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FILE - A person waits in line to vote in the Georgia's primary election on May 24, 2022, in Atlanta. A new poll shows 71% of voters think the future of the country is at stake when they vote in November's midterm elections. That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Most say voting vital despite dour U.S. outlook: AP-NORC poll

October 17, 2022, 2:29pm Politics

From his home in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Graeme Dean says there’s plenty that’s disheartening about the state of the country and politics these days. At the center of one of this year’s most competitive U.S. Senate races, he’s on the receiving end of a constant barrage of vitriolic advertising that makes… Read story

Dionne Williamson, of Patuxent River, Md., grooms Woody before her riding lesson at Cloverleaf Equine Center in Clifton, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. After finishing a tour in Afghanistan in 2013, Williamson felt emotionally numb. As the Pentagon seeks to confront spiraling suicide rates in the military ranks, Williamson's experiences shine a light on the realities for service members seeking mental health help.

As suicides rise, U.S. military seeks to address mental health

October 10, 2022, 9:42am Health

After finishing a tour in Afghanistan in 2013, Dionne Williamson felt emotionally numb. More warning signs appeared during several years of subsequent overseas postings. Read story

Fight over strategy intensifies as wildfire funding grows

October 9, 2022, 6:00am Nation & World

As the Biden administration doles out historic levels of wildfire mitigation funding, fights are breaking out on Capitol Hill about how to spend the money. Read story

This artist sketch depicts the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and four others charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Shown above are, witness John Zimmerman, who was part of the Oath Keepers' North Carolina Chapter, seated in the witness stand, defendant Thomas Caldwell, of Berryville, Va., seated front row left, Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, seated second left with an eye patch, defendant Jessica Watkins, of Woodstock, Ohio, seated third from right, Kelly Meggs, of Dunnellon, Fla., seated second from right, and defendant Kenneth Harrelson, of Titusville, Fla., seated at right. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathryn Rakoczy is shown in blue standing at right before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta.

Ex-Oath Keeper: Group leader claimed Secret Service contact

October 8, 2022, 12:55pm Latest News

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes told a member of the extremist group before the 2020 election that he had a contact in the Secret Service, a witness testified Thursday in Rhodes' Capitol riot trial. Read story

FILE - A U.S. Postal Service employee works outside a post office in Wheeling, Ill., Dec. 3, 2021. A federal judge has set limits on one of the U.S. Postal Service's cost-cutting practices that contributed to a worrisome slowdown of mail deliveries ahead of the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

Federal judge faults Postmaster General DeJoy in mail delays

October 7, 2022, 2:45pm Latest News

A federal judge has set limits on one of the U.S. Postal Service's cost-cutting practices that contributed to a worrisome slowdown of mail deliveries ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Read story

FBI sees no threat to midterm voting but notes Russian efforts

October 3, 2022, 1:58pm Politics

There are no specific threats to U.S. voting systems for the coming midterm elections, but messages that the result can’t be trusted are being amplified online, with Russia the most aggressive influence among foreign foes, the FBI said. Read story

Rep.-elect Mary Peltola, D-Alaska speaks to her staff members on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022.

Meet the Republican team behind the House’s newest Democrat

October 3, 2022, 6:00am Politics

Alex Ortiz thought he was done with Capitol Hill. After a decade as a staffer for “the representative for all Alaska,” Ortiz carried out the sad duty this spring of packing up Don Young’s office after the Republican’s sudden death — even at 88 years old, it still felt sudden. Read story

Biden signs bill to avert government shutdown, aid Ukraine

September 30, 2022, 3:02pm Latest News

The Democratic-led House passed a short-term spending bill on Friday that finances the federal government through mid-December and provides another infusion of military and economic aid to Ukraine as lawmakers acted to avert a partial government shutdown set to begin after midnight. Read story

FILE - An electric school bus, leased by Beverly Public Schools in Beverly, Mass., rests in a bus yard, Oct. 21, 2021, in Beverly, Mass. The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday, Sept. 29, that it will nearly double, to nearly $1 billion, funding available to states to acquire electric school buses, responding to what it calls overwhelming demand for cleaner school transportation.

EPA doubles money for electric school buses as demand soars

September 29, 2022, 1:41pm Politics

Responding to “overwhelming demand,” the Environmental Protection Agency is nearly doubling the money available to states to buy electric models of the familiar yellow school buses that millions of children ride every school day. Read story

Lawmakers eye lame duck for unfinished business on insulin

September 28, 2022, 8:59am Health

A bipartisan Senate duo is still working to pass a bill to overhaul insulin prices, but the outlook is complicated by the messy drug pricing system, politics and a busy congressional calendar. Read story

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