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Pennsylvania state senator sues critics of his book about WWI hero Sgt. York
Read full article: Pennsylvania state senator sues critics of his book about WWI hero Sgt. YorkA Pennsylvania state senator and former Republican gubernatorial candidate whose support for Donald Trump drew him to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 is suing a Canadian university and nearly two dozen academics.
GOP field in Pennsylvania Senate race still wide open as hard-right state lawmaker says he won't run
Read full article: GOP field in Pennsylvania Senate race still wide open as hard-right state lawmaker says he won't runA hard-right Pennsylvania state lawmaker says he will not challenge Democratic Sen. Bob Casey.
Shapiro's big win is a high note amid antisemitism surge
Read full article: Shapiro's big win is a high note amid antisemitism surgeJosh Shapiro will be taking office as Pennsylvaniaโs next governor in January after running a campaign in which he spoke early and often about his Jewish religious heritage.
Doubts about candidates tipped the scales in tightest races
Read full article: Doubts about candidates tipped the scales in tightest racesVoters deciding to split their tickets or buck their party altogether may have helped Democrats mount a stronger-than-expected performance in the recent midterm elections.
Gov-elect Shapiro opens transition, to stay AG until January
Read full article: Gov-elect Shapiro opens transition, to stay AG until JanuaryPennsylvania Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro is beginning the transition to his new job, pledging to work constructively with lawmakers and pledging to remain as attorney general until he takes office as governor in January.
'Democracy voters' delivered for Democrats in tightest races
Read full article: 'Democracy voters' delivered for Democrats in tightest racesPresident Joe Biden tried to shape the midterm elections not as a verdict on his time in office, but rather on the contrast between Democrats and Republicans on American democracy.
Shapiro to take office with mandate from Pennsylvania voters
Read full article: Shapiro to take office with mandate from Pennsylvania votersDemocratic Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro will take office with a decisive mandate from Pennsylvania voters, who overwhelmingly rejected a Republican drive to pare back abortion rights and voting laws in the premier battleground state.
AP VoteCast: Midterm races a patchwork, not a national vote
Read full article: AP VoteCast: Midterm races a patchwork, not a national voteIf Tuesdayโs vote defied the durable history of presidential parties taking heavy losses in a midterm election, it also reinforced an often-forgotten fact: These campaigns are a patchwork of thousands of races, not a nationwide contest.
US voters fret about democracy, polarization before election
Read full article: US voters fret about democracy, polarization before electionAmerican voters are fractured politically and culturally ahead of Election Day, and they are anxious about where their country is heading โ on inflation, abortion, immigration, crime, and much more.
Obama to Democrats: 'Sulking and moping is not an option'
Read full article: Obama to Democrats: 'Sulking and moping is not an option'The Democratic Partyโs most powerful voices are warning that abortion, Social Security and democracy itself are at risk as they labor to overcome fierce political headwinds over the final weekend of the 2022 campaign.
Oz-Mastriano: An awkward pair atop Pennsylvania's GOP ticket
Read full article: Oz-Mastriano: An awkward pair atop Pennsylvania's GOP ticketRepublicans have political winds at their back, but the party's nominees in Pennsylvania for governor and Senate are running dramatically different campaigns and targeting two very different types of voters.
Biden says of candidate Fetterman: 'John IS Pennsylvania'
Read full article: Biden says of candidate Fetterman: 'John IS Pennsylvania'An energized President Joe Biden returned Friday to the Keystone State, his 15th visit since he took office, this time to attend a fundraiser with Vice President Kamala Harris and other leaders to boost Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman.
In Pa. governor's race, faith surfaces in contrasting ways
Read full article: In Pa. governor's race, faith surfaces in contrasting waysIn one of the most closely watched races in one of the most contested battleground states, both candidates for governor in Pennsylvania bring religion into their campaigns.
Fetterman struggles in Senate debate against Oz after stroke
Read full article: Fetterman struggles in Senate debate against Oz after strokePennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman struggled at times to explain his positions and spoke haltingly throughout a highly anticipated debate against Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz as they vie for a critical Senate seat.
Support of false election claims runs deep in 2022 GOP field
Read full article: Support of false election claims runs deep in 2022 GOP fieldAn Associated Press review has found that nearly 1 in 3 Republican candidates for statewide offices that play a role in overseeing, certifying or defending elections supported overturning the 2020 presidential election.
Trump moves to general election mode with Pennsylvania rally
Read full article: Trump moves to general election mode with Pennsylvania rallyIt's Donald Trump's first rally of the general election season, a Saturday night event in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, with Republican candidates in the pivotal state.
Mastriano sues Jan. 6 committee over deposition authority
Read full article: Mastriano sues Jan. 6 committee over deposition authorityPennsylvaniaโs Republican nominee for governor is suing the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, contesting its legal ability to force him to answer questions about it.
Mastriano wore Confederate uniform for faculty photo
Read full article: Mastriano wore Confederate uniform for faculty photoPennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano posed in a Confederate uniform for a faculty photo at the Army War College, three years before he retired from the U.S. Army.
Pompeo talks to 1/6 panel, Mastriano cuts own meeting short
Read full article: Pompeo talks to 1/6 panel, Mastriano cuts own meeting shortThe House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has interviewed former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and met briefly with Pennsylvaniaโs Republican nominee for governor Doug Mastriano as it probes Donald Trumpโs efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Mastriano brings election denier onto Pa. governor campaign
Read full article: Mastriano brings election denier onto Pa. governor campaignThe Pennsylvania Republican nominee for governor who's pushed Donald Trump's election lies has appointed Trump's former campaign lawyer as a senior legal adviser to his campaign.
Mastriano willing to talk to Jan. 6 committee, spoke to FBI
Read full article: Mastriano willing to talk to Jan. 6 committee, spoke to FBIPennsylvaniaโs Republican nominee for governor, Doug Mastriano, has offered to sit for a voluntary interview with the congressional committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection.
EXPLAINER: Can Pa. GOP candidate make voters re-register?
Read full article: EXPLAINER: Can Pa. GOP candidate make voters re-register?If Republican Doug Mastriano is elected governor of Pennsylvania, the state could become a test case for his idea to wipe its voter rolls clean and make everyone re-register if they want to vote again.
How Pa. GOP gov pick could turn election lies into action
Read full article: How Pa. GOP gov pick could turn election lies into actionDoug Mastriano is not the only candidate who won a Republican primary on Tuesday after embracing former President Donald Trumpโs lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
Midterm updates | Idaho attorney general loses GOP primary
Read full article: Midterm updates | Idaho attorney general loses GOP primaryFormer U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador has won Idahoโs Republican attorney general primary, beating a longtime incumbent who'd been criticized by the far right for not taking a more activist role.
Tight Pennsylvania GOP Senate race; Mastriano wins gov nod
Read full article: Tight Pennsylvania GOP Senate race; Mastriano wins gov nodDonald Trumpโs choice for Pennsylvania governor has won his primary, and his Senate pick is locked in an exceedingly close contest as the former president works to expand his hold on the Republican Party.
GOP fears far-right candidate will be PA governor nominee
Read full article: GOP fears far-right candidate will be PA governor nomineeWith six days until Pennsylvaniaโs primary, Republicans are openly worrying that a leading candidate in the crowded GOP field running for governor is unelectable in the fall general election.
Pennsylvania election audit gets GOP campaign trail embrace
Read full article: Pennsylvania election audit gets GOP campaign trail embraceIn the battleground state of Pennsylvania, where former President Donald Trump lost by 80,000 votes eight months ago, his false claims of a stolen election are finding new signs of life.
In French woods, rivals take aim at senator's WWI research
Read full article: In French woods, rivals take aim at senator's WWI researchโAny work done using Mastriano is built upon poor, false research,โ Gregory wrote. โThe issue is not about a few metersโ difference between the two sites,โ said Dutch journalist Stephan van Meulebrouck, who has written about the York site controversy. In early March, he made a nearly identical complaint to the University of New Brunswick, where the York research figured prominently in Mastriano's doctoral studies. The 59 pages of footnotes in Mastrianoโs book cite โ more than 150 times โ York's 1928 pseudo-autobiography. Mastriano dismissed doubters in a September 2018 speech at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.
