By JACQUES BILLEAUD, JONATHAN J. COOPER and JOSH KELETY (Associated Press) PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump ‘s chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their roles in an attempt to overturn Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Trump won Arizona in 2020. They include the former state party chair, a 2022 U.S. Senate candidate and two sitting state lawmakers, who are charged with nine counts each of ..read more

By JACQUES BILLEAUD and JOSH KELETY (Associated Press) PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani along with 16 others in an election interference case. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election. It shows seven other defendants whose names were not immediately released because they had not yet been served with the charges. The Associated Press was able to determine the id ..read more

By MARK SCOLFORO (Associated Press) HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania election results include a loss Tuesday in the Democratic primary by a Philadelphia state representative one day after prosecutors announced that they had erroneously issued a warrant mistakenly accusing him of violating a protective order. Rep. Kevin Boyle, seeking an eighth term, was one of at least two incumbent state lawmakers defeated on Tuesday, losing to Sean Dougherty, whose father is state Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dougherty. The warrant that was withdrawn came up in the context of a years-long child custody and divorce d ..read more

Gopal Ratnam | (TNS) CQ-Roll Call WASHINGTON — After 20,000 or more New Hampshire voters received a call with the artificial-intelligence-doctored voice of President Joe Biden asking them to skip the state’s primary in January, state officials were in a quandary. Attorney General John M. Formella launched an investigation alongside others into the robocall that urged recipients to “save your vote for the November election,” ultimately identifying a Texas-based organization as the culprit. But New Hampshire lawmakers who say simply identifying the origins of these deepfakes isn’t enough are bac ..read more

Nicole Blanchard | (TNS) Idaho Statesman WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments from the state and the U.S. Department of Justice that will determine their decision on the fate of emergency abortion access in Idaho. Since Idaho’s strict abortion laws went into effect following the court’s repeal of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, they have faced numerous legal challenges. Several have been elevated to the Idaho Supreme Court, and others have risen to the U.S. District Court or 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Here’s how this particular case made its way to the highest cour ..read more

WEST CHESTER — The ballots that Chester County voters will see in the coming Presidential Election in November have been set, with all but a few outstanding mail-in votes left to count Wednesday. Incumbent President Joe Biden will lead the Democratic ticket that includes nine local county legislators, two first time challengers, an incumbent U.S. Senator and a likewise incumbent U.S. congresswoman, and three candidates for state Row Offices. On the Republican side, former President Donald Trump will head his party’s ticket, with down-ballot races featuring two incumbent Harrisburg legislators ..read more

By ERIC TUCKER (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. It’s a historic day for the court, with the justices having an opportunity to decide once and for all whether former presidents can be prosecuted for official acts they take while in the White House. But between a decades-old court case about Richard Nixon, and an obscure constitutional provision about presidential impeachments, there are likely to be so ..read more

NORRISTOWN — Norristown Municipal Councilwoman Lauren Hughes appears to have retained her seat in a special election during Tuesday’s primary. The incumbent Democrat received 124 votes, while Republican opponent Antonio Davila had 24 votes, according to Montgomery County’s 2024 primary election unofficial results dashboard. Hughes, a senior assistant solicitor with the Montgomery County Solicitor’s Office, announced her intentions in early March to run to represent the municipality’s fourth district. She’d first been appointed to serve out the remainder of former Councilman Hakim Jones’ term a ..read more

The Left has become adept at using various issues as a wedge to gain a political advantage with women voters. They have been particularly effective in using so-called “reproductive rights,” mischaracterizing the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision as having taken away those supposed rights even though the court merely returned the issue to the states where it properly belongs. But, as the saying goes, they are “all hat, and no cowboy” when it comes to protecting actual women. Here in Penn’s Woods, Pennsylvania House Democrats have been particularly brazen in throwing women under the bus if acting o ..read more

Kevin Hardy | Stateline.org (TNS) South Dakota state Sen. John Wiik likes to think of himself as a lookout of sorts — keeping an eye on new laws, programs and ideas brewing across the states. “I don’t bring a ton of legislation,” said Wiik, a Republican. “The main thing I like to do is try and stay ahead of trends and try and prevent bad things from coming into our state.” This session, that meant sponsoring successful legislation banning cities or counties from creating basic income programs, which provide direct, regular cash payments to low-income residents to help alleviate pover ..read more