Election officials from across the US meet to consider Trump's order overhauling election operations
CHARLOTTE, N. C. (AP) — State and local election officials from across the country are meeting Thursday to consider President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks major changes to how elections are run, the first time those in charge of the nation's voting will formally gather to weigh in on its implications. The U. S. Election Assistance Commission’s Standards Board, which is holding a public hearing in North Carolina, is a bipartisan advisory group of election officials from every...
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Wed, 23 Apr 2025
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Tue, 22 Apr 2025
- Militants kill at least 26 tourists at a resort in Indian-controlled Kashmir
- Judge castigates Trump administration for 'bad faith' in Abrego Garcia's deportation case
- Lori Vallow Daybell convicted in Arizona of conspiring to kill her estranged husband in 2019
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- US Treasury secretary says trade war with China is not 'sustainable'
- Pope Francis worried about greeting crowd in St. Peter's Square but was thankful he did, report says
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Mon, 21 Apr 2025
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- White House voices support for Hegseth as a new Signal chat revelation stirs fresh Pentagon turmoil
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- Google faces off with US government in attempt to break up company in search monopoly case
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- Pope Francis reached out to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, but also drew unusual opposition
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- Big Tech's Magnificent Seven heads into earnings season reeling from Trump turbulence
- China warns countries against making trade deals with the US unfavorable to Beijing
- Vance arrives in India for a 4-day visit that includes talks with Modi and personal engagements
- Trump's tough talk might help Liberal Mark Carney win a full term as Canada's prime minister
- 60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress acts
Sun, 20 Apr 2025
- Pope Francis emerges from convalescence on Easter, delights crowd with popemobile tour
- 3 Haitian soldiers warring with gangs are slain outside of Port-au-Prince
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- Israeli probe into the killings of 15 Palestinian medics in Gaza finds 'professional failures'
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- Thousands of pilgrims trek through New Mexico desert to historic adobe church for Good Friday
- FSU shooting victims include a school employee whose dad was a Cuban exile turned CIA operative
- Shooting rampage at Florida State that left 2 dead lasted less than 5 minutes, police say
- Trump says Ukraine-Russia talks 'coming to a head' and 'no one is playing' him in push to end war
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- 10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination are released, on Trump's order
- Harvey Weinstein can stay in hospital during #MeToo retrial, judge rules
- Judge pauses Trump administration's plans for mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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- Israeli strikes kill at least 25 in Gaza and Huckabee makes first appearance as US ambassador
- The US has a single rare earths mine. Chinese export limits are energizing a push for more
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- Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador amid court fight over US return
- UnitedHealthcare killing suspect Luigi Mangione indicted as prosecutors push for death penalty
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- Florida State gunman used deputy mom's former service weapon to kill 2 and wound 6, authorities say
- A US man hijacks a small plane in Belize and stabs people. He is fatally shot and plane lands safely
- Pennsylvania intruder faced little resistance as Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept
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- Thousands of Gaza children are malnourished under Israel's food blockade, aid groups say
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- UN nuclear watchdog says US-Iran talks at a 'very crucial' stage
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- Trump administration takes aim at Harvard's international students and tax-exempt status
- A recovering Pope Francis visits Rome prison to keep annual Holy Week appointment
- Myanmar frees nearly 4,900 prisoners including some political detainees
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