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Former New Mexico lawmaker pleads guilty to diverting public school funds

A former high-ranking Democratic legislator in New Mexico already convicted in federal fraud case has pleaded guilty to related state charges

RFK Jr. Hires Army Doctor Who Opposed Covid Shots to Investigate if They Killed 2,500 Troops

APOORVA MANDAVILLI AND JAN HOFFMAN

In a legal deposition, the doctor, Theresa Long, compared immunizing service members against Covid to Nazi doctors experimenting on concentration camp prisoners.

Judge again halts USPS mail ballot plan as Trump administration seeks Supreme Court relief

KEVIN RECTOR

A federal judge again Friday blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enacting President Trump's sweeping new mail ballot rules for the November election.

The Tetris Company Denounces Trump White House Clone of Tetris

CHRIS CAMERON

Responding to Build the Wall, an apparent copy of the retro video game, the Tetris Company said “we take copyright infringement very seriously.”

EPA proposal could leave the public in the dark on data center plans

A plan by the Environmental Protection Agency could make it harder for the public to learn about and comment on proposed AI data centers that have sparked a backlash in communities across the country and become a key election issue

Supreme Court Sides With Republicans in TV Ad Fight

ABBIE VANSICKLE

Republican groups had asked the court to clear the way for political parties to pay the same low-cost ad rates as candidates, a move that could undercut a Democratic advantage in the midterms.

Judge Once Again Blocks Trump Administration’s Plans to Restrict Mail-In Ballots

ZACH MONTAGUE

The ruling arrived before the Supreme Court could decide whether to intervene but appeared certain to set off yet another round of appeals.

Man who was free on bond in wife's alleged killing is jailed after hit-and-run

A Colorado man who had been free on $3 million bond in his wife's death has been arrested after prosecutors allege he got in a hit-and-run crash with two vehicles in Denver

Where Will Lindsay Clancy Go Now?

CHRISTINA MORALES

At first she will return to the hospital, where she will continue to be treated for mental illness. She may be confined much longer.

C.D.C. Says No Deaths This Year Attributed to Measles

APOORVA MANDAVILLI

The agency’s weekly update escalates a political fight after Pennsylvania said two deaths had been caused by the virus.

Former Kentucky Governor Is Arrested Amid Child Support Battle

ISHANI DESAI

Matthew Bevin, the former Republican governor, was held in contempt for failing to abide by court orders to file financial disclosure documents, a lawyer said.

North Carolina Adds New Restrictions to Vote-by-Mail Program

EMILY DAVIES

The changes are almost certain to cause some votes to be tossed. They come at a time when President Trump is promoting false claims of widespread fraud in mail voting.

Missouri asks US Supreme Court to allow use of new Trump-backed congressional districts in midterms

For feminists, the deaths of Parton and Steinem days apart deliver a double dose of grief

The deaths of Gloria Steinem and Dolly Parton just days apart have delivered a double dose of grief for feminists

Man sentenced to 20 years over a 'Texas Killing Fields' case, decades after dozens of bodies found

A man convicted over a "Texas Killing Fields" death has been sentenced by a jury to 20 years in prison