Top Democrats argued Tuesday against applying a 25-year-old AUMF on the strikes against Iran while simultaneously suggesting the U.S. has been at war with the Islamic republic for decades.

More and more states are examining plans to cut property taxes during what's an election year for governors and legislators in most states. But some states' tax-cutting zeal is hitting political resistance to slashing local government and public school funding.

Voters in two major Texas counties were turned away at polling locations and directed to different precincts Tuesday, after a recent change in how the primary is conducted created confusion and frustration.

Fearful that an election quirk could result in heavily Democratic California installing a Republican as its next governor, a top Democrat on Tuesday sent his party's lagging candidates a blunt message: Get out of the race.