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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a candidate for governor, had seized ballots from a 2025 special election based on unsubstantiated claims of election irregularities.

After citizens in Republican states used ballot measures to protect abortion, expand Medicaid and raise the minimum wage, statehouses are moving to make such initiatives much harder.

Alicia Halvensleben, the president of the city’s Common Council, defeated a Republican legislator, continuing a string of Trump-era mayoral wins for Democrats.

Tech leaders see Matt Mahan, a moderate Democrat, as their best option in the California governor’s race, but tensions have risen as he has struggled to gain traction in polls.

The president’s apocalyptic rhetoric clashes with the responsibility of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to protect the military’s honor.

President Trump, his administration and G.O.P. lawmakers have claimed widespread issues with mailed ballots and fraudulent voting, but the evidence doesn’t support them.

The former member of the chart-topping Atlanta trio was in stable condition after being shot in Hollywood, Fla., his representative said. The police said they had detained two people.

No one was injured, but the councilman, Ron Gibson, called it “deeply unsettling.”

Stephen K. Bannon, a former close aide to President Trump, was convicted for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena related to the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack.