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J.D. Vance, left, rode former President Donald Trump's endorsement to a narrow victory in Ohio's Republican U.S. Senate primary in early May. Across the country, Trump endorsed dozens of candidates in this year's GOP primaries.

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Tracking Trump's endorsements: Here's how his picks have fared in primaries

5:00am September 06, 2022

The former president has remained a constant presence in this year's statewide primaries, endorsing more than 200 Republican candidates. Here's his win-loss record so far.

The residence of former US President Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on August 9, 2022, one day after FBI agents conducted a court-authorized search and recovered scores of classified documents.

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Federal judge grants Trump's special master request to review Mar-a-Lago materials

4:23pm September 05, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has granted former President Donald Trump's request for a special master to review documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago last month.

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What Biden's speech in Philadelphia means for the midterms

7:07am September 05, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to political strategists Dan Sena and Scott Jennings about President Biden's 'battle for the soul of the nation' message ahead of the midterm elections.

Mary Peltola has been fishing on the Kuskokwim since she was a child.

Mary Peltola, the first Alaska Native heading to Congress, journeys home to the river

5:01am September 05, 2022

by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media

The daughter of a Yu'pik mom and a dad from Nebraska, Peltola defeated Sarah Palin in a special election. She'll be the first Democrat to represent Alaska in the U.S. House in 50 years.

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How Democratic messaging in Pennsylvania is resonating with voters there

5:23pm September 04, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with political reporter Jonathan Tamari about why Pennsylvania is such a key state in the 2022 midterm elections and how voters are talking it all in.

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Florida Gov. DeSantis leads a nationwide shift to politicizing school board races

1:26pm September 04, 2022

Governor Ron DeSantis is reshaping school boards in Florida. He's exerting control over local school policies, including how they teach children about race and sexual orientation.

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Jarvis Jones and John Knight help distribute free bottled water at the Sykes Park Community Center in Jackson, Mississippi.

Avoiding the tap water in Jackson, Miss., has been a way of life for decades

11:47am September 04, 2022

Residents accuse the largely white state government of neglecting the needs of a city that's 82% Black. White flight in the 1970s devastated the tax base, posing a major challenge to any solution.

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas on Aug. 6.

Claims of voter fraud, old as the republic, still work as weapons for Trump

5:00am September 04, 2022

by Ron Elving

The prevalence or importance of voter fraud seems less a matter of fact than of faith. Those who accept Trump's claims are exercising their beliefs to push back against experts, courts and academics.

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Unpacking Biden's argument about state-level threats to democracy

5:29pm September 03, 2022

President Biden warns that there are threats to American democracy taking shape at the state level. NPR's Michel Martin discusses how and why with political scientist Jacob Grumbach.

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A 2024 announcement from Trump would complicate ongoing investigations

8:43am September 03, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

Legal experts say former President Trump won't gain any protections against ongoing investigations if he declares his candidacy for the 2024 presidential race, but it could complicate the optics.

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