West Virginia state lawmaker among several who joined, observed US Capitol turmoil
Read full article: West Virginia state lawmaker among several who joined, observed US Capitol turmoilVirginia state Sen. Amanda Chase, an outspoken Trump supporter who is running for governor, attended the president's rally Wednesday in which Trump urged supporters to march to the Capitol. Washington, D.C., officials said the FBI and the local Metropolitan Police Department were leading the investigation into identifying the participants in Wednesdayโs violence. John Bryan, a West Virginia attorney representing Evans, was defiant that the delegate will not resign despite lawmakers from both parties seeking to expel him. The Republican speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Roger Hanshaw, said Wednesday night that Evans will need to โanswer to his constituents and colleaguesโ for his actions. I'm following the crowd.โLike several other political first-time winners in Novemberโs West Virginia elections, Evans swept aside a Democratic rival to win his seat representing Wayne County.
White House invites GOP lawmakers in Pennsylvania to lunch
Read full article: White House invites GOP lawmakers in Pennsylvania to lunch(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)HARRISBURG, Pa. โ Republican state senators in Pennsylvania were invited to a White House lunch Wednesday as President Donald Trump persists in talk of overturning his loss in the U.S. Supreme Court and baselessly maintains that Democrats stole the battleground state from him. Sen. Doug Mastriano then forwarded it by email Tuesday to every senator as a reminder, advising them to fill out security details in the RSVP โif you would like to join us for lunch with POTUS at the White House tomorrow." Some of the lawmakers later went to the White House to meet with Trump. One of the lawmakers there, Mastriano, revealed five days later that he had contracted the coronavirus. Top state Republican lawmakers have rebuffed overtures that they vote to send Trump's electors to Congress.
After White House test, Pa. senator calls COVID-19 case mild
Read full article: After White House test, Pa. senator calls COVID-19 case mildMeanwhile, a Republican lawmaker who attended Wednesday's public meeting in Gettysburg with Mastriano, Sen. Judy Ward, revealed that she also has tested positive. The public meeting was held, despite state Department of Health and internal Senate pandemic directives limiting gatherings. The AP learned of the White House test results from a person with direct knowledge of the meeting. Mastriano's White House trip followed the hours-long meeting in a Gettysburg hotel, which was held at Mastrianoโs request and where few people wore masks. It is not clear how state Senate Republican leaders, who have remained silent about the matter, have responded internally to a potential outbreak stemming from that meeting.
Source: Pa. lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meeting
Read full article: Source: Pa. lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meetingHARRISBURG, Pa. โ A Pennsylvania state senator abruptly left a West Wing meeting with President Donald Trump after being informed he had tested positive for the coronavirus, a person with direct knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press. Trump told Mastriano that White House medical personnel would take care of him, his son and his sonโs friend, who were also there for the Oval Office meeting and tested positive. Dozens of White House staffers and others close to the president have also tested positive, including the first lady and two of the presidentโs sons. Trump even participated, calling from the White House while one of his lawyers held a phone up to a microphone. The person with knowledge of the White House visit said several people rode in a large van from Gettysburg, where the policy committee met in a hotel, to the White House.
Source: Pa. lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meeting
Read full article: Source: Pa. lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meetingTrump told Mastriano that White House medical personnel would take care of him, his son and his sonโs friend, who were also there for the Oval Office meeting and tested positive. Dozens of White House staffers and others close to the president have also tested positive, including the first lady and two of the presidentโs sons. The meeting with Trump was to strategize about efforts regarding the election, the person said. Trump even participated, calling from the White House while one of his lawyers held a phone up to a microphone. The person with knowledge of the White House visit said several people rode in a large van from Gettysburg, where the policy committee met in a hotel, to the White House.