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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…
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 …
Rising virus cases draw concern over student, voter safety
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Curbing the spread of COVID-19 in South Carolina's voting booths and school classrooms this fall remains up to local officials, even as infection numbers continue to climb across the state.
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.
Report: Veterans home failed to protect residents from virus
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state-run veterans nursing home in Pennsylvania where 42 residents have died of COVID-19 failed to take steps to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, state Health Department inspectors co…
Louisiana mask rule, virus restrictions extended to Aug. 7
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards said Tuesday that he'll keep Louisiana's mask mandate and business restrictions in place for at least two more weeks, as the number of coronavirus patients at hospitals…
N.C.'s largest district to begin year with online learning
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Leaders of North Carolina's largest public school district agreed Tuesday to stick with only online student learning to start the academic year, marking another system not yet ready to return t…
Sununu announces mask-wearing campaign, lawmakers OK mandate
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) —
Republicans outline trimmed-back agenda for 2020 convention
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to be officially renominated in a shrunken Republican convention next month that's been truncated to four hours in Charlotte, North Carolina, before the GOP show move…
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…
Retiring Kansas Sen. Roberts endorses Rep. Marshall for seat
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Retiring Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts declared his support Tuesday for Rep. Roger Marshall as his replacement, the latest signal that the Republican establishment is
Biden launches wide battleground push with ads, surrogates
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is ramping up its advertising and deploying some of its high-profile surrogates as it tries to solidify a broad battleground map that his advisers see as giving him multiple paths …
Democratic governor candidate wants masks in Indiana schools
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Democratic nominee for Indiana governor called Tuesday for more widespread mask use in schools and for school leaders to turn more toward online coursework rather than having students return…
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…
Apology demanded from GOP lawmaker for Ocasio-Cortez remark
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused a Republican colleague on Tuesday of angrily harassing her outside the Capitol over her progressive views in an encounter that a reporter said ended …
Ad wars heat up in Tennessee Senate primary race
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — With less than three weeks to go before the Tennessee primary election, the top Republican candidates vying for the state's open Senate seat have notably stepped up their attacks against eac…