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Election officials preparing for this year's midterms have yet another security concern to add to an already long list that includes death threats, disinformation, ransomware and cyberattacks — threats from within. In a handful of states, authorities are investigating whether... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and European officials are holding one key financial sanction against Russia in reserve, choosing not to boot Russia off SWIFT, the dominant system for global financial transactions. The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused a barrage of... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional oversight committee sought additional documents Friday from the National Archives related to former President Donald Trump's handling of White House records as the panel looks to expand its investigation into his handling of sensitive and... Read More

WASHINGTON — John LaBombard, currently communications director for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., is leaving Capitol Hill after 15 years to join the public affairs firm ROKK Solutions as senior vice president.  “We are excited to welcome John to the team,”... Read More

WASHINGTON – An assistant U.S. attorney general announced Wednesday the Justice Department is ending its Trump-era China Initiative intended to halt Chinese economic spying after a series of embarrassing court failures. The China Initiative also drew criticism from civil rights... Read More

WASHINGTON — Russia’s attack on Ukraine sent most global stock markets downward Thursday as threats of economic sanctions continued among world leaders. “We’re going to impair their ability to compete in the 21st century high-tech economy,” President Joe Biden said... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Thursday afternoon that in attacking Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin had “committed an assault on the very principles that uphold global peace” by choosing to wage “a war without cause.” “Vladimir Putin has been... Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s elections director is wrongly violating an ex-felon’s voting rights, preventing him from registering despite having served his sentence and being granted clemency in another state, a newly filed appeal claims. Ernest Falls was convicted of involuntary... Read More

NEW YORK — Two prosecutors leading the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation into former President Donald Trump’s business practices suddenly tendered their resignations on Wednesday. While the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has been examining Trump and his business dealings since 2018,... Read More

WASHINGTON — Convoys of truckers began leaving from at least two points in the United States Wednesday headed toward Washington, D.C., to protest COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. They are trying to turn their protest into a national movement that includes a... Read More

WASHINGTON — As the nation waits on tenterhooks to find out how the Supreme Court will rule on a Mississippi case to decide whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional, advocates and opponents of abortion laws across the... Read More

WASHINGTON — Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine early Thursday morning, striking multiple locations from the land, sea and air. Ukraine's government described the developments as a “full-scale war” and predicted that Russia’s continued aggression could disrupt the global... Read More

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission have submitted written explanations for why they missed the deadline for drawing a state House district map after the state Supreme Court threatened to hold them in contempt. The filing... Read More

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopted a new congressional map on Wednesday that closely adheres to the state’s existing map and gives Republicans a slight electoral edge. In a 4-3 decision Wednesday, the court chose a map that... Read More

WASHINGTON — On Monday night, Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, and on Tuesday, the Biden administration imposed significant sanctions on the Russian Central Bank and other banking interests. On Wednesday, a senior administration official said, another round of sanctions... Read More

RALEIGH, N.C. — A three-judge panel of superior court judges Wednesday adopted new maps for congressional and state legislative district boundaries for the state, though the congressional map is only to be used in the upcoming midterm election. In selecting... Read More

WASHINGTON — The House Education Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions recently met to discuss possible pathways to affordable, universal health coverage for Americans.  “Simply put, the steps taken in the American Rescue Plan made coverage more attainable for... Read More

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz has formally called a special election to fill the vacant congressional seat of Rep. Jim Hagedorn, who died last week following a battle with kidney cancer. A special primary will be held on... Read More

RICHMOND, Va. — The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s decision to temporarily block South Carolina’s ban on abortions after six weeks. Signed by Republican Gov. Henry McMaster last year, the law requires doctors to... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that progress is being made on securing critical mineral supply chains, moves the administration says will power clean energy manufacturing and create good-paying jobs. Last year, Biden signed an executive order intended to... Read More

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Supreme Court is expected to rule by noon on Wednesday on the validity of new electoral maps drawn last week by the North Carolina General Assembly. But the court and the panel of judges... Read More

BALTIMORE — Maryland’s speaker of the House is trying to turn abortion rights into a state constitutional amendment. If the proposal from Adrienne A. Jones wins quick general assembly approval, Maryland would become the first state to make abortion a... Read More

WASHINGTON — Declaring that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has begun, President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the first tranche of sanctions he hopes will deter President Vladimir Putin from further attacks and punish the oligarchs who support the Russian... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review former President Donald Trump’s challenge to the release of some of his White House documents to a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the nation’s Capitol. The justices... Read More

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho House of Representatives passed a bill on Monday that prohibits individuals from delivering another person’s voting ballot to post offices or polling locations. The bill, introduced and carried in the House by Majority Leader Rep.... Read More

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican lawmakers in several states are scaling back access to government business, extending pandemic-era rules that restrict when journalists can report from the floors of state legislative chambers and, in effect, making it easier to... Read More

Spiking tensions in eastern Ukraine are heightening Western fears of a Russian invasion and a new war in Europe, with U.S. President Joe Biden saying he's "convinced"  that Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the decision to invade. NATO countries... Read More

WASHINGTON — The New Democrat Coalition Action Fund on Friday endorsed three for election to 118th Congress. The fund, an offshoot of the largest ideological coalition in the House of Representatives, endorsed Quaye Quartey, who is running in California’s 27th... Read More

WASHINGTON — The National Archives confirmed Friday there were classified national security documents among the 15 boxes of presidential materials recently retrieved from former President Donald Trump’s home, the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. In a letter to the... Read More

WASHINGTON — In a week of legal crises for Donald Trump, a judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday set Sept. 26 for the trial date in a lawsuit the District of Columbia's attorney general filed against the former president's 2017... Read More