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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…
2020 Watch: How many more Americans will die from COVID-19?
Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Trump's reelection operation hires 1,500 field staffers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee and President Donald Trump’s campaign say they have now hired 1,500 field staffers, aiming to convert their financial advantage over Democrats into votes in Novem…
Trump, Biden try to outdo each other on tough talk on China
WASHINGTON (AP) — China has fast become a top election issue as President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden engage in a verbal brawl over who's better at playing the tough guy against Beijing.
Activists seek to decriminalize 'magic' mushrooms in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — The posters started blanketing light posts just a few weeks after the city entered what would be a monthslong stay-at-home order. Vividly colored and bearing a three-headed mushroom, they asked Wa…
New British-French deal to fight "vile people smuggling"
PARIS (AP) — France and Britain signed an agreement Sunday to share intelligence in their joint fight against the human traffickers who are illegally smuggling migrants across the English Channel.
It's Trump's call on what the GOP convention will look like
WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of insisting that the Republican National Convention go off as scheduled despite the pandemic, President Donald Trump is slowly coming to accept that the late August event will not be…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump team's false comfort on schools, virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's aides are misrepresenting the record on kids and
Analysis: Jarring introduction for Louisiana's new lawmakers
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Talk about a rough introduction to the Louisiana Legislature.
Deals remain elusive as Minnesota special session approaches
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature convenes Monday for its second special session of the year with few public signs of lawmakers and the governor being close to deals on the big issues of police accountab…
Feds to execute 1st inmate in 17 years for Arkansas murders
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The federal government is set to carry out the first federal execution in nearly two decades on Monday, over the objection of the family of the victims and after a volley of legal proceedin…
Joe Biden wins Democratic presidential primary in Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden wins Democratic presidential primary in Puerto Rico.
Rhode Island legislature gets back to work on major matters
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's legislature is returning to work this week to take on several matters, including a 20-year, no-bid Lottery deal, an early-voting option during November's election, and a plan …
Maryland governor says GOP needs 'bigger tent' after Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican governor rumored to be eyeing a run for the White House in 2024 said Sunday that the GOP needs to be a “bigger tent party" after President Donald Trump leaves office.
'Moving target': Schools deal with new plans, Trump demands
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — With little more than a month before millions of U.S. schoolchildren go back to class, much is still up in the air - and not just because of the surging number of coronavirus cases nationwide.
Federal appeals court overturns injunction, rules first federal execution in 17 years can proceed as scheduled on Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal appeals court overturns injunction, rules first federal execution in 17 years can proceed as scheduled on Monday.