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WEATHER: April 30-May 6
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 78. East wind, 3 to 6 miles per hour. Partly cloudy overnight, with a low around…
Biden presses states to require vaccines for all teachers
Hoping to prevent another school year from being upended by the pandemic, President Joe Biden visited a Washington middle school Friday to push his new COVID plan, accusing some Republican governors of being “caval…
FBI releases newly declassified record on Sept. 11 attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Manchin favors trimming Biden budget plan by more than half
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic senator vital to the fate of President Joe Biden’s
Biden to survey wildfire damage, make case for spending plan
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — President Joe Biden is promoting his administration’s use of a wartime law to aid in wildfire preparedness Monday during a Western swing in which he's surveying damage in California and meeting …
White House, Democrats tangle over Biden bid to raise taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a simple message for fellow Democrats about his plan to raise taxes to remake large swaths of the American economy: look beyond the bottom line.
Allegations fly as recall vote looms for California’s Newsom
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a blitz of TV ads and a last-minute rally, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom urged voters Sunday to turn back a looming recall vote that could remove him from office, while leading Repub…
Could Texas abortion ban strategy be double-edged sword?
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The unusual legal strategy used to ban most abortions in Texas is already increasingly being employed in Republican-led states to target pornography, LGBT rights and other hot-button cultural …
Biden embraces message of unity on 9/11 anniversary
NEW YORK (AP) — From an urban memorial to a remote field to the heart of of the nation's military might, President Joe Biden on Saturday paid tribute at three hallowed places of grief and remembrance to honor the l…
White House competition council seeks lower consumer prices
A new White House council on U.S. economic conditions held its first meeting Friday, with participants highlighting at least 18 actions taken to help consumers and potentially lower prices.
North Korea says it tested new long-range cruise missiles
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday that it successfully tested newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, the first known testing activity in months, underscoring how the country co…
Northern Idaho's anti-government streak hampers COVID fight
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Northern Idaho has a long and deep streak of anti-government activism that has confounded attempts to battle a COVID-19 outbreak overwhelming hospitals in the deeply conservative region.
Biden's vaccine rules ignite instant, hot GOP opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's aggressive push to require millions of U.S. workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus is running into a wall of resistance from Republican leaders threatening everyth…
Manchin nixes Biden's $3.5T budget plan, urges $1.5T instead
WASHINGTON (AP) — As congressional Democrats speed ahead this week in pursuit of
Analysis: Biden takes fight to unvaccinated in virus battle
WASHINGTON (AP) — They’re a source of frustration. A risk to their fellow citizens. A threat to the nation’s economic recovery.
Judge: Capital gains tax challenge can move forward
SEATTLE (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that a legal challenge to Washington’s new tax on capital gains can move forward.