St. Louis prosecutor chided by Trump wins primary race

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner held off a challenge from a former homicide prosecutor in Tuesday’s primary election

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Incumbent Whitsett, millionaire Thanedar lead in races for state House

Controversial first-term state Rep. Karen Whitsett, D-Detroit was ahead in her bid to keep a seat in the state's 9th House District, Shri Thanedar was prevailing in the 3rd District

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McClain beats Hernandez in 10th District GOP primary

Bruce Township businesswoman Lisa McClain captured the lead in a three-candidate Republican primary

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Treasury ramps up auctions as borrowing, virus surges

The Treasury Department will ramp up the size of the bonds and other securities it auctions across-the-board in the face of unprecedented borrowing

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Trump campaign sues Nevada over universal vote-by-mail law

Trump’s re-election campaign and the RNC sued to block Nevada’s plan to send mail-in ballots to all registered voters as a result of the pandemic

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Michigan’s make-up in Congress hangs in balance as vote counts drag on

Peter Meijer appeared headed toward victory in a West Michigan Republican congressional race, while other U.S. House primaries hung in the balance

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Esshaki leads in 11th District GOP primary for Congress

Eric Esshaki, a lawyer of Birmingham, was ahead of arts foundation owner Carmelita Greco and former U.S. Rep. Kerry Bentivolio in early returns

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Macomb: Chrzanowski triumphs among Dems, Lucido for GOP in prosecutor battle

Voters were choosing from among five Democrats and two Republicans in primary races for Macomb County prosecutor

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Incumbent Hertel wins Democratic primary for 18th District state House

Roseville clerk Steenland wins Democratic primary; Warner of Warren wins GOP race for open State House seat in 22nd District; and Babat wins GOP primary in 18th state House District

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Breen wins race for state House seat in battleground district

Oak Park Council member Regina Weiss wins Democratic primary for state House District 27 and Samantha Steckloff takes Dem primary for state House District 37 in unofficial results

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Clay ousted in Missouri primary after 20 years in Congress

Cori Bush, a onetime homeless woman who led protests following a white police officer's fatal shooting of a Black 18-year-old in Ferguson, ousted longtime Rep. William Lacy Clay Tuesday in Missouri's Democratic primary

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Meijer wins West Michigan GOP primary for Congress

The Michigan GOP has congratulated military veteran Peter Meijer on a "big victory" in the Republican primary to replace U.S. Rep. Justin Amash

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Detroit vote results sputter as Michigan election called ‘great success’

Benson urged the Legislature to pass laws allowing clerks to at least pre-process ballots before the opening of polls

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Progress slow as urgency grows on virus relief legislation

Another glimmer of hope emerged as a key Senate Republican telegraphed that the party may yield to Democrats on an increase in the food stamp benefit as part of the huge rescue measure

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Voting during a pandemic: Michiganians face their fears for civic duty

Workers operating behind plastic greeted masked voters whose pens were massaged with disinfectant wipes. Some questioned their sanity for being there

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Chasm grows between Trump and government coronavirus experts

In the early days of the crisis, Trump was flanked by a team of public health experts in a seeming portrait of unity to confront the coronavirus

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Endangered GOP senators are driving force for virus deal

Confronted with a poisonous political environment, vulnerable Senate Republicans are rushing to endorse more jobless benefits and child care grants

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Insider: Jill Biden pledges ‘educator’ ed secretary

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Jill Biden reiterated the idea this week that Joe Biden would choose an "educator" to serve as U.S. education secretary.

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Trump’s national security adviser recovers from COVID-19

Robert O’Brien has resumed his meetings with the president, said National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot

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Trump’s long-shot bid for cut of TikTok sale echoes his border wall pledge

Trump demands either the Chinese sellers or the American buyers of TikTok’s U.S. operations to pay the U.S. Treasury a fee based on the sale price

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US Embassy in Moscow: No info on Paul Whelan’s whereabouts

Paul Whelan’s brother David said Tuesday on Twitter that he “appears to now be in Mordovia, on his way to prison camp IK-17.”

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Trump solo act on payroll tax cut could lead to big bills later

Trump said he is “talking about” doing a payroll-tax cut through an executive action, but doing so could result in hefty tax bills for employers later

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Trump signs $3B-a-year plan to boost conservation, parks

“There hasn’t been anything like this since Teddy Roosevelt, I suspect,” Trump said about the Great American Outdoors Act

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Kanye West withdraws petition to get on NJ’s 2020 ballot

West withdrew his petition to appear as a presidential candidate on New Jersey’s ballot

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Trump in Axios interview, ‘I don’t know John Lewis’

In an interview with “Axios on HBO,” Trump was asked about the late Rep. John Lewis and the coronavirus pandemic

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Trump nursing home plan limits supply of free COVID-19 tests

The Trump administration’s plan for nursing home COVID-19 testing won’t supply enough test kits to check beyond an initial couple of rounds

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Primary voters head to polls amid crowded fields, pandemic changes

The election has generated millions of dollars in fundraising, and the electorate could look different than a traditional August primary

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Irksome in Iceland, brusque in Britain? US envoys draw ire

Critics say it highlights risks of handing diplomatic postings to campaign donors and presidential friends; the practice has increased under Trump

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How Black women shape Democratic politics

An AP analysis of the VoteCast data reveals that Black women’s views often stand out as more moderate than the rest of the party.

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Black women seize on growing political clout

Over the last several years and across America, Black women ran and won elections in historic numbers, from Congress to county school boards

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Nevada to mail all voters ballots; Trump promises lawsuit

Nevada joins seven states that plan to automatically send voters mail ballots amid the coronavirus pandemic

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Mystery funding of campaign to limit Whitmer challenged

A well-known attorney is challenging a nonprofit's use of money from undisclosed sources to back the campaign to limit Whitmer's emergency powers.

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Who’s who on the committee vetting Biden’s possible VPs

If Biden defeats Trump, his pick for vice president would become the first woman to hold U.S. national elected office

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US Treasury projects record Q3 borrowing of $947 billion

Treasury officials also announced Monday that the government plans to borrow $1.22 trillion in the October-December period

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Trump fires Tennessee Valley Authority chair, cites hiring of foreign workers

Trump said Monday that he had fired the chair of the Tennessee Valley Authority, criticizing the federal-owned corporation for hiring foreign workers

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Prosecutor seeking Trump’s taxes cites probe of his business

A prosecutor said he was justified in demanding Trump’s taxes, citing reports of “extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organization”

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Walled Lake teacher fired after ‘liberals’ tweet offered job back but declined

A Walled Lake teacher fired after tweeting about "liberals" was offered his job back two days after his story went viral, but declined the offer

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Henry Ford Health defends hydroxychloroquine study

Henry Ford Health defended a study finding hydroxychloroquine helped lower COVID-19 death rates but also noted the need for more clinical trials

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Michigan Senate, House sessions canceled after lawmaker gets COVID

The Michigan Senate and House will not meet this week, and the Senate's Republican leader is encouraging his caucus members to get tested for COVID-19

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