• Durbin set to reintroduce his anti-domestic terrorism bill. Here's how it would work

    Durbin set to reintroduce his anti-domestic terrorism bill. Here's how it would work

    Mar 27, 2019 07:05 PM EDT

    ... a specific federal crime with which defendants can be charged. Instead the government keeps tabs on crimes committed by people deemed motivated by domestic terrorism, like Cesar Sayoc, who mailed improvised explosive devices to media organizations, critics of President Donald Trump and Democratic politicians last year. Sayoc was charged with ...

  • Voters will rank candidates in Maine’s June primary

    Voters will rank candidates in Maine’s June primary

    May 26, 2018 07:53 PM EDT

    ... in Maine’s legislature for more than a decade, but hadn’t passed. So Woodbury and Cara McCormick, a political consultant who has worked for Democrats and Independents, helped organize an effort to get it on the ballot for voters to decide in 2016. They thought it made sense in ...

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    Female Candidates Seek Rematches with Male Opponents in N.H., Court Women Voters

    Oct 18, 2012 10:28 PM EDT

    ... Democrat Ann McLane Kuster. The race is a rematch; in 2010, Bass narrowly beat Kuster to reclaim the 2nd District seat he'd lost in 2006. Like Romney, Bass is running mainly on his prescription for the economy. But he's also stressing his bipartisan credentials on social issues. REP ...

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    Neglected by Foreign Aid, Zimbabwe Still Makes Strides in HIV Fight

    Jul 18, 2012 05:49 PM EDT

    ... that the model works. Zimbabwe’s HIV prevalence among adults aged 15 to 49 stood at 15 percent in 2011, down from 18 percent in 2006, according to national Demographic and Health Surveys.  With funding from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and planning organized by Zimbabwe ...

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    Democrats Bank on Local Strategy to Help in Red States

    Jul 19, 2010 06:26 PM EDT

    ... you see a marked contrast between the two parties. In both 2006 and 2008, Republicans left 10 percent of all the races open to the Democratic candidate. A closer look at where the Republicans didn't run a candidate produces some predictable, and some surprising results. Many of the districts ...

  • Trump press secretary Sarah Sanders wins GOP Arkansas governor primary

    Trump press secretary Sarah Sanders wins GOP Arkansas governor primary

    May 25, 2022 01:54 AM EDT

    ... a long shot bid for the GOP nomination in the primary. Nuclear engineer and ordained minister Chris Jones took an early lead among the five Democrats seeking the party's nomination for governor Tuesday. FOLLOW LIVE: 2022 Arkansas Primary Election Results Sanders was endorsed by her former boss, former President ...

  • WATCH: Wisconsin elections officials provide update

    WATCH: Wisconsin elections officials provide update

    Nov 04, 2020 05:29 PM EDT

    ... waiting to be counted, primarily from the city of Green Bay. Trump also said he planned to contest the election before the Supreme Court. It was unclear exactly what legal action he might pursue. More election coverage Explore the live election map Follow all of our live 2020 election updates.

  • Right-wing users flock to Parler as social media giants rein in misinformation

    Right-wing users flock to Parler as social media giants rein in misinformation

    Dec 03, 2020 06:27 PM EDT

    ... for catering to mainstream conservatives thanks to a handful of high-profile early adopters like Brad Parscale, Candace Owens and Sen. Mike Lee. As a result, in 2020 when Twitter began labeling misleading Trump tweets about possible fraud in absentee and mail-in voting, politicians like Ted Cruz embraced Parler ...

  • False election claims have damaged GOP confidence in vote count, AP-NORC poll says

    False election claims have damaged GOP confidence in vote count, AP-NORC poll says

    Jul 11, 2023 02:46 PM EDT

    ... poll finds that only 22% of Republicans have high confidence that votes in the upcoming presidential election will be counted accurately compared to 71% of Democrats, underscoring a partisan divide fueled by a relentless campaign of lies related to the 2020 presidential election. Even as he runs for the White ...

  • At 200 days in office, Trump looks to loyal voters as agenda stalls

    At 200 days in office, Trump looks to loyal voters as agenda stalls

    Aug 07, 2017 11:04 PM EDT

    White House officials have been urging the president to refocus on immigration and other issues that resonate with the conservatives, evangelicals and working-class whites who propelled him to the Oval Office.