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McDonald wins fifth term as Nevada GOP chairman

The Nevada Republican Party’s central committee has re-elected incumbent Chairman Michael McDonald to a fifth term, and voted to forego a traditional nominating caucus to endorse President Donald Trump’s re-election.

Texas man charged in bump stock case

WASHINGTON — A Texas man is the first person to be charged under a federal ban on bump stocks, devices that allow a semi-automatic firearm to fire rapidly like a machine gun, the Justice Department said Thursday.

Director of MIT research lab steps down over Epstein ties

Joi Ito’s resignation comes after The New Yorker reported that Media Lab had a more extensive fundraising relationship with Epstein than it previously acknowledged.

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Iran uses advanced centrifuges, threatens higher uranium enrichment

Iran on Saturday said it now uses arrays of advanced centrifuges prohibited by its 2015 nuclear deal and can enrich uranium “much more beyond” current levels.

Cory Booker on guns, affordable housing and wages

New Jersey senator and 2020 presidential hopeful Cory Booker discussed gun violence, affordable housing, minimum wage and education in an exclusive Labor Day interview with the Review-Journal.

North Carolinian residents take stock of Dorian’s damage

As the sky cleared and floodwaters receded Saturday, residents of North Carolina’s Outer Banks began to assess the damage wrought by Hurricane Dorian.

DNC officially kills Nevada Democrats’ telephone caucus

The Democratic National Committee voted Friday to kill the Nevada Democratic Party’s plan for a virtual caucus, which would have allowed voters to call into the February caucus.

Backlash hits Arizona GOP head after email about Democrat Mark Kelly

The head of the Arizona Republican Party faced a backlash Friday after sending a fundraising email that said Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly will be stopped “dead in his tracks.”