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Trump aims to lock down supporters in Iowa counties that he flipped from Democrats in 2016
OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will be in southeast Iowa on Sunday in the middle of a fall campaign push aimed at locking in supporters with large organizing events. As he has with his other recent travels to the leadoff caucus state, Trump will campaign in an...
Gaetz says he will seek to oust McCarthy as speaker this week. 'Bring it on,' McCarthy says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation that avoided a government shutdown. “Bring it on,” McCarthy responded....
Pennsylvania governor’s voter registration change draws Trump’s ire in echo of 2020 election clashes
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump has a familiar target in his sights: Pennsylvania’s voting rules. He never stopped attacking court decisions on mail-in ballots during the COVID-19 pandemic, falsely claiming it as a reason for his 2020 loss in the crucial battleground state....
Emerging election issues in New Jersey include lawsuits over outing trans students, offshore wind
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Republicans are seizing on flashpoint issues in this year's election, aiming to energize voters over the state's lawsuits against school districts to stop them from outing transgender students to their parents as well as stoking skepticism toward offshore wind...
California Gov. Newsom will pick Feinstein’s replacement. He pledged in past to choose a Black woman
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Democrats' fragile majority in the U.S. Senate puts extra pressure on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to quickly pick a replacement for Sen. Dianne Feinstein following her death, a fraught decision for a two-term governor with national ambitions of his own. ...
McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain. McCarthy’s right-flank...
What Dianne Feinstein’s death means for control of the Senate and the looming government shutdown
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s death creates a vacancy in the Senate at a time when her Democrats hold the slightest majority in the chamber. Feinstein, a centrist Democrat who had represented California since 1992, had medical struggles in recent months that...
Democratic rising stars rally around Biden's reelection. They're also eyeing 2028 bids of their own
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania's Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro is set to address presidential primary voters in New Hampshire on Saturday. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is working to strengthen Democratic parties across the Midwest. And California Gov. Gavin Newsom was the Biden...
The far right has been feuding with McCarthy for weeks. Here's how it's spiraling into a shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — With little time left to prevent a government shutdown, the House is in a familiar position: effectively paralyzed as conservatives feud with Speaker Kevin McCarthy over matters large and small. McCarthy has pushed the Republican conference to embrace a short-term...
Wisconsin Senate committee votes against confirmation for four DNR policy board appointees
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the state Senate’s sporting heritage committee voted Thursday against confirming four of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees to the Department of Natural Resources policy board, a move that could delay a board vote on the agency's contentious...
