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A generation ago nonprofit organizations regularly lobbied for legislation and served as advocates on issues. But according to a recent survey, charities are now far more reluctant to seek to influence lawmakers and other policymakers. The survey, conducted for Independent Sector, a membership organization of nonprofits and grantmakers, found that...

COLUMBUS — Supporters of a ballot question in Ohio that would make it harder to change the state constitution and could determine the fate of abortion rights there say a yes vote will provide a “defense against out-of-state meddling.” Opponents argue that a yes vote would give “special interests the...

Former President Donald Trump is on his third set of criminal charges since leaving office, an unprecedented event in the U.S. His allies say this kind of thing only happens in so-called banana republics.That’s far from true. There is a long history of world leaders prosecuted before, during and after...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Fueled by election gains, Democrats in Minnesota and Michigan this year enacted far-reaching policy changes that party leaders in other states are looking to as a potential roadmap for what they could swiftly achieve with similar control. Gun safety packages, expanded voting rights, free meals for...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Few even mentioned his name, and the new federal indictment he faces was completely ignored, as Republican candidates for president tried in Iowa Sunday to present themselves as Donald Trump alternatives. Over the course of two hours, seven GOP hopefuls took their turn on stage in...

Vivek Ramaswamy is as comfortable talking about Bible stories as he is sharing the message of the Bhagavad Gita, one of the most sacred Hindu texts. The 37-year-old biotech entrepreneur turned Republican presidential candidate has been steadily garnering support in a party dominated by conservative Christians. In many polls, he’s...

VINTON, Iowa — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is increasingly urging Republicans to avoid the temptation to refight the 2020 election next year, even as former President Donald Trump remains the dominant favorite for the 2024 GOP nomination on a message of vindicating his defeat. Though DeSantis recently cast doubt on...

In the two-and-a-half years since the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, Congress passed a bipartisan law closing loopholes in the complex process of choosing a new president that Donald Trump tried to exploit in his push to stay in office after losing the 2020 election. Candidates for crucial...

WASHINGTON — When the Justice Department was announcing the highest-profile prosecution in its history in Washington, Attorney General Merrick Garland was 100 miles away, meeting with local police in Philadelphia. He stepped outside briefly to speak about how the decision to indict Donald Trump for conspiracy to overturn the 2020...

Another special election is coming for some Allegheny County residents. Democrats and Republicans have chosen their nominees for an upcoming special election for the 21st state House District. The seat was recently vacated by former state. Rep. Sara Innamorato, D-Lawrenceville, as she prepares her run for Allegheny County Executive. District...

NASHVILLE — Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, who became Democratic heroes as members of the “Tennessee Three,” reclaimed their legislative seats Thursday after they were expelled for involvement in a gun control protest on the House floor. The young Black lawmakers were reinstated by local officials after being...

WASHINGTON — Focusing on the Bidens rather than Donald Trump’s federal court appearance, House Republicans released a transcript Thursday of their interview with Hunter Biden’s former business associate detailing overseas financial dealings by the president’s son. The more than five-hour closed-door interview with Devon Archer by the House Oversight Committee,...

Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a new state budget Thursday, putting to rest the worst fears over a budget stalemate that could cost Pennsylvanians access to critical safety net programs and send cash-strapped school districts scrambling for dollars to open for the new school year. The crisis was averted through a...

WASHINGTON — When Senate Leader Mitch McConnell rose to announce his vote to acquit Donald Trump of impeachment charges in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the Republican assured the public the former president would have his day in court. “He didn’t get away with anything yet —...

One of the nation’s biggest anti-Trump groups is poised to launch a six-figure advertising campaign Thursday in four swing states — including Pennsylvania — in response to the former president’s indictment on efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The Republican Accountability Project said Wednesday it will be running the ad...

Most of Ron DeSantis’ former top donors aren’t ready to back his presidential bid. Roughly three-fourths of the Florida governor’s largest gubernatorial contributors haven’t donated this year to a super PAC supporting his White House candidacy, according to a preliminary analysis of campaign finance documents filed Monday with the Federal...

One of Allegheny County Council’s progressive members announced Monday that she will not be seeking reelection. The campaign of Allegheny County Councilwoman Liv Bennett, D-Northview Heights, tweeted that Bennett has dropped her independent run for reelection. Earlier this year, Bennett was running for Allegheny County Executive and her council seat...

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump ‘s mounting legal woes are growing more expensive, leading his campaign to request a refund from a supportive super PAC and launch a new legal defense fund to help cover costs. His political action committee, Save America, is expected to disclose Monday that it...

ATLANTA — A Georgia prosecutor is expected to seek a grand jury indictment in the coming weeks in her investigation into efforts by Donald Trump and his Republican allies to overturn the then-president’s 2020 election loss. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis began investigating more than two years ago, shortly...

MIAMI — The property manager of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate made his first court appearance on Monday on charges in the classified documents case against the former president but did not enter a plea because he has not found a Florida-based attorney to represent him. Carlos De Oliveira is accused...

At 24, Alberto Rodriguez has grandparents younger than Joe Biden. But he’s more interested in the 80-year-old president’s accomplishments than his age. “People as young as me, we’re all focusing on our day-to-day lives and he has done things to help us through that,” Rodriguez, a cook at Mandalay Bay...

NEW YORK — At a moment of growing legal peril, Donald Trump ramped up his calls for his GOP rivals to drop out of the 2024 presidential race as he threatened to primary Republican members of Congress who fail to focus on investigating Democratic President Joe Biden and urged them...