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1 month ago | 
salemreporter.com | Nigel Jaquiss |Kaylee Tornay |Ashley Murray |Alex Baumhardt
The Oregon House Rules Committee will hold a hearing March 19 on the latest effort to enfranchise the largest single group of voters in the state: those unaffiliated with any party. Here are the latest voter registration totals from the Oregon secretary of state:Non-affiliated: 1,083,316 (36%)Democrat: 1,003,469 (33%)Republican: 738,200 (24%)Despite being the most numerous group, non-affiliated voters cannot vote in state-funded primary elections.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
southernmarylandchronicle.com | Ashley Murray |David Higgins
Among those receiving preemptive pardons were Maryland residents Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-8th), who served on the Jan. 6 committee, and former U.S. Capitol Police Office Harry Dunn, who testified before the panel about that day. Both said they were saddened by the fact that President Joe Biden felt the need to issue the pardons. “I wish this pardon weren’t necessary, but unfortunately, the political climate we are in now has made the need for one somewhat of a reality,” Dunn told CBS News.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
marylandmatters.org | Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin told reporters Thursday he holds hope for democratic values in the United States and around the world, but has “major concerns” about foreign policy under the incoming Trump administration. The retiring senior senator from Maryland and chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations reflected on his nearly two decades in the upper chamber during a briefing with roughly a dozen journalists. The Democrat leaves as Republicans are set to gain control of the Senate.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
kansasreflector.com | Ashley Murray |Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that U.S. troops who suffered traumatic brain injuries after Iranian rocket fire in Iraq in 2020 only experienced a “headache,” dismissing the experiences of dozens of American soldiers who were later awarded the Purple Heart.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
marylandmatters.org | Ashley Murray |Ashley Murray
This is one in a series of occasional States Newsroom reports on the major policy issues in the presidential race. WASHINGTON — With the clock ticking on former President Donald Trump’s signature 2017 tax law, and high housing, food and child care costs darkening Americans’ mood, tax cuts have become the star of the 2024 presidential contest between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
marylandmatters.org | Ashley Murray |Jennifer Shutt |Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — The country’s next president will need a friendly Congress to make his or her policy dreams a reality, but control of the two chambers — and whether the outcome will be a party trifecta in the nation’s capital — remains deeply uncertain with just weeks until Election Day. Recent projections tilt in favor of Republicans taking the Senate, an already closely divided chamber that is sure to be near evenly split again next Congress.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
kansasreflector.com | Ashley Murray |Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday defended her values and vowed, if elected, to appoint a Republican to her cabinet in her first major sit-down interview since her presidential campaign began just over a month ago. Harris, who rose to the top of the Democratic ticket after President Joe Biden dropped his bid in July, spoke to CNN’s Dana Bash in Savannah, Georgia, for roughly 30 minutes with her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz by her side.
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May 14, 2024 | 
marylandmatters.org | William Ford |Josh Kurtz |Ashley Murray
Tuesday is primary election day in Maryland, and here’s the skinny on where to vote, how to vote, and how long the polls are staying open. The Maryland State Board of Elections has issued a few reminders for voters still looking to pick candidates during this year’s primary. Voters will choose candidates for president, U.S. Senate and the U.S House of Representatives, along with delegates to the national political conventions.
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May 13, 2024 | 
kansasreflector.com | Ashley Murray |Ashley Murray
by Ashley Murray, Kansas Reflector May 13, 2024 WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s former fixer took the stand in a Manhattan courtroom Monday and told jurors that Trump was well aware of a scheme to hide the repayment of money intended to silence porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
marylandmatters.org | Jennifer Shutt |Mary Cornatzer |Ashley Murray |Danielle J. Brown
An additional $95 billion in military and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan cleared the U.S. Senate after a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers voted Tuesday to send it to President Biden. The 79-18 vote wrapped up months of debate within Congress about whether the United States should approve the aid or if it should turn inward amid rising global conflict.
