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Students hold flags as they protest, Aug. 30, 2023, in Katy, Texas. On Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, LGBTQ+ advocacy group PFLAG National filed a lawsuit against the Texas Attorney General's office after being asked to hand over information about its support of transgender children receiving gender-confirming medical care. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

LGBTQ+ advocacy group sues Texas AG, says it won’t identify transgender families

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Kendal Underwood, left, and Brittany Nickens protest in support of abortion rights outside Planned Parenthood Friday, June 24, 2022, in St. Louis. Missouri’s attorney general is defending the Republican-led Legislature’s latest attempt in a years-long struggle to block taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood. Lawyers for the state argued against any taxpayer money going to Planned Parenthood during a Missouri Supreme Court hearing Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) **FILE**

Missouri Supreme Court hears case on latest effort to block Planned Parenthood funding

By Summer Ballentine - Associated Press

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a press conference with House Republicans and families of hostages being held in Gaza at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

Just 10 days before another government shutdown, Congress eyes Ukraine, Israel and border security

By Lisa Mascaro and Stephen Groves - Associated Press

Newly sworn-in Gov. Joe Lombardo speaks during his inauguration ceremony in the Carson City Community Center in Carson City, Nev., on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Lombardo is requesting that the state's interim finance committee allocate $3.2 million in unallocated federal COVID-19 relief funds to maintain existing private school scholarships that his office says will soon run out. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File)

Nevada legislators reject use of federal coronavirus funds for private school scholarships

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FILE - Daniel Cameron, Kentucky attorney general and Republican candidate for governor, speaks to supporters, June 2, 2023, in Richmond, Ky. Cameron's office on Thursday, June 22, asked the FBI to investigate a large infusion of campaign donations linked to a single credit card that flowed to the Kentucky Democratic Party and Gov. Andy Beshear's reelection campaign. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Kentucky attorney general asks FBI to investigate donations to his rival in governor’s race

By Bruce Schreiner - Associated Press

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., asks a question during the nomination of Daniel Werfel, to be the Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Carper announced Monday, May 22, that he will not seek reelection to a fifth term in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware won’t seek reelection, opening up seat in liberal state

By Randall Chase - Associated Press

Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks to reporters after taking the oath of office in Jefferson City, Mo., on Jan. 3, 2023. The Missouri ACLU on Monday, April 24, sued to block new state restrictions on both adults and children seeking gender-affirming health care, which are set to kick in Thursday. They argue that Bailey has no authority to use a state consumer-protection law to regulate gender-affirming care through emergency rule-making. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb, File)

Missouri judge to weigh transgender health care rules

By Jim Salter and Summer Ballentine - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump pauses as he speaks at a campaign event Monday, March 13, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Ron Johnson)

Trump maintains front-runner status over DeSantis in new poll of GOP primary voters

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump announces a third run for president as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) ** FILE **

GOP support for Trump slipping alongside legal peril, other woes: Poll

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, left, shakes hands with Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams following a televised debate, in Atlanta, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

Kemp, Abrams argue abortion, voting in final Georgia governor debate

By Jeff Amy and Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Sen. Ray Rodrigues, R-Estero answers a question as amendments to his Senate Bill 2-C: Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State are debated during an evening meeting of the Senate Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. The Florida special session to address new district lines continues Wednesday. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)

Florida Senate OKs Gov. DeSantis’ congressional map

By Brendan Farrington - Associated Press

Senate gives preliminary approval to $7.1 billion budget

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Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, second right, speaks with, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., right, as Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge, left, arrives for a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 20, 2021 in Washington. (Oliver Contreras/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Countering Biden, GOP pitches $568B for infrastructure

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Bills to defund Idaho GOP attorney general’s office are dead

By KEITH RIDLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2018, file photo, Jon Husted, then a candidate for Ohio Lt. Governor, speaks at the Columbus Chamber of Commerce Government Day, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Now the current Ohio lieutenant governor, Husted entered the coronavirus pandemic as one of Ohio's rising Republican stars. Following an uninterrupted two-decade climb from state representative, to House speaker, to state senator, to secretary of state, to lieutenant governor, his next stop was supposed to be the Governor's Residence. But his party's hard turn to the right has required deft recalculation. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Meeting between Husted, neighbors over tweet is in flux

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Montana governor to use personal plane, not state aircraft

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Maryland Senate OKs about $1.5B in virus relief, stimulus

By BRIAN WITTE - Associated Press

Wyoming Game and Fish Department commissioner removed

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The office of Idaho Treasurer Julie Ellsworth is seen at the Statehouse in Boise, Idaho on Tuesday Jan. 26, 2021. The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling ordering the Idaho state treasurer to vacate her offices in the Statehouse. The court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Republican House Speaker Scott Bedke and Republican Senate Pro Tem Chuck Winder in a civil lawsuit seeking to oust Republican Treasurer Julie Ellsworth from her offices on the first floor in the capitol building. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler)

Court rules against Idaho treasurer in office space fight

By KEITH RIDLER - Associated Press

House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, at lectern, and Senate President Page Cortez, R-Lafayette, left, answer questions at a news conference in Memorial Hall before the start of the Special Legislative Session, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP)

New laws: Tougher rules for Louisiana car accident lawsuits

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press