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Judge Keeps Trees Standing at East Potomac Golf Links
Oct 27, 2026
Judge Keeps Trees Standing at East Potomac Golf Links
WASHINGTON — No more trees can come down at East Potomac Golf Links while a court fight over the public course plays out, a federal judge in the capital ruled Monday in a setback for President Donald Trump's plan to rebuild it as a championship venue. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes turned an earlier temporary
Israelis Vote in First National Election
Oct 27, 2026
Israelis Vote in First National Election
JERUSALEM — Israelis streamed to polling places Tuesday in the country's first national election since the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, with early turnout running at its strongest level in more than four decades. The vote is widely viewed as a verdict on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 77, who leads Likud and is trying
Georgia Early Voting Nears 1.8 Million in Final Week
Oct 27, 2026
Georgia Early Voting Nears 1.8 Million in Final Week
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia heads into the last stretch of early voting with close to a quarter of its active voters already done. State turnout figures show 1,781,209 ballots accepted through Oct. 26, ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. Most of that came at the polls. The Secretary of State’s unofficial dashboard counted 1,698,469
Georgia Drew Down a Record $6.3B From Reserves Last Year
Oct 27, 2026
Georgia Drew Down a Record $6.3B From Reserves Last Year
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia’s famous rainy-day pile is still large, but it shrank sharply last year. The state’s annual Revenues and Reserves report, released Monday by the State Accounting Office, shows Georgia pulled about $6.3 billion out of its general fund reserves in the fiscal year that closed June 30, the largest drawdown in state
Appeals Court Sets Saturday Deadline
Oct 24, 2026
Appeals Court Sets Saturday Deadline
LOS ANGELES — California has until noon Saturday to answer the federal government in a fast-moving fight over whether about 20,000 mail ballots should be pulled aside before the Nov. 3 midterm election, after the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order late Friday. The Justice Department went to the appeals court because
Intelligence Chief Warns Iran Is Stepping Up Plots
Oct 24, 2026
Intelligence Chief Warns Iran Is Stepping Up Plots
WASHINGTON — Iran has sharply ramped up its effort to go after American personnel outside the United States, and some of its plans to kill U.S. citizens have moved into late stages in the Middle East and in other countries, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a memo
Justice Department Sues Over Alaska Senate Certification
Oct 24, 2026
Justice Department Sues Over Alaska Senate Certification
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Justice Department has gone to federal court in Alaska asking a judge to keep the state from certifying its Nov. 3 U.S. Senate result if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan comes up short, arguing that a second candidate with nearly the same name could pull votes away from him. The complaint,
Georgia Mail Ballot Requests Fall Well Below 2022
Oct 24, 2026
Georgia Mail Ballot Requests Fall Well Below 2022
ATLANTA, Ga. — The window to ask for a mail-in ballot in Georgia closed Friday, and state numbers show far fewer voters chose that route this year than in the last midterm. Figures from the Georgia Secretary of State showed a little over 160,000 absentee ballot requests heading into the deadline. In the 2022 midterms,
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  1. Judge Keeps Trees Standing at East Potomac Golf Links

    WASHINGTON — No more trees can come down at East Potomac Golf Links while a court fight over the public course plays out, a federal judge in the…

  2. Israelis Vote in First National Election

    JERUSALEM — Israelis streamed to polling places Tuesday in the country's first national election since the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, with early turnout running at its…

  3. Georgia Early Voting Nears 1.8 Million in Final Week

    ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia heads into the last stretch of early voting with close to a quarter of its active voters already done. State turnout figures show 1,781,209…

  4. Georgia Drew Down a Record $6.3B From Reserves Last Year

    ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia’s famous rainy-day pile is still large, but it shrank sharply last year. The state’s annual Revenues and Reserves report, released Monday by the State…

  5. Appeals Court Sets Saturday Deadline

    LOS ANGELES — California has until noon Saturday to answer the federal government in a fast-moving fight over whether about 20,000 mail ballots should be pulled aside before…

  6. Intelligence Chief Warns Iran Is Stepping Up Plots

    WASHINGTON — Iran has sharply ramped up its effort to go after American personnel outside the United States, and some of its plans to kill U.S. citizens have…

  7. Justice Department Sues Over Alaska Senate Certification

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Justice Department has gone to federal court in Alaska asking a judge to keep the state from certifying its Nov. 3 U.S. Senate…

  8. Georgia Mail Ballot Requests Fall Well Below 2022

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  9. Supreme Court Lets New Hampshire Bar Student IDs

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  11. Trump Rallies for Hinson in Sioux City

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