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Autocratic governments, led by China, are becoming stronger, while Americans’ resolve to follow the Constitution is wavering, Sen. Mitt Romney said Friday. “No more stunning evidence of this was the attempt to prevent the lawful and constitutional transfer of power on Jan. 6th,” the Utah Republican said. “It followed from the president of the United States claiming that the election had been stolen from him,” he said. “His purported evidence spun from pillar to post, from counterfeit ballots imported from China, to stuffed ballot boxes, to dead voters, to voting machines manipulated from afar.” Romney blamed Donald Trump for the...

A border-watch group will alter its plans for an elaborate border security fence southeast of Tucson to accommodate the needs of the host rancher, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps will be building two parallel 14-foot high, 150-feet-long steel mesh fences over the Memorial Day weekend to serve as a model on Jack Ladd's ranch in Palominas, but its design will be changed at his request, spokeswoman Connie Hair said. Minuteman volunteers also will build about 10 miles of fortified range fencing for Ladd, including five-strand barbed wire fortified with vertical steel rail posts, backed by coiled...

Wavering Voters Anti-Iraq, Wary of Kerry 12 minutes ago By RON FOURNIER, AP Political Writer WASHINGTON - In an election where most voters have already chosen sides, the presidency could be decided by a small slice of America in the mushy middle — wavering voters who are more likely than others to question President Bush's honesty and think the war in Iraq was a mistake. An Associated Press study of 1,329 "persuadable" voters, conducted by Knowledge Networks in advance of the presidential debates, suggests these people are deeply conflicted about change in the White House. While they have problems with...