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Editorial Roundup: United States
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 30 The Wall Street Journal on Biden, Medicare prescription drug premiums ’Tis the season for election handouts. On Friday the Biden Administration announced lower...
Republicans are more likely than Democrats to see Israel as a US ally: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a year of war between Israel and Hamas, U.S. public opinion on the conflict remains polarized, a new survey by the Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds, with Democrats more likely to be critical of Israel, while...
EU, US urge Albania's opposition to end violence and resume dialogue with government
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The European Union and the United States on Tuesday urged Albania's opposition to resume dialogue with the government, saying violence including the disruption of Parliament to protest the imprisonment of a fellow lawmaker doesn't help the country integrate into the...
Democratic donors prop up far-right candidates including Wisconsin gun activist in Senate race
WASHINGTON (AP) — David Steinglass, a wealthy donor, has supported scores of Democrats running for office and calls himself an activist for transgender rights. So his donation earlier this year to a far-right candidate in Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race seemed wildly out of...
Albania's opposition violently interrupt parliament session after lawmaker is sentenced to prison
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian opposition lawmakers violently disrupted a Parliament session Monday to protest the imprisonment of a fellow legislator for alleged slander. The conservative Democratic Party of Albania has long accused the ruling Socialist Party of usurping all the...
New rules regarding election certification in Georgia to get test in court
ATLANTA (AP) — A day before a trial is set to begin on a challenge to two new controversial rules concerning the certification of vote tallies in Georgia, Democrats on Monday said they filed a lawsuit targeting another new rule that requires the number of paper ballots to be counted by hand at...
Key Senate race in Arizona could hinge on voters who back Trump and the Democratic candidate
PHOENIX (AP) — If Ruben Gallego is going to give Democrats their fourth straight U.S. Senate victory in Arizona, he's probably going to need support from an unlikely group: Donald Trump voters. Gallego and his GOP rival, former television news anchor Kari Lake, are both targeting...
Vance criticized an infrastructure law as a candidate then embraced it as a senator
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he campaigned for the Senate two years ago, JD Vance harshly criticized a bipartisan 2021 law to invest more than $1 trillion in America’s crumbling infrastructure, calling it a “huge mistake” shaped by Democrats who want to spend big taxpayer dollars on “really crazy...
Democrats challenge Ohio order preventing drop-box use for those helping voters with disabilities
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Democratic Party and two affected voters sued the state's Republican elections chief on Friday over his recent directive preventing the use of drop boxes by people helping voters with disabilities. The lawsuit, filed at the Ohio Supreme Court, says...
Wisconsin Supreme Court says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will remain on swing state's ballot
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will remain on the state's presidential ballot, upholding a lower court's ruling that candidates can only be removed from the ballot if they die. The unanimous decision from the...
