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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…
Mormons cool to Trump are finding new influence in Arizona
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Yasser Sanchez has twice worked to defeat Joe Biden’s bids for the vice presidency by building support for Republican candidates among his fellow members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d…
Pelosi to call House back into session this week to vote on bill prohibiting USPS from making changes ahead of election.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pelosi to call House back into session this week to vote on bill prohibiting USPS from making changes ahead of election.
Virus, fees hinder drive to register Florida felons to vote
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — When Floridians overwhelmingly approved a measure allowing most felons to vote after completing their sentences, many expected Democrats to benefit most from the participation of up to …
New voting laws revive fights over 'ballot harvesting'
LAS VEGAS (AP) — As
Young Democrats of Maryland leader found dead in Washington
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — The president of the Young Democrats of Maryland was found dead in Washington, D.C., more than a week after he went missing in Maryland.
In Oklahoma visit, Birx continues to push for wearing masks
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A top White House coronavirus adviser continued to press Sunday for people to cover their faces and to social distance to fight the global pandemic during a stop in Oklahoma, where Republican Go…
Analysis: Louisiana virus tracking effort hits roadblocks
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's work to track coronavirus cases, to help slow the spread of the outbreak, can't keep up with the state's pace of new infections or overcome the lack of useful information provide…
Partner of dead Belarus protester believes police shot him
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The partner of a man who died in the protests engulfing Belarus says she does not believe the official account that Alexander Taraikovsky was killed when an explosive device that he intended t…
In Oklahoma visit, Birx continues to push for wearing masks
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A top White House coronavirus adviser continued to press Sunday for people to cover their faces and to social distance to fight the global pandemic during a stop in Oklahoma, where Republican Go…
Young Democrats of Maryland leader found dead in Washington
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — The president of the Young Democrats of Maryland was found dead in Washington, D.C., more than a week after he went missing in Maryland.
Analysis: Louisiana virus tracking effort hits roadblocks
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's work to track coronavirus cases, to help slow the spread of the outbreak, can't keep up with the state's pace of new infections or overcome the lack of useful information provide…
US reps eye mental health telemedicine for rural veterans
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Maine congressman is working across the aisle with a Republican from Indiana on a proposal that would create mental health telemedicine services for veterans in rural parts of the country.
Maryland police looking for Young Democrats' president
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Police in a Maryland county have asked for the public's help in locating the president of the Young Democrats of Maryland, who has been missing for over a week.
White House's Meadows says he accepts Harris eligible for VP
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Sunday he accepts that
Democrats tap array of faith leaders to speak at convention
The Episcopal bishop of Washington, D.C., who