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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…
US Senate hopefuls in New Mexico OK 1 debate, fight on more
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján and Republican Mark Ronchetti have only agreed to participate in one televised debate in New Mexico’s U.S. Senate race.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's baseless claim of 'deep state' at FDA
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is leveling unfounded attacks on his Food and Drug Administration and
Trump campaign's election lawsuit in Pennsylvania halted
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Sunday put a high-profile election case on hold, telling President Donald Trump's campaign that its claims must wait, at least until October, for state cour…
Republicans look to use convention as election test bed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are aiming to use this week's national convention as a test bed for their efforts to reelect President Donald Trump, just weeks before the start of early voting.
Kansas candidate who admitted to revenge porn drops out
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 19-year-old Kansas House candidate who had been disowned by some Democrats for his incendiary social media posts and because he abused girls online when he was 14 years old announced Sunday th…
Analysis: Election plan doesn't account for all virus risks
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana voters are waiting to learn if they'll face a stark choice to cast their ballots this fall: Do you stay home if you've been exposed to
Appeals court rules Augusta University can build hospital
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Augusta University may finally get to build a 100-bed hospital in the rapidly growing suburb of Columbia County after the Georgia Court of Appeals rejected a protest from the competing Doctors H…
Israel's Netanyahu accepts compromise, avoids election
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that he had accepted a proposal to extend budget negotiations, preventing the government from collapsing and plunging the country into a n…
Pompeo heads to Mideast as part of Trump's Arab-Israeli push
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on a trip to the Middle East, the first of two senior U.S. officials to travel to the region this week as the Trump administration presses an ambitious Arab-Israe…
As more hospitals merge, California eyes stronger oversight
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Attorney General Xavier Becerra wants the power to block hospital mergers that he says would limit competition and drive up prices, setting up a fight in the state Legislature this week ov…
Virus records request in Maryland said to cost thousands
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s counsel estimated it would cost more than $5,800 to produce records requested by The Associated Press relating to COVID-19 and business, health and local government…
Businesses heavily lobbied Arizona governor during pandemic
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and his staff had no shortage of advice when he was considering reopening the state following a six-week coronavirus shutdown that ended in mid-May.
Business survey gave reopening advice to Missouri governor
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — With Missourians under a stay-at-home order this spring as a coronavirus precaution, the Associated Industries of Missouri began surveying businesses to gauge how they were affected and g…
Task force emails show early division on economic reopening
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — In an April 30 email titled “Comments on reopening,” Robert Paul simply wrote: “Don’t.” Five hours later, Joe Condi sent a blank email with the subject line: “OPEN-OPEN-OPEN.”
Vast protest in Minsk keeps up pressure on Belarus president
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — More than 100,000 protesters demanding the resignation of Belarus’ authoritarian president rallied Sunday in a vast square in the capital, keeping up the massive outburst of dissent that has s…