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There’s a lot of talk right now about how we get our vote to the ballot box. Is in-person or mail-in voting safer? Are dead people voting? And why don’t we vote online? Here’s what you need to know about how we vote, explained with some of our favorite old-school video games.

After both of his parents died due to lack of health insurance, Erich Arvidson is fighting to make Medicaid available to those who need it in his home state of Missouri, which has some of the strictest eligibility requirements in the country.

Former President Barack Obama eulogized Rep. John Lewis Thursday, remembering the work the civil rights icon completed and warning that there is much more work to be done.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for president, released a plan aimed at combating climate change and creating jobs. “These are the most critical investments we can make for the long-term health and vitality of both the American economy and the physical health and safety of the American people,” he said.

President Donald Trump began June with his Bible-clutching photo op outside a church after authorities used chemicals and batons to scatter peaceful demonstrators, and the month never got less jarring or divisive

The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked a lower court ruling allowing curbside voting in Alabama and waiving some absentee ballot requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic

Kentucky’s Democratic Senate primary to determine who challenges Republican Mitch McConnell has gone into overtime.

Amy McGrath and Eliot Engel live hundreds of miles apart in states with dramatically different politics

President Donald Trump is set to resume his campaign rallies next week — but attendees have to agree not to hold his campaign liable if they get the coronavirus in the 19,000-seat arena.

A political consultant paid him to add fake votes for certain candidates.

Former Navy combat pilot Mike Garcia won an improbable victory for an open U.S. House seat _ running as a Trump Republican in a district on the fringe of heavily Democratic Los Angeles

A swing U.S. House district north of Los Angeles is up for grabs Tuesday in a special election that has become an early test for President Donald Trump as he seeks a second term. Trump has sought to bring his influence to the fight between Republican Mike Garcia and Democrat Christy Smith for California’s 25th District, which cuts through...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday endorsed Joe Biden’s bid for president during a livestream with the former vice president.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker responded to critics who said Illinois’ March primary should have been postponed after a poll worker died from coronavirus. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced on a live video stream that he would be endorsing Joe Biden for president.

Voters in Wisconsin face a choice Tuesday of participating in a presidential primary election or heeding warnings from public health officials to stay away from large crowds during the coronavirus pandemic.

President Donald Trump’s campaign has sent a letter demanding his former attorney general Jeff Sessions stop tying himself to Trump in campaign materials

Indiana’s political leaders on Friday announced they’ve decided to postpone the state’s May 5 primary because of the risks posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb said in a news conference at the Statehouse with the state GOP and Democratic chairmen that the primary would be moved to May 2. All dates corresponding with the primary election...

Ohio postpones primary due to coronavirus concerns; Arizona, Florida and Illinois move forward with voting.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday fired back at Chicago Board of Elections officials’ claim that he denied their request to postpone the election or move to all mail-in ballots as the global coronavirus pandemic grips the state.