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Live results: Alabama votes in special House primaries after redistricting fight
Alabamans in a handful of congressional districts are at the polls Tuesday for a series of postponed primary contests. Republican Gov. Kay Ivey called for special primaries in the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th Congressional Districts after the landmark Supreme Court decision weakening part of the Voting Rights Act allowed the state to use a…
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Live results: Flanagan, Craig square off for Democratic nod in Minnesota Senate race
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Rep. Angie Craig are duking it out in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Minnesota Senate after Sen. Tina Smith (D) opted to retire. Flanagan, a progressive, notched the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement as well as support from Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren. Craig, meanwhile, is backed by House Minority Leader…
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Live results: Vermonters head to polls for gubernatorial primary
Vermont voters are heading to the polls. The Green Mountain State has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1988 and includes progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-V.T.) in its delegation, but has also had a Republican, Phil Scott (R-V.T.), in its governor’s mansion for almost a decade now. Scott is seeking reelection for what…
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Live results: Vermont voters choose House candidates
Vermont voters head to the polls on Tuesday to select the Democratic and Republican candidates for the Green Mountain State’s at-large congressional seat. Two-term Rep. Becca Balint (D-V.T.) is seeking her third term in the lower chamber and she is running unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Both candidates for the GOP nod are former statewide…
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Live results: Crowded field vies to replace Graham as GOP’s Senate nominee in South Carolina
South Carolina voters head to the polls on Tuesday for a special primary election to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on the November ballot. The crowded field includes the late senator’s sister Darline Graham (R-S.C.), who was appointed to fill the remaining months of Lindsey Graham’s term following his death in July. She…
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Rosie O’Donnell credits Trump for making her ‘re-famous’ as White House calls her ‘obsessed’
Rosie O’Donnell said in a new interview that Donald Trump has made her “re-famous” by continuing to attack her publicly, even as she called him a “horrible creature” on the podcast “Good Hang”. The exchange highlights the long-running, mutually antagonistic relationship between the comedian and the president, with the White House responding by describing O’Donnell…
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Vulnerable Dem’s campaign pitch clashes with ‘radical’ voting record on top culture war issue
Sarah Trone Garriott, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Iowa’s 3rd District, is seeking to reassure voters that she does not support men having access to women’s locker rooms, a topic that has become one of the most contentious “culture war” flashpoints in the current election cycle. However, her campaign messaging appears to be at…
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Trump administration targets Head Start bureaucracy in move advocates say puts parents in the driver’s seat
The Trump administration has proposed changes to the federal Head Start programme aimed at reducing bureaucracy and shifting greater authority to individual states, a move that advocates say will give parents more say over their children’s early education and care. The proposal has been welcomed by conservative parental-rights groups, including Moms for Liberty, whose co-founder…
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Air Force One has been used as a ‘decoy’ before: I was there
I was one of the journalists on Air Force One when the president slipped into a smaller plane just before takeoff to avoid possible anti-aircraft fire in a dangerous part of the world. I had mixed feelings about my predicament. With typical gallows humor, my colleagues in the White House press corps joked about our…
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Inside the Secret Service ‘shell game’ to hide US presidents in plain sight
The US Secret Service routinely uses decoy vehicles, aircraft and misdirection to conceal the real movements of the president, a practice highlighted by reports that Donald Trump was secretly transferred by catering truck to a separate military aircraft after appearing to board Air Force One in Ankara on 8 July. Those remaining on the original…