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5 years after federal suit, North Carolina voter ID trial set to begin
A federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina's photo voter identification law is set to go to trial Monday, with arguments expected to focus on whether the requirement unlawfully discriminates against Black and Hispanic citizens or serves legitimate state interests to boost public confidence in elections.
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Trump says Biden is running a 'Gestapo' administration. It's his latest reference to Nazi Germany
Donald Trump told Republican donors at his Florida resort this weekend that President Joe Biden is running a ''Gestapo administration,'' the latest example of the former president employing the language of Nazi Germany in his campaign rhetoric.
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Denial and uncertainty are looming over a Biden-Trump rematch 6 months out from Election Day
This North Carolina voter is nervous.
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Hush money, catch and kill and more: A guide to unique terms used at Trump's New York criminal trial
Donald Trump's New York criminal trial is full of terms you don't typically hear in a courtroom.
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What a judge's gag order on Trump means in his hush money case
Virtually every day of his hush money criminal trial, former President Donald Trump talks about how he can't talk about the case.
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Biden has rebuilt the refugee system after Trump-era cuts. What comes next in an election year?
A church volunteer stood at an apartment door, beckoning inside a Congolese family for their first look at where they would live in America.
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Many Florida women can't get abortions past 6 weeks. Where else can they go?
When Florida enacted its six-week abortion ban last week, clinics in several other Southern and mid-Atlantic states sprang into action, knowing women would look to them for services no longer available where they live.
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With a vest and a voice, helpers escort kids through San Francisco's broken Tenderloin streets
Wearing a bright safety vest with the words ''Safe Passage'' on the back, Tatiana Alabsi strides through San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood to its only public elementary school, navigating broken bottles and stained sleeping bags along tired streets that occasionally reek of urine.
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Hmong leaders calling for apology after legislators rushed off stage at Asian Pacific Islander Day event
The incident followed a disagreement during a committee meeting on how to commemorate 50 years of Hmong and Southeast Asian communities in Minnesota.
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A group of Republicans has united to defend legitimacy of U.S. elections and those who run them
An effort begun after the last presidential election seeks to bring together Republican officials who are willing to defend the country's election systems and the people who run them.
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Minnesota jails lack treatment even as overdose deaths spike
Inconsistent addiction treatment during and after incarceration leads to deaths and recidivism, experts say. A proposal at the Capitol aims to use federal Medicaid dollars to help.
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Senate races are roiled by campus protests over the war in Gaza as campaign rhetoric sharpens
The student protest movement disrupting university campuses, classes and graduation ceremonies over the war in Gaza is also roiling Senate contests across the nation as Democrats tread cautiously over an internal divide and Republicans play up their rivals' disagreements.
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A group of Republicans has united to defend the legitimacy of US elections and those who run them
It was Election Day last November, and one of Georgia's top election officials saw that reports of a voting machine problem in an eastern Pennsylvania county were gaining traction online.
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Hulk Hogan, hurricanes and a blockbuster recording: A week in review of the Trump hush money trial
Crucial witnesses took the stand in the second week of testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial, including a California lawyer who negotiated deals at the center of the case and a longtime adviser to the former president.
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Biden and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in 2024's rare contest between 2 presidents
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done.
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Hope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, recounts fear in 2016 campaign over impact of 'Access Hollywood' tape
Donald Trump's 2016 campaign was seized with worry about the potential political damage from a tape that showed Trump bragging about grabbing women sexually without their permission, longtime Trump adviser Hope Hicks testified Friday at his hush money trial.
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Hawaii lawmakers wrap up session featuring tax cuts, zoning reform and help for fire-stricken Maui
Hawaii lawmakers on Friday wrapped up a legislative session heavily focused on addressing Maui's needs after last year's deadly Lahaina wildfire. They also took on Hawaii's housing shortage, tax cuts and measures to support distinctive Hawaii agricultural products like coffee and macadamia nuts. In a more lighthearted move, they adopted the ''shaka'' as the official state gesture.
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Arizona GOP wins state high court appeal of sanctions for 2020 election challenge
The Arizona Supreme Court has reversed lower court rulings that held the Arizona Republican Party responsible for more than $27,000 in sanctions and Secretary of State office attorney fees spent defending Maricopa County election procedures following the 2020 election.
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Connecticut lawmakers take first steps to pass bill calling for cameras at absentee ballot boxes
State lawmakers took the first steps Friday toward tightening absentee ballot laws since video last year captured people stuffing reams of ballots into collection boxes in one city, creating a ''black eye'' for Connecticut and fueling skepticism in some circles about U.S. election security.
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