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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…
Church blasts Nevada's 'litigation tactic' at Supreme Court
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A rural church trying to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend Nevada’s 50-person cap on worship services is accusing Gov. Steve Sisolak of adding the church’s county to a list of those with …
Fear of China's courts drives Hong Kong extradition concerns
HONG KONG (AP) — A year ago, an extradition bill in Hong Kong that could have sent suspects to mainland China for trial sparked the largest protests and biggest political crisis the semi-autonomous territory has se…
Elizabeth Warren's new role: Key Joe Biden policy adviser
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden
Congress weighs kicking racist chief justice from Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House will vote on whether to remove from the U.S. Capitol a bust of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, the author of the 1857 Dred Scott decision that declared African Americans couldn't be citize…
Ohio speaker's arrest in bribery probe muddies 2020 election
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The
WH threatens defense bill veto over Confederate base names
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is threatening to veto a massive defense policy bill over a provision that would rename military bases such as Fort Bragg that are named after Confederate officers.
Trump's new immigration fight: how to redraw House districts
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday that seeks to bar people in the U.S. illegally from being included in the headcount as congressional districts are redrawn, a move that drew imme…
Trump has been on both sides of the states' rights argument
WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to states' rights, President Donald Trump is all over the map.
California State University eyes ethnic studies requirement
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Trustees of California State University, the nation’s largest four-year public university system, are expected to vote Wednesday on making ethnic studies a graduation requirement.
Pence defends outbreak response, pushes against shutdowns
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday defended the Trump administration's guidance to states on ramping their economies back up amid the spread of the coronavirus, saying it was based on the be…
Authorities: Pregnant mule deer poached south of Buckeye
BUCKEYE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Game and Fish Department officials are investigating the recent poaching of a mule deer doe south of Buckeye.
Conservatives lash out at Liz Cheney over Trump criticism
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans facing electoral uncertainty in November turned on one another in a private meeting on Tuesday, as a small group of conservative lawmakers confronted House Republican Conference …
Democratic group looks to close Trump-Biden enthusiasm gap
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump may be losing, but that doesn't mean
Appeals court allows Alabama voter ID law to go forward
ATLANTA (AP) — Federal appeals judges upheld a lower court Tuesday and rejected claims that an Alabama law which requires voters to show government-issued photo identification at the polls is racially discriminator…
Dems push universal health care, police overhaul in platform
Democratic officials are moving toward a 2020 platform that promises universal access to health care, an overhaul to the U.S. criminal justice system and sharp reductions in carbon pollution driving the climate cri…