President Trump says he’ll withhold funding from the U.S. Postal Service to prevent the expansion of mail-in voting, raising widespread objections in the House and Senate.
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Trump campaign sues key Iowa counties, seeking to block absentee mailings
The Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee and other GOP groups filed the lawsuits Tuesday against elections officials in Linn and Johnson counties.
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Private prison industry backs Trump, prepares if Biden wins
Speaking to investors last week, the founder of the private prison company GEO Group predicted his company would rebound after the November election.
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U.S. Supreme Court says R.I. may suspend witness requirement for absentee ballots
Republicans had attempted to roll back the suspension of a law that requires two witnesses or a notary to vote by mail.
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Trump says he’s blocking postal service funding to stifle expanded mail-in voting
Democrats have pushed for $10 billion for the Postal Service in talks with Republicans on a huge COVID-19 response bill.
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Maine secretary of state reaffirms decision to disqualify ranked-choice petitions
Matt Dunlap, for the second time, has determined that the Maine Republican Party failed to collect enough valid voter signatures to put a citizen’s veto question on the November ballot.
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Ads charging Gideon with taking corporate money are factual, but distorted
The National Republican Senatorial Committee ad levels a charge of hypocrisy that supporters of Republican Sen. Susan Collins have returned to repeatedly.
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QAnon-supporting candidate unrepentant despite GOP criticism
She embraces a far-right conspiracy theory that President Trump is waging a secret campaign against the ‘deep state’ and a child sex trafficking ring run by satanic pedophiles and cannibals.
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Omar vows to keep fighting as she savors decisive victory
She says her campaign will now focus on mobilizing voters to block President Trump from carrying Minnesota.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce raises concerns over Trump payroll tax break
Democrats have blasted the plan as an attempt to undermine Social Security’s finances.