All posts tagged "elections"

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  Dignity Project candidate for Washington aims for permanent tax incentives to attract manufacturing

  Henríquez would push for Controlled Territorial Enterprises (CTEs) if elected resident commissioner; seeks Medicare drug parity for low-income seniors

  • Posted November 2, 2020
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  Candidate for alternate president of CEE put to a vote by referendum

  Electoral commissioners have 48 hours to vote on whether they endorse NPP's candidate

  • Posted September 2, 2020
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  Puerto Rico Elections Comptroller publishes audit findings

  Parties, candidates fined or must pay tens of thousands of dollars

  • Posted April 1, 2019
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  Governor appoints judge as Puerto Rico State Elections Commission president

  Judge Ramos has presided two voter registration boards

  • Posted January 8, 2018
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  AP FACT CHECK: Trump overlooks his Obamacare promise

  WASHINGTON – With the failure Friday of Republican health care legislation, President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to replace so-called Obamacare “immediately” has been broken. That promise stands at odds with his statement that “I never said repeal...

  • Posted March 24, 2017
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  Eurozone’s economic growth near 6-year high: New survey

  LONDON – Businesses across the 19-country eurozone, and particularly in France, are increasingly upbeat and hiring more people despite big uncertainties – including France’s high-stakes presidential election. A closely watched survey of some 5,000 companies indicates that...

  • Posted March 24, 2017
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  Official: FBI Backs CIA Conclusion on Russian Hacking Motive

  WASHINGTON – The FBI is supporting the CIA’s conclusion that Russia interfered in the presidential election with the goal of supporting Republican candidate Donald Trump. In a message sent to employees, CIA Director John Brennan said he had...

  • Posted December 16, 2016
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  Obama orders review of election-season hacking

  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence officials to conduct a broad review of election-season cyberattacks, including the email hacks that rattled the presidential campaign and raised fresh concerns about Russia’s meddling in U.S. elections, the...

  • Posted December 9, 2016
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  Lawsuits seek to block or halt Wisconsin, Michigan recounts

  LANSING, Mich. — Supporters of Republican Donald Trump filed a federal lawsuit trying to halt Wisconsin’s ongoing presidential recount, and Michigan’s attorney general on Friday sued to stop a recount from happening in his state. The Wisconsin...

  • Posted December 2, 2016
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  Teen shows how fake political news pays

  VELES, Macedonia — On the second floor of a noisy sports center in the Macedonian town of Veles, a teenage purveyor of fake news cracked open his laptop and laid out his case for why lying is...

  • Posted December 2, 2016