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Key takeaways from Tuesday's primaries: Big night for abortion rights, election deniers
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Abortion rights activists on Wednesday were relishing a major victory after Kansas voters soundly rejected a proposed constitutional amendmen...
Brittany Shepherd, ABC News Aug 03, 2022

Manchin, Collins cite Jan. 6 as they push reforms to 1887 Electoral Count Act
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Senators Susan Collins and Joe Manchin joined forces Wednesday to propose changes to a 19th century law that former President Donald Trump and his allies exploite...
Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News Aug 03, 2022

Kansas voters preserve abortion access in high-turnout primary
DAVE KAUP/AFP via Getty Images(OVERLAND PARK, Kan.) -- Abortion rights opponents in Kansas vowed to keep fighting after voters here decisively rejected removing the right to abortion from the state co...
Lalee Ibssa, ABC News Aug 03, 2022

Biden signs executive order paving way for Medicaid to pay for out-of-state abortions
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday that paves the way for Medicaid to pay for abortion services for people having to trav...
Ben Gittleson and Morgan Winsor, ABC News Aug 03, 2022

Ex-White House counsel subpoenaed by federal grand jury investigating Jan. 6 attack
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A federal grand jury has subpoenaed former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone in its investigation into the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Cap...
Katherine Faulders, John Santucci and Alexander Mallin, ABC News Aug 03, 2022

Pentagon deleted texts from key Trump officials after Jan. 6, watchdog group says
Digital Vision./Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A government watchdog group said Tuesday that the Pentagon "wiped" text messages from the cell phones of key Trump administration Defense Department officia...
Luis Martinez and Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News Aug 03, 2022

Leading House Democrat backtracks after saying about Biden in 2024: 'I don't believe he's running'
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- A leading House Democrat on Wednesday backtracked on comments she made Tuesday that she doubts President Joe Biden will renew his bid for the ...
Brittany Shepherd, ABC News Aug 03, 2022

Kansas 2022 primary election results: Anti-abortion amendment projected to fail
adamkaz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The ability to access abortions in Kansas is not changing. ABC News projects that voters on Tuesday rejected an amendment to the state constitution that would have sp...
ABC News Aug 03, 2022

NC Democrats grumble over national party investment in Senate race
Paul Souders/Getty Images(RALEIGH, N.C.) -- Some North Carolina Democrats are growing increasingly piqued about what they say is insufficient support from the national party for Senate nominee Cheri B...
Tal Axelrod, ABC News Aug 03, 2022

Is one Washington county a bellwether for the nation's political mood?
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Clallam County, Washington, may not be a location that's been in the spotlight, but the area, located in the northwestern section of the state, carries a one-of-a-kind distinct...
Nathan Luna, Zohreen Shah, Ashley Riegle, Jon Schlosberg and Ivan Pereira, ABC News Aug 03, 2022
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