Election officials said it would take something short of "an act of God" for their states and localities to comply with the rule just weeks before the elections.
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Companies donated a record $646 million to U.S. political campaigns in the 18 months through June, 40% more than the total spent during the entire 2024 presidential election cycle.
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BOSTON — A federal judge on Thursday blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing core parts of a new rule it adopted at President Donald Trump's direction that would tighten mail-in voting requirements ahead of the November congressional elections.
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U.S. companies spent an unprecedented $517 million on U.S. House and Senate races in the 15 months through the end of the first quarter of 2026.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted a judicial decision blocking President Donald Trump's administration from implementing his executive order to restrict the use of mail-in ballots.
- Sarah D. Wire USA Today
Less than 90 days out from the midterms, election officials are pleading with the Supreme Court to block the Trump administration from making changes that would allow the U.S.
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Progressive Democratic proposals, including Medicare for all and taxes on billionaires, powered insurgent candidates to primary victories this year.
The Trump administration has suffered 21 court losses this year in efforts to obtain state voter rolls, with judges ruling states are not mandated to share records under federal law.
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The Democratic Party's progressive wing scored a high-profile victory when Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan's U.S. Senate primary, according to media projections Wednesday, giving its antiestablishment message a boost ahead of November's midterm elections.
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The battle to control Congress is heating up, as Sunday marked the final 100-day stretch to the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
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Republican Sen. Susan Collins received a political gift with the withdrawal of her opponent Graham Platner. Then ICE shot and killed a man at a traffic stop.
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President Donald Trump is working to gain unprecedented control of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections this fall through a series of new assertions of presidential power.
Graham Platner ended his campaign Wednesday after a string of controversies, including an accusation of sexual assault.
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President Donald Trump’s election-security czar last year sought to ban voting machines used in more than half of U.S. states, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
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Read through the obituaries published today in SWVA Today.
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Read through the obituaries published today in SWVA Today.
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Read through the obituaries published today in SWVA Today.
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Read through the obituaries published today in SWVA Today.
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The body of a teenger was recovered from the Rivanna Reservoir Monday morning. Authorities say he had gone out fishing the day before and never came home.
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The woman arrested for carrying a gun into Monticello High School says she disclosed her weapon to an SRO. She was arrested anyway.
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Before data centers became a central topic of Virginia's budget debate, the Richmond Times-Dispatch last year took a deep dive into the topic, resulting in a three-day series on data centers and the key issues they pose. Read it all below.
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From uniforms to bed sheets to state flags, U.S. prisons have a long history of profiting from prison labor. The Bureau of Prisons, which houses federal inmates, sells products through its company Unicor. Unicor brought in $528 million in 2021 alone.Similarly, the Texas Department of Crimina…
The jump underscores growing consumer interest in retro music formats, building on the revival of vinyl.
A week after the deadly flash floods in Nepal, rescue operations were focused on the ruins of power plants where those trapped in tunnels could have managed to survive.
After a summer of victories for Democratic Socialists of America-aligned candidates, the movement faces a new test: whether it can win over Black voters.
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In Nepal, the death toll continues to rise. Every day, new bodies are recovered, but many remain unidentifiable. Several days after the devastating floods, some are already in an advanced state of decomposition. Faced with the influx of remains, authorities have begun burying them without fo…
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In January, Erin Strotman pleaded no contest to nine counts of child abuse in Henrico County Circuit Court as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
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Lawrence Toler’s family says the 39-year-old died in custody after months of medical issues tied to a 2024 police shooting.
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Kipps Elementary Principal Mark Crummey was among 17 men arrested at a Christiansburg hotel last week.
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A $10 million lawsuit accuses a former Roanoke police officer of shooting and seriously wounding an intellectually disabled man who was unarmed during a 2024 encounter.
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Before data centers became a central topic of Virginia's budget debate, the Richmond Times-Dispatch last year took a deep dive into the topic, resulting in a three-day series on data centers and the key issues they pose. Read it all below.
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Trump’s remaking of the Rose Garden continues with sculptures lining one side of the paved-over garden, facing the Oval Office.
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Virginia's Mark Warner, running for his fourth term in the Senate, says it would be unwise of Democrats to try to impeach the president for a third time.
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Sen. Richard Stuart discusses the budget bill, House Bill 30, on the floor of the Senate on Monday, June 22, 2026.