Tag: Elections
In Virginia, Trump’s election lies look like a GOP liability
LANEXA, Va. — Washington Republicans may be rushing to embrace former President Donald Trump's falsehoods about fraud costing him a second term, but next...
Wyoming senator discloses impregnating 14-year-old at 18
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, a Republican trying to unseat U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney next year, disclosed that he impregnated a...
27 cases of potential voter fraud identified in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin election officials identified just over two dozen potential cases of voter fraud in the November presidential election and forwarded them...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...
Judge agrees to unseal Fulton absentee ballots for audit
ATLANTA — A judge on Friday agreed to unseal absentee ballots to allow for an audit of November election results in Georgia's most populous...
Judge: City didn’t target dead lawyer in Mississippi scandal
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming a Mississippi city was at fault in the death of a lawyer who killed himself in...
Hope, tension mark kickoff of Algerian election campaign
<p>ALGIERS, Algeria — Candidates hopeful of winning one of the 407 seats in the Algerian parliament kicked off campaigning this week for next month's...
Ethiopia sets June 21 as new date for its delayed elections
JOHANNESBURG — Ethiopia will hold its delayed parliamentary elections on June 21, the country’s national electoral board announced Thursday, a vote that determines who...
Justin Fairfax’s bid for governor has observers asking: Why?
<p>RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's lieutenant governor, Justin Fairfax, has long had lofty political ambitions, and even after being accused by two women of sexual...
Hero intern who helped save Giffords will run for her seat
PHOENIX — Daniel Hernandez Jr., the intern hailed as a hero for helping save the life of then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords following an attempted...