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Election results: 2025 Minnesota special and primary elections on Aug. 12  MPR News Former Brooklyn Park council member wins DFL primary for slain Rep. Melissa Hortman’s House seat  Star Tribune It’s Election Day for Minnesotans, but did voters know that?  FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul See results for Minnesota special primary election to choose candidates to fill slain Rep. Hortman’s seat  CBS News Special election …

Inside Democrats’ risky gambit to ‘fight fire with fire’ over election maps  The Washington Post Opinion | What Greg Abbott and the Texas GOP can learn from Wisconsin in 2011  The Washington Post Paxton and Cornyn, facing off for Senate, use their official powers in Texas redistricting fight  CNN Party of ‘crazies’: Dems comply with outrageous redistricting stunts due to primary threats, state …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Democrats’ rush to schedule an emergency election to remake U.S. House districts and counter rival moves by Texas Republicans has created a dilemma for county officials who are being urged to plan for an election that hasn’t been scheduled and might never happen. Orchestrating an election in a state of nearly 23 million registered voters …

County election officials around Washington state began releasing vote tallies Tuesday evening. So far, early results indicate that a slate of progressive newcomers will face off against moderate incumbents in several key Seattle races this November. King County’s government will see a changing of the guard. Property taxes are probably going up in those areas, too. And, in a handful …

Mary Sheffield, Detroit City Council president, will advance to the November general election in the race for mayor, the AP projects. Sheffield was considered the front-runner heading into the August primary on Tuesday. She’ll face the second-highest vote getter in November. Nine candidates put their names on the ballot to be Detroit’s next mayor. On Aug. 5, 2025, the city …

DOJ opens grand jury probe of claims Obama officials conspired in 2016 election  The Washington Post Attorney General Bondi orders prosecutors to start grand jury probe into Obama officials over Russia investigation  CNN DOJ launching grand jury investigation into Russiagate conspiracy allegations  CBS News US Attorney General orders grand jury hearings on Trump-Russia probe  BBC Pam Bondi seeks grand jury review of Obama-era origins …

Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed Justice Department prosecutors to launch a grand jury investigation of whether Obama administration officials committed federal crimes when they assessed Russia’s actions during the 2016 election, a senior Trump administration official said. National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard claimed at a White House news conference last month that top Obama administration officials carried out a …

NEW YORK (AP) — The requests have come in letters, emails and phone calls. The specifics vary, but the target is consistent: The U.S. Department of Justice is ramping up an effort to get voter data and other election information from the states. Over the past three months, the department’s voting section has requested copies of voter registration lists from …

Targeting Election Officials and Civil Society The Trump administration, falsely claiming that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, has already targeted organizations and individuals it sees as adverse with baseless or inappropriate retaliatory actions. It now threatens to do the same with certain election officials, civic groups that mobilize voters, and other individuals and entities that protect elections and the …

Federal agencies US military National security Donald Trump See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link The Pentagon has scheduled its first major test of the multibillion-dollar Golden Dome missile defense system for just before the 2028 election, according to two sources familiar with the matter, setting an aggressive deadline for military officials to prove they can turn President Donald Trump’s …