Los Angeles: Late-arriving mail ballots shifted standings in the June 2 mayoral primary this week, erasing reality-television personality Spencer Pratt's early lead and elevating City Councilmember Nithya Raman. Election officials recorded successive batches of mailed ballots over several days, consistent with California rules allowing ballots postmarked by Election Day to...
South Carolina: Five Republican candidates campaigned across the state Monday and ahead of the primary election Tuesday, seeking their party’s nomination for governor. Front-runners included Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, Rep. Nancy Mace, Rep. Ralph Norman, Attorney General Alan Wilson and businessman Rom Reddy; Evette has received President Trump’s endorsement and...
St. Paul, Minnesota. A 205-page House Oversight Committee staff report released Monday alleges Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison failed for years to act on warnings about fraud in state social services, documenting hundreds of millions in confirmed or suspected losses and federal estimates that place up to...
Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County filed a lawsuit on Monday against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security seeking to prevent conversion of an 833,000-square-foot warehouse near Salt Lake City International Airport into an immigration detention facility. The purchase, made by DHS in March 2026 for $145.4 million, was...
Seattle opened the first 50 temporary tiny-home units in an Interbay village this week as Mayor Katie Wilson celebrated a milestone in a delayed program that had originally promised 500 units before the World Cup on June 15; the units were presented at a ceremonial event Sunday and will be...
United States. This week multiple local jurisdictions reported changes to emergency medical services: West Virginia OEMS director Jody Ratliff was appointed as the state's voting delegate to the national EMS Compact; Saxton, Pennsylvania announced a temporary partnership with AMED to provide weekday daytime coverage beginning June 15; Eaton City Council...
Los Angeles this week saw early returns from the June 2 California primary that briefly showed Republican Steve Hilton and Republican Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt ahead in key contests, prompting President Trump to publicly question the counting process on national television; officials and reporters emphasized that mail-in ballot...
Augusta, Maine. Voters head to the polls Tuesday as the state’s midterm primary centers on a high-profile U.S. Senate contest and an active gubernatorial race; local reporting notes revelations in 2025 that Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner faced allegations of physical abuse and sexting while newly married, drawing intensified national...
Israel and Iran conducted direct military strikes early Monday, marking a major escalation since a ceasefire that took effect 100 days ago. The confrontation followed an Israeli airstrike Sunday on Beirut’s southern suburbs that hit a military vehicle and caused civilian casualties in Lebanon. Iran then launched multiple waves of...
Des Moines. On Sunday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, president of the Democratic Governors' Association, rallied more than 300 people at The River Place in support of Iowa Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rob Sand. Beshear cited his two gubernatorial victories in Kentucky — a state that voted heavily for Donald Trump —...
