Tag: Elections
Iowa Republicans pass new absentee ballot restrictions
<p>DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Republicans have approved strict limits on who can assist voters in delivering ballots in a surprise change to state...
Arizona election chief: GOP-audited machines must be dropped
<p>PHOENIX — Voting machines from Arizona’s most populous county should not be used in the future after state Senate Republicans forced officials to give...
Netanyahu’s prospects bolstered amid Israel-Hamas fighting
JERUSALEM — Israel is at war with Hamas, Jewish-Arab mob violence has erupted inside Israel, and the West Bank is experiencing its deadliest unrest...
France’s Sarkozy goes on trial over 2012 campaign financing
PARIS — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on Thursday on charges that his unsuccessful 2012 reelection bid was illegally financed, a...
Justin Fairfax’s bid for governor has observers asking: Why?
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's lieutenant governor, Justin Fairfax, has long had lofty political ambitions, and even after being accused by two women of sexual...
Syrians cast early ballots in symbolic presidential vote
<p>BEIRUT — Syrians expatriates and those who fled the war began casting their votes at embassies abroad Thursday ahead of next week’s vote inside...
Stacey Abrams has deal for 2 more political thrillers
NEW YORK — Nearly 20 years after self-publishing her first novels, Stacey Abrams is hitting full stride as a writer.
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Netanyahu’s prospects bolstered amid Israel-Hamas fighting
<p>JERUSALEM — Israel is at war with Hamas, Jewish-Arab mob violence has erupted inside Israel, and the West Bank is experiencing its deadliest unrest...
Mayor’s husband arrested in Rochester, charges still secret
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The husband of Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren was awaiting arraignment on criminal charges Thursday following a police search of the house...
France’s Sarkozy goes on trial over 2012 campaign financing
<p>PARIS — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on Thursday on charges that his unsuccessful 2012 reelection bid was illegally financed, a...