begin serving time.
AP FACT CHECK: GOP taps distortions to heap praise on Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eric Trump echoed falsehoods of his father, Melania Trump credited her husband with a dubious religious first, and the president's economic adviser wholly distorted the conditions Donald Trump inh…