Once a producer of centrist Republicans like Arlen Specter and Tom Ridge, the state GOP now bears the MAGA stamp.Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, center, speaks to supporters of President Donald Trump as they demonstrate outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol, in Harrisburg, Pa., on Nov. 7, 2020. | Julio Cortez/AP PhotoPHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania once stocked D.C. with a steady stream of establishment Republicans. Now, in the wake of Donald Trump’s reelection defeat, it’s better known for its GOP hard-liners — among them, Scott Perry, the congressman who recently made headlines for...…Once a producer of centrist Republicans like Arlen Specter and Tom Ridge, the state GOP now bears the MAGA stamp.Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, center, speaks to supporters of President Donald Trump as they demonstrate outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol, in Harrisburg, Pa., on Nov. 7, 2020. | Julio Cortez/AP PhotoPHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania once stocked D.C. with a steady stream of establishment Republicans. Now, in the wake of Donald Trump’s reelection defeat, it’s better known for its GOP hard-liners — among them, Scott Perry, the congressman who recently made headlines for...WW…

Republicans are using the Democratic leader in Georgia Senate ads, the same way the House GOP has used Nancy Pelosi for years.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol. | Samuel Corum/Getty ImagesSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was ecstatic when Joe Biden was declared president-elect, telling a celebrating Brooklyn crowd on Saturday that the Senate would be next to flip blue.“Now we take Georgia, then we change America!” Schumer said.But it’s Republicans who have been cheering ever since.For four days, the video clip of Schumer has...…Republicans are using the Democratic leader in Georgia Senate ads, the same way the House GOP has used Nancy Pelosi for years.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol. | Samuel Corum/Getty ImagesSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was ecstatic when Joe Biden was declared president-elect, telling a celebrating Brooklyn crowd on Saturday that the Senate would be next to flip blue.“Now we take Georgia, then we change America!” Schumer said.But it’s Republicans who have been cheering ever since.For four days, the video clip of Schumer has...WW…

Party leaders and officials in key battleground states are urging voters to vote in person instead, with ballot return deadlines looming.Mail-in ballots for the 2020 General Election in the United States are seen before being sorted at the Chester County Voter Services office on Oct. 23 West Chester, Pa. | Matt Slocum/AP PhotoWith a week to go until Election Day, Democrats are pushing a new get-out-the-vote mantra: There’s still time to vote early, but it is too late to put your ballot in the mail.Far more Democrats than Republicans plan to vote by mail in 2020, according to polling and...…Party leaders and officials in key battleground states are urging voters to vote in person instead, with ballot return deadlines looming.Mail-in ballots for the 2020 General Election in the United States are seen before being sorted at the Chester County Voter Services office on Oct. 23 West Chester, Pa. | Matt Slocum/AP PhotoWith a week to go until Election Day, Democrats are pushing a new get-out-the-vote mantra: There’s still time to vote early, but it is too late to put your ballot in the mail.Far more Democrats than Republicans plan to vote by mail in 2020, according to polling and...WW…

Virginia, Florida, Louisiana and Pennsylvania have experienced web outages, with more states approaching registration deadlines this week.A person fills out a voter registration card in downtown Chicago. | AP Photo/Nam Y. HuhA cut cable, an equipment failure at a data center, an online traffic overload that crashed a website — online voter registration systems have already had their share of snafus this election season, amid record-breaking registration totals in battleground states. With registration deadlines approaching in more than a dozen states, voting rights groups and party...…Virginia, Florida, Louisiana and Pennsylvania have experienced web outages, with more states approaching registration deadlines this week.A person fills out a voter registration card in downtown Chicago. | AP Photo/Nam Y. HuhA cut cable, an equipment failure at a data center, an online traffic overload that crashed a website — online voter registration systems have already had their share of snafus this election season, amid record-breaking registration totals in battleground states. With registration deadlines approaching in more than a dozen states, voting rights groups and party...WW…

As his fundraising has slipped, Trump has upped his use of federal resources to compensate.President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Des Moines International Airport on Oct. 14, 2020, in Iowa. | AP Photo/Alex BrandonThe farther behind Donald Trump has fallen in the competition for campaign dollars, the more he’s milked government resources to make up the difference.Millions of boxes of food doled out to needy families — signed by the president taking credit stuffed inside. An $8 billion program for drug-discount cards to seniors featuring Trump branding — intended to arrive...…As his fundraising has slipped, Trump has upped his use of federal resources to compensate.President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Des Moines International Airport on Oct. 14, 2020, in Iowa. | AP Photo/Alex BrandonThe farther behind Donald Trump has fallen in the competition for campaign dollars, the more he’s milked government resources to make up the difference.Millions of boxes of food doled out to needy families — signed by the president taking credit stuffed inside. An $8 billion program for drug-discount cards to seniors featuring Trump branding — intended to arrive...WW…

President Donald Trump has repeatedly called into question the legitimacy of mail-in voting and other aspects of the election.Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks on Thursday, July 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. | Greg Nash/Pool via APDefense Secretary Mark Esper stopped short of committing to keep troops away from polling stations next month, prompting Democratic lawmakers to call on the Pentagon chief to vow that the military won’t be used to influence the election.Reps. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) told reporters on Tuesday that Esper was evasive in...…President Donald Trump has repeatedly called into question the legitimacy of mail-in voting and other aspects of the election.Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks on Thursday, July 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. | Greg Nash/Pool via APDefense Secretary Mark Esper stopped short of committing to keep troops away from polling stations next month, prompting Democratic lawmakers to call on the Pentagon chief to vow that the military won’t be used to influence the election.Reps. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) told reporters on Tuesday that Esper was evasive in...WW…

Gov. Tom Wolf convened a private meeting to make sure Philadelphia has its act together Nov. 3.A worker processes mail-in ballots at the Bucks County Board of Elections office prior to the primary election in Doylestown, Pa. on May 27, 2020. | AP Photo/Matt SlocumPHILADELPHIA — With concerns about an Election Day debacle rising in this critical swing state, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf privately convened a group of Philadelphia Democrats recently to underscore the consequences of another vote-counting fiasco like the one that took place in the June primary.The city took more than two weeks to...…Gov. Tom Wolf convened a private meeting to make sure Philadelphia has its act together Nov. 3.A worker processes mail-in ballots at the Bucks County Board of Elections office prior to the primary election in Doylestown, Pa. on May 27, 2020. | AP Photo/Matt SlocumPHILADELPHIA — With concerns about an Election Day debacle rising in this critical swing state, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf privately convened a group of Philadelphia Democrats recently to underscore the consequences of another vote-counting fiasco like the one that took place in the June primary.The city took more than two weeks to...WW…

Voting stickersA huge surge in voting by mail is coming whether states prepare for it or not — and without clear direction from the federal government, states are preparing to muscle through their own changes to get ready for the glut of mail ballots coming their way in November.Wisconsin’s conflict-ridden April 7 elections went off without the state government making any major policy changes to encourage absentee voting, but more than two-thirds of voters cast their votes via the mail anyway, many times higher than the in the spring 2016 election. The surge overwhelmed election officials,...…Voting stickersA huge surge in voting by mail is coming whether states prepare for it or not — and without clear direction from the federal government, states are preparing to muscle through their own changes to get ready for the glut of mail ballots coming their way in November.Wisconsin’s conflict-ridden April 7 elections went off without the state government making any major policy changes to encourage absentee voting, but more than two-thirds of voters cast their votes via the mail anyway, many times higher than the in the spring 2016 election. The surge overwhelmed election officials,...WW…