Investigation launched into Wisconsin mayor who removed ballot drop box
MADISON, Wis. — A years-long fight over voting rules in the swing state of Wisconsin sparked a criminal investigation this week after a mayor — wearing a hard hat and…
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Trump, without evidence, suggests possible Iranian involvement in two assassination attempts
Donald Trump suggested without evidence Wednesday that Iran might have been involved in two recent attempted assassinations against him, as he called for threatening to blow the country to “smithereens”…
Hardly anyone dislikes both candidates anymore
A few months ago, the 2024 presidential election was on course to be an inverse popularity contest. Polls consistently showed that both President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump…
Troubling signs for the GOP on mail voting
Republicans in 2022 suffered a second straight disappointing election — and a second straight drubbing in mail and absentee voting. So some of their leaders began to push harder for…
Walz headed to Ann Arbor for Michigan-Minnesota football game
Gov. Tim Walz will campaign in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, attending the University of Michigan vs. University of Minnesota football game. The vice presidential nominee and former Minnesota high school…
How Democrats have been more consistently ‘pro-life’ than Republicans
The same day that the Supreme Court overturned federal protections for legal abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) signed a proclamation banning the…
Arizona official who certifies elections alleges fraud after his defeat
PHOENIX — Fresh off losing a campaign for sheriff, Pinal County Supervisor Kevin Cavanaugh (R) voted “under duress” in August to certify the county’s primary election results. This week, he…
Democrats take legal action against Georgia election board
Three Democrats have asked a state court to force Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) to take up their ethics complaints accusing three members of the State Election Board of holding…
Zelensky warns U.N. that Russia is preparing to attack nuclear plants
NEW YORK — Russia is making plans to attack Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned fellow world leaders at the United Nations on Wednesday, issuing a stark…
Trump rails against immigration in a state shaped by immigrants
Let’s begin with an electoral factoid: 16 out of every 1,000 registered voters in Pennsylvania have a last name that ends in -ski or -sky. This is not because the…