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Lake County Government Center. (Joe Puchek/Post-Tribune)

Petalas challenged by Deane in Lake County Treasurer’s race

By Michelle L. Quinn

October 30, 2026 at 4:32 p.m.

Lake County Treasurer John Petalas, who started his career as the Town of Merrillville’s Clerk-Treasurer,...

A sample election ballot is displayed in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Justice Department seeks to isolate Alaska ballots as criminal probe underway over Senate candidate

By Alanna Durkin Richer

October 30, 2026 at 9:07 p.m.

The top federal prosecutor in Alaska confirmed on Friday the existence of a criminal investigation...

Ballots are inspected the day after California’s primary election at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center, June 3, 2026, in City of Industry, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Appeals court rejects Justice Department request for California to set aside disputed ballots

By Safiyah Riddle

October 30, 2026 at 3:28 p.m.

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Justice Department’s request for California to set...

Envelopes for mail-in ballots at the Wake County Board of Elections are seen on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey)

Trump administration makes another appeal to the Supreme Court to allow mail ballot restrictions

By Lindsay Whitehurst

September 6, 2026 at 1:18 p.m.

The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal...

Nick Begich III talks with his wife, Dharna Begich, at Jersey Subs, a shop in Kenai, Alaska, during a day of Nick’s campaigning for U.S. House of Representatives on Aug. 3, 2022. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News/TNS)

Alaska’s Bill Hill is one of several independents challenging Republicans in Congress. Can he win?

By Tribune News Service

September 6, 2026 at 11:07 a.m.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — U.S. House candidate Bill Hill trails freshman incumbent Rep. Nick Begich by...

President Donald Trump gestures in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

A whiplash election year enters its final stretch as Trump holds wild cards

By Steven Sloan

September 6, 2026 at 11:14 a.m.

Since President Donald Trump entered politics more than a decade ago, he’s had a knack...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., discusses the war with Iran and the cost of living as he speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats are promising a big agenda. Their unity is already being tested.

By Lisa Mascaro

September 5, 2026 at 4:55 p.m.

Democrats are pushing ahead with an agenda to make healthcare, groceries and other parts of...

Wake County Board of Elections employees prepare absentee ballots to be mailed on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey)

Midterm mail ballots start to go out to voters as litigation over President Trump’s executive order creates uncertainty

By Sarah Rankin

September 4, 2026 at 9:43 p.m.

North Carolina on Friday became the first state to widely distribute mail ballots for this...

A large box of pre-assembled mail-in ballots at the Wake County Board of Elections on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey)

Federal judge extends block on Trump executive order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms

By Nicholas Riccardi

September 4, 2026 at 5:28 p.m.

A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President...

An election worker places a vote-by-mail ballot into a secure bin at the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office during the Florida primary election in Doral, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

North Carolina mails first ballots of fall as Trump tries to restrict them

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

September 4, 2026 at 10:48 a.m.

North Carolina began sending mail ballots to voters early Friday, the first state to forge...

FILE - A worker blows leaves and snow off steps outside of the Maryland Statehouse on, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Maryland’s top court allows Democratic-backed congressional redistricting measure on November ballot

By David A. Lieb

September 3, 2026 at 6:18 p.m.

The Maryland Supreme Court says a congressional redistricting amendment backed by Democrats can appear on...

In this photo taken with a smartphone, people opposing a congressional redistricting plan rally outside the Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City, Mo., Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, while displaying the number of petition signatures submitted seeking a statewide vote on the measure. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

Missouri’s highest court blocks Trump-backed US House map from being used in November election

By David A. Lieb

September 3, 2026 at 5:16 p.m.

The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald...

Delivery vans are parked during a protest staged as part of a countrywide National Day of Action Tuesday, July 28, 2026, outside the main United States Postal Service headquarters in northeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

President Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail-voting restrictions with midterm elections looming

By Lindsay Whitehurst

September 4, 2026 at 6:27 a.m.

The Trump administration is again asking the Supreme Court to allow it to move ahead...