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 Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has vetoed his first bill since taking office in 2019, nixing a measure that would make it easier for a state board to deny parole ​Read More  ABC News: Politics ​Politics 

 Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval faces two challengers in the city’s nonpartisan primary, including JD Vance's half brother ​Read More  ABC News: Politics ​Politics 

 A federal judge has ruled that disputed ballots in the still unresolved 2024 race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat must remain in the final count ​Read More  ABC News: Politics ​Politics 

 A Boston city councilor has plead guilty to federal corruption charges, after prosecutors accused her of taking most of an inflated bonus that she paid to a relative who worked for her ​Read More  ABC News: Politics ​Politics 

 Progressive advocates have filed a federal lawsuit challenging new restrictions on Florida’s process to get citizen-driven initiatives on the ballot before voters ​Read More  ABC News: Politics ​Politics 

 A Wisconsin prosecutor has cleared police officers from Ohio of criminal liability in a fatal shooting near the Republican National Convention last summer ​Read More  ABC News: Politics ​Politics 

 Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage, an early supporter of President Donald Trump’s first successful White House bid and a polarizing figure in state politics, says he is running for Congress in a competitive district ​Read More  ABC News: Politics ​Politics 

 Georgia state Sen. Josh McLaurin says he’s running for lieutenant governor in 2026 ​Read More  ABC News: Politics ​Politics 

 In the months since President Donald Trump took back the White House and installed a loyalist to lead the federal housing department, HUD Secretary Scott Turner and his team have moved swiftly to undo, uproot and remake the agency’s decades of work and... ​Read More  ABC News: Politics ​Politics