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With Election Day around the corner, states have been working hard to prepare, with some adopting new congressional maps and voting rules on top of normal election security measures. PBS News' Liz Landers and Votebeat editorial director Jessica Huseman hosted a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" Q&A on Wednesday to address people's questions.
Republicans are out for blood following a report that former Rep. Mary Peltola’s (D-Alaska) campaign recruited “spoiler” candidates to run on the ballot and siphon votes away from incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska). Democratic lawmakers, so far, have not come rushing to Peltola’s defense. Many in the GOP have called for legal consequences since…
In the Italian port town of Livorno, workers are intent on disrupting the war machine.
A line of thunderstorms could stretch from Texas to Missouri on Tuesday, with rain in Iowa and strong winds in Kansas.
A federal judge Thursday ruled that the Trump administration’s definition of “medically frail” used for Medicaid is unlawful, issuing a temporary injunction on states having to determine medical frailty. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns found in his ruling Thursday that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s definition of “medically frail” was “contrary to law” and…
They’re seeking footage of a conversation between police and Bryan Seaver
A White House meeting included a rare in-person briefing by Adm. Brad Cooper, as the U.S. weighs new combat operations.
A White House meeting included a rare in-person briefing by Adm. Brad Cooper, as the U.S. weighs new combat operations.
Betting markets like Polymarket and Kalshi have transformed America’s democracy into a new kind of casino.
After spending the last month’s run-up to the midterm elections siccing the Department of Justice on his Black, female political opponents, President Donald Trump graciously allowed a Black woman to join his sycophantic entourage at a recent rally in Michigan: rapper Nicki Minaj. This wasn’t Minaj’s first public appearance in support of Trump; she accepted […]
Arizona reported its first case of New World screwworm on Wednesday, making it the third state to be impacted by the parasite. The confirmed case was found in a domestic dog in Cochise County, Ariz., which shares a border with Mexico, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The state’s Department…
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Alaska Senate race under investigation amid Dan Sullivan controversy; Trump's Iran war drives up airfares as midterms approach.
The Trump administration agreed to send armored personnel carriers to Cameroon as part of a deal under which the country is accepting deportees from third countries.
President Trump launched a barrage of culture war attacks Thursday against Democratic Senate nominee Annie Andrews during his third and final campaign rally for Sen. Darline Graham (R) in South Carolina. “Darline Graham has devoted her entire life to the people of this state, and now she’s running to save you from a radical left…
Relatives whose loved ones were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold bans on certain semiautomatic rifles
Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia was the second general under Hegseth to be removed as head of strategy, plans and policy on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
‘We saw this coming’
A bipartisan pair of senators are pressing Kalshi and Polymarket over prediction markets tied to the Nov. 3 midterm elections. “We write to express concerns about election-related prediction markets and to request specific information about your companies’ efforts to prevent insider trading, market manipulation, and wagers based on material nonpublic information,” Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)…
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