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Federal distrust prompts some Democratic states to protect polling places, election records

The newly signed law in New Mexico prohibits orders that put any armed person in the “civil, military or naval service of the United States” at local polling locations and related parking areas, or ...
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Kurtenbach: This Warriors season looks irredeemable. Why not embrace it?

The Golden State Warriors just dropped back-to-back games to the Utah Jazz and the Chicago Bulls. Friends, there’s no coming back from that. Because there’s being down bad, then there’s subterranean ...
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Progressive states revive push to tax the rich as wealth disparity deepens across the US

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Chuck Collins figures he won life’s lottery by inheriting vast sums of money through his great-grandfather Oscar Mayer’s processed meat company, but rather than fight to ...
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Tracing the US military’s learning curve on fighting Iran’s drones: What to know

He’s less clear in explaining how the war ends US Sen. Jon Husted set to testify remotely in ex-FirstEnergy executives’ corruption trial Trump visits Ohio and Kentucky to downplay war’s effect on ...
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In a time of war with Iran, Americans unite in aggravation over sticker shock at the gas pump

A Quinnipiac poll conducted over the weekend found about half of registered voters oppose the U.S. military action against ...
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Trump keeps telling America he’s winning in Iran. He’s less clear in explaining how the war ends

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing jittery global markets and drooping poll numbers since launching a war on Iran, President Donald Trump has cycled from calls for “unconditional surrender” to sounding amenable ...
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Trump has one prescription for midterms. House Republicans have another

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted he had the answer for Republicans anxious about losing their congressional majority this year: build on an already strict national voter ...
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US Sen. Jon Husted set to testify remotely in ex-FirstEnergy executives’ corruption trial

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted is scheduled to testify remotely Wednesday in Akron in the high-profile corruption trial of two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives. Iran targets ...
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Still skating at 87: Inside a Bay Area hockey league where age doesn’t stop the game

As players in the San Jose Sharks Masters League streak across the ice, Ed Asato trails behind the play, stick ready. At 87, he still skates in the league’s over-60 division. Though he isn’t as quick ...
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Trump visits Ohio and Kentucky to downplay war’s effect on economy and target a top GOP antagonist

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to visit Ohio and Kentucky on Wednesday to argue that his policies can steady an economy facing shock waves from the war on Iran and to try to defeat one ...
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Iran targets commercial ships, Dubai airport and oil facilities as concerns grow over global energy

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran attacked commercial ships on Wednesday across the Persian Gulf and targeted Dubai International Airport, escalating a campaign of squeezing the oil-rich region ...
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How things are shaping up in the NFC’s Kyle Shanahan Division

Welcome to the NFL’s Shanahan Division, formerly known as the NFC West. Every coach in the division has close ties with 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan and runs an offensive system rooted in similar ...