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August 8, 2020 at 1:16 pm

Minneapolis residents are worried about their votes counting after mail was not delivered for days

WASHINGTON — Minneapolis resident Stephanie Wilford, who is considered high risk for COVID-19 because of a heart condition, planned to vote by mail in her...

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July 30, 2020 at 5:46 pm

Mail backlog raises fears of delays in ballot delivery

Postal employees and union officials say the changes implemented by fundraiser-turned-postmaster general Louis DeJoy are contributing to a growing perception that mail delays are the...

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June 9, 2020 at 4:20 am

In Georgia, primary day snarled by long lines, problems with voting machines – a potential preview of November

Lines snaked out the doors, poll workers struggled with new machines, and voters furiously demanded to know why so much had gone wrong in Georgia's...

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May 19, 2020 at 3:30 pm

Senate confirms appointee to Federal Election Commission, restoring panel’s voting quorum

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Tuesday confirmed a conservative Texas lawyer nominated by President Donald Trump to the Federal Election Commission, restoring a voting quorum...

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March 20, 2020 at 8:04 am

Burr asks Senate Ethics Committee for review of his stock sales

WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., sought an ethics review Friday on his recent sale of upward of $1.7 million in stocks as he and...

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February 13, 2020 at 3:50 pm

Trump to headline $580,600-per-couple fundraiser, the most expensive of his reelection bid

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will be the guest of honor at a Saturday fundraiser at the palatial Palm Beach estate of billionaire Nelson Peltz....

Nation & World

January 1, 2020 at 5:50 am

Pete Buttigieg raised $24.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, campaign says

Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, said Wednesday he raised more than $24.7 million for his White House bid in the final three months...

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., answers a question during a town hall, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019, at North Central Junior High School in North Liberty, Iowa. ( Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP) IAIOP103

December 24, 2019 at 4:00 am

Warren embraced the high-dollar fundraiser circuit for years, until just before her presidential campaign

Warren criticized rival Pete Buttigieg for having an exclusive fundraiser in a crystal-filled wine cave in Napa Valley. Before swearing off high-dollar fundraisers, Warren was...

November 28, 2019 at 10:32 am

Ousted Navy secretary says Trump’s intervention in Navy SEAL case was ‘shocking and unprecedented’

Ousted Navy Secretary Richard Spencer sharply criticized President Donald Trump's "shocking and unprecedented intervention" in the case of a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes...

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US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, left, and European Union Vice President Maros Sefcovic speak with reporters about trade as they travel with President Donald Trump, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, aboard Air Force One. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) DCEV112 DCEV112

October 15, 2019 at 6:12 pm

Gordon Sondland, a key figure in Trump impeachment furor, long coveted ambassadorship

The lengths to which the Northwest hotel businessman would go to impress Trump — and to advance the president's agenda in Ukraine as U.S. ambassador...