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AP Election Brief | What to expect in Louisiana's statewide primaries

AP Election Brief | What to expect in Louisiana's statewide primaries

WASHINGTON (AP) — The race to replace term-limited Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards tops the list of contests Louisiana voters will decide this Saturday in one of only three gubernatorial elections scheduled for this year.
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Hamas' attack on Israel pushes foreign policy into the 2024 race. That could benefit Nikki Haley

Hamas' attack on Israel pushes foreign policy into the 2024 race. That could benefit Nikki Haley

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Nikki Haley has long tried to set herself apart from her Republican presidential rivals on foreign policy, peppering her speeches with anecdotes about serving as United Nations ambassador and the threats she sees from China and Rus
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Republicans are divided on far-right move to remove McCarthy as House speaker, an AP-NORC poll shows

Republicans are divided on far-right move to remove McCarthy as House speaker, an AP-NORC poll shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — The unprecedented ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has left no consensus among Republicans about whether his removal was the right move as the party struggles to coalesce around a new leader, according to a new poll.
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Kari Lake begins Senate campaign as she keeps fighting her loss in the last election

Kari Lake begins Senate campaign as she keeps fighting her loss in the last election

PHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake asked for a show of hands.
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New Mexico governor defends approach to attempted gun restrictions, emergency order on gun violence

New Mexico governor defends approach to attempted gun restrictions, emergency order on gun violence

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov.
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Alberta Opposition moves ahead with public consultations on province quitting CPP

Alberta Opposition moves ahead with public consultations on province quitting CPP

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition NDP is moving ahead with town-hall consultations next week on the government’s proposal to have the province quit the Canada Pension Plan.
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Kevin Phillips, strategist who forecast rising Republican power, dies at 82

NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Phillips, the author, commentator and political strategist whose landmark book, “The Emerging Republican Majority,” became a blueprint for Republican thinking in the 1970s and beyond, has died. He was 82.
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After one week without a House speaker, Republicans appear no closer to choosing a new leader

After one week without a House speaker, Republicans appear no closer to choosing a new leader

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Republican majority is stuck, one week after the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy , with lawmakers unable to coalesce around a new leader in a stalemate that threatens to keep Congress partly shuttered indefinitely .
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Saskatchewan pronoun bill, notwithstanding clause coming later this week: Moe

Saskatchewan pronoun bill, notwithstanding clause coming later this week: Moe

REGINA — On the day politicians returned to debate legislation over the Saskatchewan Party government's pronoun policy in schools, Memphis Hartman reminded people he's a human being.
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Former Alabama lawmaker pleads guilty to voter fraud charge for using fake address to run for office

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A former Alabama lawmaker on Tuesday pleaded guilty to a voter fraud charge that he rented a closet-size space in a home to fraudulently run for office in a district where he did not live . Former state Rep.
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