2020 United States presidential election
FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2019 file photo, Strasbourg chief Rabbi Harold Abraham Weill looks at vandalized tombs in the Jewish cemetery of Westhoffen, west of the city of Strasbourg, eastern France. Coronavirus lockdowns in 2020 shifted some anti-Semitic hatred online, where conspiracy theories blaming Jews for the pandemic’s medical and economic devastation abounded, Israeli researchers at Tel Aviv University's Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry in an annual report Wednesday, April 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
Report: Pandemic amped up anti-Semitism, forced it online

By Laurie Kellman Apr. 07, 2021 04:02 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Apr. 05, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Plain Dealer. April 4, 2021. Editorial: Lt. Gov. Jon Husted covers himself in shame by not disavowing ‘Wuhan Virus’ tweet ...

FILE - Cardboard cutouts of fans in the otherwise empty seats face the field during the sixth inning of a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and Tampa Bay Rays in Atlanta, in this Thursday, July 30, 2020, file photo. Georgia’s new voting law _ which critics claim severely limits access to the ballot box, especially for people of color _ has prompted calls from as high as the White House to consider moving the midsummer classic out of Atlanta. The game is set for July 13 at Truist Park, the Braves’ 41,000-seat stadium in suburban Cobb County.(AP Photo/John Amis, File)
MLB All-Star Game yanked from Georgia over voting law

By Ronald Blum Apr. 02, 2021 03:43 PM EDT

Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, left, speaks while Sens. Chuck Edwards, R-Henderson, center, and Ralph Hise, R-Mitchell, stand at a news conference at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C. on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Newton is a primary sponsor of an elections measure heard in a Senate committee later Wednesday that in part would adjust deadlines to request absentee ballots and to turn them in to county election offices (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)
Debate begins on N Carolina absentee voting deadline changes

By Gary D. Robertson Mar. 31, 2021 02:54 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Mar. 29, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
San Antonio Express-News. March 26, 2021. Editorial: In yet another slap to voters, Paxton blocks rally records One...

Michigan Republicans propose slew of election changes

By David Eggert Mar. 24, 2021 02:28 PM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Republicans on Wednesday proposed a slew of election bills that would require voters to submit a photo ID, prohibit the...

FILE - In this March 29, 2018, file photo the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. Facebook made it through the 2020 election cracking down political misinformation with a few tweaks to its rules and stepped-up enforcement. While many of the changes were supposed to be temporary, emergency measures, it is becoming increasingly clear that there is no returning to the Facebook of the past. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
No turning back: Facebook reckons with a post-2020 world

By Barbara Ortutay Mar. 24, 2021 10:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, Julia Letlow, widow of Republican U.S. Rep.-elect Luke Letlow, speaks to reporters in Baton Rouge, La., after signing up to run for the 5th District seat. Three months after Louisiana voters determined the state's congressional lineup, the presidential election and the coronavirus pandemic are forcing a new round of elections Saturday for two of those U.S. House seats. Julia Letlow is the front-runner among 12 candidates in the race, with the backing of Donald Trump and the state GOP in a deep red district and more money raised than all her competitors combined. (AP Photo/Brett Duke, File)
Louisiana holds special election Saturday for US House seats

By Melinda Deslatte Mar. 19, 2021 01:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2014, file photo Republican Doug Ose speaks during a debate in Sacramento, Calif. Ose says he's entering the recall election aimed at ousting Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. He becomes the third established Republican to enter the race, joining former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and businessman John Cox. Ose served in Congress from 1999 to January 2005. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Former GOP Rep. Doug Ose enters California recall election

Michael R. Blood Mar. 16, 2021 06:45 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump arrives for a Latinos for Trump Coalition roundtable at Arizona Grand Resort & Spa in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
From vote to virus, misinformation campaign targets Latinos

By Will Weissert Mar. 07, 2021 10:35 AM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2020, file photo stickers printed in Spanish sit on the desk of an election judge to be distributed to voters after they cast their ballots in the atrium of Ball Arena, the home of the NBA's Denver Nuggets and the NHL's Colorado Avalanche in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
From vote to virus, misinformation campaign targets Latinos

By Will Weissert Mar. 07, 2021 08:11 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2020, file photo, envelopes containing ballots are shown at a San Francisco Department of Elections at a voting center in San Francisco. A new study finds the expansion of mail voting did not benefit Democrats or increase turnout. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Study: No partisan benefit from mail voting in 2020 election

By Nicholas Riccardi Mar. 05, 2021 06:28 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Mar. 03, 2021 06:48 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 2 The Fort Worth Star...

Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

By The Associated Press Mar. 03, 2021 01:04 PM EST
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ March 3 The Advocate on a scientific report...

Trump supporters hold signs and wave to motorists outside the convention center at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Trump calls for GOP unity, repeats lies about election loss

By Jill Colvin Mar. 01, 2021 05:34 AM EST

Conference attendees pose for a photo next to a statue of former president Donald Trump at the merchandise show at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Trump calls for GOP unity, repeats lies about election loss

By Jill Colvin Feb. 28, 2021 10:24 AM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, at National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Conservative gathering to feature Trump's false fraud claims

By Jill Colvin And Steve Peoples Feb. 25, 2021 01:52 PM EST

Virginia GOP to choose nominees at convention in Lynchburg

By Matthew Barakat Feb. 24, 2021 10:13 AM EST
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia Republicans have opted to hold an in-person convention at Liberty University in May to choose their nominee for governor,...

Georgia senators seek term limits, balanced budget conclaves

By Jeff Amy Feb. 22, 2021 01:11 PM EST
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans are again pushing for the state to call for conventions to amend the U.S. Constitution to require a balanced federal budget...

Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., leaves the chamber as the Senate voted to consider hearing from witnesses in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
GOP's Thune says Trump allies engaging in 'cancel culture'

By Stephen Groves Feb. 19, 2021 01:46 PM EST