Rick Nolan, who represented two Minnesota congressional districts three decades apart, dies at 80
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Rep. Rick Nolan, a Democrat who represented different Minnesota congressional districts during two separate stints in office three decades apart, died Friday, his wife said. He was 80. Mary Nolan said her husband
Judge weighs GOP request to verify eligibility of Pennsylvania’s overseas and military voters
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge had some pointed questions but did not immediately rule Friday on a request that Pennsylvania election officials take new steps to verify the identification and eligibility of soldiers and others
In an open Georgia congressional seat, a Republican nominee ties himself tightly to Trump
ATLANTA (AP) — Leaving no daylight between himself and Donald Trump made Brian Jack the Republican nominee for Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District, and the former political director in Trump’s White House isn’t changing approach as he faces
Judge tells Florida’s top doctor not to threaten TV stations over abortion-rights ads
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has blocked the head of Florida’s state health department from taking any more action to threaten TV stations over an abortion-rights commercial they’ve been airing. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker’s ruling
Trump fights back after Harris questions whether he is ‘exhausted’
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump’s energy level emerged as a flashpoint on Friday as the Republican nominee and Democrat Kamala Harris scrambled across battleground Michigan with Election Day looming. Harris told reporters that Trump was
Callers responding to a false election claim overwhelm Oregon officials
Oregon election officials were screening phone and email messages Friday after their system was overwhelmed and shut down because of a barrage of calls from people responding to a false claim that the state’s voter pamphlet doesn’t
Texas was about to execute Robert Roberson. Then a last-ditch tactic bought him more time
HOUSTON (AP) — Robert Roberson, set to be the first person in the U.S. to be put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome, was nearly out of options to
Tennessee court blocks enforcement of abortion ban in certain emergencies
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – The medical emergency exception in Tennessee’s abortion ban is unclear, a Tennessee court has ruled, barring the state from enforcing the ban in case of certain medical conditions while a lawsuit by
Part of a memo authorizing probe of election interference remains secret. A judge wants to know why
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge is pressing the U.S. government to explain why a portion of the memo authorizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of foreign election interference and former President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign
Fox News says none of its employees wrote jokes for Trump to tell at traditional campaign dinner
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel on Friday denied Donald Trump’s assertion that any of its employees wrote jokes for him to deliver this week at a New York appearance. The former president and current candidate