DENVER (AP) — As Democrats try to win control of the White House and the Senate in 2020, they face a geographical puzzle – the path to the presidency may conflict with the one to a Senate majority.

ROME — Matteo Salvini slipped the rosary out of his pocket right before Premier Giuseppe Conte began his speech to Parliament. He took it out and kissed it again midway through the address, just as Conte began admonishing him for exploiting his Catholic faith for political ends.

GRAND RAPIDS — Eirran Betka-Pope was on her lunch break when she spotted hundreds of Donald Trump supporters protesting outside the office of Rep. Justin Amash, the first Republican on Capitol Hill to say Congress should begin impeachment proceedings against the president.

Voters in the city of Grand Haven will have a lot of options at the polls Tuesday, Aug. 6, including the ability to register to vote.

Name: Todd Crum

Josh Brugger said he was surprised twice this week when political fliers featuring his family’s faces and his personal cellphone number arrived in mailboxes across the city of Grand Haven.

Name: Andy Cawthon

Name: Eric Brenberger

NEW YORK (AP) — Raise your hand if you can think of some different ways CNN will approach the second Democratic presidential debate, which will unfold over two nights in Detroit on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Name: Collin D. Beighley

Name: Jamie Cooper

Name: Mike Fritz

Name: Ryan Cummins

A field of City Council candidates could bring youth and new ideas to Grand Haven’s top elected body.

Grand Haven’s three candidates for mayor are accustomed to sitting in a row next to each other and speaking into microphones.

Name: Rebecca Hopp

Name: Josh M. Brugger

Name: Geri McCaleb

Name: Robert J. Monetza

Candidates for Grand Haven City Council and mayor will answer questions before a public audience next week.

WASHINGTON — When wages temporarily stopped for thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown in January, nearly 100 lawmakers signed over or donated their paycheck to show solidarity.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two dozen Democratic presidential candidates have crisscrossed the country for six months selling their vision for the United States. But, on the eve of the first debates in the campaign, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows most Democratic voters haven't fully tuned in.

A local doctor who ran for Congress last year is heading up a new healthcare advocacy campaign. 

HOLLAND — U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-Michigan, was in Holland on Monday morning to speak on various issues relevant to West Michigan.

GRAND RAPIDS — While “Squash Amash” was the message at a rally outside the Gerald R. Ford Federal Building in Grand Rapids on Friday, the overtones were pro-Trump.

Here’s how your local state lawmakers voted on legislation last week:

GRAND RAPIDS (AP) — The only Republican in Congress to accuse President Donald Trump of impeachable conduct faced voters in his Michigan district Tuesday, receiving standing ovations from many who saluted his "courage" while sparring with some former supporters who faulted him for embracing a Democratic "smear attack" against Trump.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — While most of the candidates for Denmark's general election are making good use of the internet, posting their promises on websites and social media, one has gone a step further.