What to know about states’ efforts to limit corporate donations in politics
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Missouri’s new US House map goes to court while Louisiana and South Carolina consider redistricting
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Tiger Woods’ lawyer and prosecutors are set to argue over prescription records in Florida DUI case
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Trump is getting another medical checkup at the end of May, the White House says
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Montana voters will be able to register to vote on Election Day, judge rules
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Trump and Xi dialed down the trade war, but challenges lurk at their China summit
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Survey work begins for contested Trump Triumphal Arch project in Washington
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Trump administration cancels rule that made conservation a ‘use’ of public lands
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Supreme Court halts order for Alabama to use US House map with 2 largely Black districts
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The MD-11 cargo planes like the one in last fall’s deadly UPS crash in Louisville return to the air
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Michigan groom will spend decades in prison for killing his best friend on his wedding night
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Trump nominates David Cummins to head the TSA after a rocky period for the agency
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Trump nominates Cameron Hamilton, fired after defending FEMA, to lead the agency
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How major US stock indexes fared Monday 5/11/2026
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Alabama attorney general announces civil probe of Southern Poverty Law Center
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Democrats ask the Supreme Court to halt a Virginia ruling blocking new congressional districts
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US marshals capture 17-year-old suspected in mass shooting on Iowa City pedestrian mall
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Supreme Court temporarily extends women’s access to a widely used abortion pill
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A nonprofit sues to halt Trump’s ‘American flag blue’ repaint of the Reflecting Pool
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Businesses are facing rising costs during the Iran war, and economists expect more strains ahead
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Trump says he’ll move to suspend federal gasoline tax. He can’t do it on his own
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A new $250,000 prize aims to spotlight those bringing American history to life
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Lawsuit blames ChatGPT maker OpenAI for helping plan a school shooting
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Heat stroke is suspected among 6 found dead in a shipping container at a rail yard near Texas border
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Man charged in White House correspondents’ dinner attack pleads not guilty
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US home sales flat in April as lackluster spring homebuying season lurches forward
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Google disrupts hackers using AI to exploit an unknown weakness in a company’s digital defense
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Nebraska’s primaries
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Newark, New Jersey’s, mayoral election
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in West Virginia’s primaries
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A crisis of conscience spurred this Christian IVF doctor’s career pivot
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Voter confusion and headaches for election officials follow hasty GOP push to redraw US House seats
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Tulsa Race Massacre reparations is soul-redeeming work for the US, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer says
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Older Americans say it’s a good time to find a job. Younger people aren’t buying it, new poll finds
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Venezuela’s leader to defend her country’s claim over mineral-rich Guyana region before UN court
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Abe Foxman, advocate for American Jews as longtime head of Anti-Defamation League, dies at 86
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NTSB gathering details on Frontier Airlines evacuation after plane hit and killed person in Denver
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Oregon Democrats found a way to improve roads. Now their gas tax goes before voters as prices soar
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Iran war could make Trump’s trip to China a bit chillier than his first-term visit
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Invasive Plant Removal at Wet Meadow Springs
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Leave No Trace Spotlight: Wildflower Hike with Tom Hofstra
Summit Ranger Station | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Grand Opening of the MACT Internal Medicine and Optometry clinic
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Yosemite Rivers Alliance Mailing Address | 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Leave No Trace Spotlight: Wildflower Hike with Tom Hofstra
Summit Ranger Station | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Grand Opening of the MACT Internal Medicine and Optometry clinic
MACT Internal Medicine and Optometry clinic | 11:00 am - 2:00 pm