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The Morning Agenda: Pa. lawmakers who voted against certifying 2020 election ask court to verify eligibility of overseas and military voters; Donald Trump speaks in Lancaster

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A federal judge in Pennsylvania is considering a Republican request to direct the state’s election officials to take additional steps to verify the identification and eligibility of voters living overseas.

Thousands of supporters of Donald Trump have had a chance to hear from the former president at the county Convention Center.

One of the late golf legend Arnold Palmer’s daughters calls Donald Trump’s references to her father’s genitalia “a poor choice of approaches” to honoring his memory.

Organizations in communities across Pennsylvania and the nation that suffered from the decline of coal have joined forces in a plea to the Trump and Harris campaigns.

More than $3.4 million is being awarded for projects in Pennsylvania, in an effort to protect agricultural runoff into rivers, lakes and streams.

Elon Musk is pledging to give away $1 million a day to voters for signing his political action committee’s petition backing the Constitution. The giveaway by the Donald Trump supporter is raising questions and alarms among some election experts who say it’s a violation of the law.

A Berks County woman has been sentenced to two life terms on murder convictions in the deaths of her two young children.

Authorities say two people are facing charges following the release of about 200 minks from cages at a Northumberland County fur farm.

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