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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The online commercials in a state Senate race in some Raleigh, N.C., suburbs make an ominous claim, similar to one repeated across the country ahead of the Nov. 8 election: The Republican candidate "wants to strip away our reproductive rights." The Republican, Mark Cavaliero, says the Planned Parenthood-affiliated political action committee [...]
NEW YORK — With time running out before the election, President Joe Biden last week highlighted his administration's push to crack down on so-called junk fees that banks and other companies charge their customers. The announcement comes after months of high inflation has eaten away at Americans' savings and made the economy the top issue [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day is eight days away, but in courtrooms across the country, more than 100 lawsuits have been filed this year around the upcoming midterm elections. The suits target rules over mail-in voting, early voting, voter access, voting machines, voting registration, the counting of mismarked absentee ballots and access for partisan poll [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — They dodge. They hedge and, yes, they sometimes even fib — or at least flip-flop. Presidential aspirants dreaming of the White House while running for re-election to congressional or state posts often face an uncomfortable question: Whatever your higher hopes — and the timing they might demand — will you commit to [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The outsider brought in to reform the ailing federal Bureau of Prisons pledges to reform archaic hiring practices, bring new transparency to an agency that has long been a haven of secrecy and coverups and hold accountable any employees who sexually assault inmates. Colette Peters detailed her vision in a wide-ranging interview [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the federal government is not doing enough to fight climate change, according to a new poll that shows limited public awareness about a sweeping new law that commits the United States to its largest ever investment to combat global warming. Democrats in Congress approved the Inflation Reduction [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — When Wilfredo Molina arrived in the United States from his native Venezuela, he told border agents he wanted to go to Miami but didn't have an address. They directed him to what he thought was a shelter in midtown Manhattan, but turned out to be a gray office building. "It was [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden wants to tame inflation. He wants Congress to protect access to abortions. He wants to tackle voting rights and he's taking on China, promoting construction of new factories, addressing climate change, forgiving student debt, pardoning federal marijuana convictions, cutting the deficit, working to lower prescription drug prices and funneling [...]
A Facebook search for the words "election fraud" first delivers an article claiming that workers at a Pennsylvania children's museum are brainwashing children so they'll accept stolen elections. Facebook's second suggestion? A link to an article from a site called MAGA Underground that says Democrats are plotting to rig next month's midterms. "You should still [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Biden administration will hold the first-ever lease sale for offshore wind energy on the West Coast, officials said last week. The Dec. 6 sale will target areas in the Pacific Ocean off central and northern California— the first U.S. auction for commercial-scale floating offshore wind energy development. The administration hailed [...]