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Virginia's female Democratic senators rebuke Joe Morrissey
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The six Democratic women serving in the Virginia Senate sharply rebuked Sen. Joe Morrissey, one of their male colleagues whose decades in public office have been repeatedly marked by controversy, as they endorsed his opponent in the June primary election this week. ...
Far-right influencer convicted in voter suppression scheme
NEW YORK (AP) — A self-styled far-right propagandist from Florida was convicted Friday of charges alleging that he conspired to deprive individuals of their right to vote in the 2016 presidential election. Douglass Mackey, 33, of West Palm Beach, Florida, was convicted in Brooklyn...
Trump indictment not expected to affect Wisconsin court race
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The indictment of former President Donald Trump will likely have little impact on the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race to be decided next week, as Democrats try to flip majority control of the court with the fate of abortion access in the state on the line, those...
'Window into history': Tapes detail LBJ's stolen election
DALLAS (AP) — The story was a blockbuster: A former Texas voting official was on the record detailing how nearly three decades earlier, votes were falsified to give then-congressman Lyndon B. Johnson a win that propelled the future president into the U.S. Senate. The audio...
AP WAS THERE: Uncovering Lyndon B Johnson's stolen election
ALICE, Texas (AP) — In 1977, Associated Press reporter James W. Mangan's exclusive interview with a South Texas election judge who detailed certifying false votes for Lyndon B. Johnson nearly three decades earlier made headlines across the country. With the win by an 87-vote margin...
Worries grow that Trump indictment will eclipse other probes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The indictment against former President Donald Trump involving a 2016 hush money payment is raising concerns that it could undermine public confidence in what democracy experts view as far more important investigations. Trump is facing multiple investigations...
Greece's PM makes border wall extension an election pledge
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister promised Friday to extend an existing wall across all of the country’s land border with Turkey as he campaigned for the country's general election. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who called the May 21 election earlier...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy to join Las Cruces rally for Herrell
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will visit New Mexico next month at what will likely be an announcement by former U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell to campaign for her old seat. The Roswell Daily Record reported Friday that McCarthy will attend a rally April 10 for Herrell...
Not just Trump's VP: Pence touts time as governor, US Rep
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Mike Pence is best known as Donald Trump’s vice president, someone who, apart from one dramatic rejection of his boss ’s effort to overturn their 2020 election defeat, served as a steadfastly loyal, mostly uncontroversial No. 2 during his four years in the White...
Bulgaria heads to 5th election in 2 years, but 6th may loom
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians are heading to the polls on Sunday for the country's fifth general election in two years, amid concern over the war in nearby Ukraine, political instability, and economic woes in the European Union’s poorest member. Pollsters expect that voter...
