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The race for governor is in a dead heat in Oklahoma, where incumbent Republican Kevin Stitt is facing a challenge from Republican-turned-Democrat Joy Hofmeister. Hofmeister’s campaign is bolstered by the first-ever collective endorsement from Oklahoma’s five largest Native American tribes.

Remarks by President Biden Before Air Force One Departure  The White House

Stocks wavered as Wall Street weighs how to read the latest data on the U.S. jobs market and hopes that the world’s second-largest economy may be set for a boost.

Stocks wavered as Wall Street weighs how to read the latest data on the U.S. jobs market and hopes that the world’s second-largest economy may be set for a boost.

Eight months into the war in Ukraine, Russia is pursuing a new form of escalation: drone and missile attacks on power plants and infrastructure. President Zelenskyy said 40% of the country’s energy system was destroyed by Russian shelling, and accused

Several Democrats elected in 2018 with an anti-Trump message in conservative-leaning districts are centering their closing argument on protecting democracy as they try to buck national trends.

Justice Barrett, again, rejects bid to block Biden’s student debt relief  POLITICO Biden touts work on student loan relief  WCNC U.S. Supreme Court’s Barrett again declines to block Biden student debt relief  Yahoo News Biden’s student loan forgiveness threatened by lawsuits  KOIN 6 Supreme

New York Democrats are bracing for stunning Election Day losses, and they already have a fall guy  CNN Is Eric Adams hitting the campaign trail hard enough?  City & State New York Democrats: Hey, No Fair Noticing the Crime Problem  National Review Democrats

From M.T.A. workers to buskers to shopkeepers, the people whose livelihood depends on the system offered a complex portrait of the subway as ridership approaches prepandemic normalcy.

Mail ballot rejections spiked in the Texas state primaries in March. In the general election, the percentage of mail ballots that have so far been flagged for rejection has dropped. (Image credit: David J. Phillip/AP)