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Supreme Court rejects mail ballot restrictions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting already underway. The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same ...

EPA repeals climate rules for power plants

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas and announced it is taking a separate but related step to prevent future administrations from ...

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McConnell returning WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is returning to vote in the Senate. The 94-year-old senator has not been to the U.S. Capitol since June 14, when he was hospitalized for a fall in his home. His three-month absence from the Senate generated a flood of criticism and online speculation, as the Kentucky senator initially remained quiet for weeks about his condition. The 84-year-old senator eventually disclosed that he had been “briefly unconscious” due to a fall and had also been treated for mild pneumonia in the ...

Trump Jr.'s wedding extras funded by Russian oligarch

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr.'s new wife, Bettina, is confirming that her May wedding weekend celebration was partially funded by a man with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a post on her Instagram page Monday morning signed by the couple, Bettina Trump wrote that ...

Houthi rebels expand their threat to oil flow

CAIRO (AP) — A crucial Saudi oil pipeline that was struck in an attack will be mostly out of service for weeks as the damage is repaired, two regional officials said Monday, as Yemen's Houthi rebels seized more islands along Red Sea shipping routes in a new blow to Saudi Arabia's oil ...

School, township, county meetings set this week

The Iron Mountain Planning Commission will meet at 3:30 p.m. today at Iron Mountain City Hall. Iron Mountain Tree Board will meet at 4 p.m. today at Iron Mountain City Hall. Florence County Board of Education will meet at 5 p.m. today in room 259 of Florence County High School, Florence, Wis. The agenda includes the 2026-27 preliminary budget and a discussion and possible action on high school football. Iron Mountain School Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. today in conference room B117 at 300 W. B St., Iron Mountain. The regular board meeting will be preceded by a finance meeting at 4:45 ...