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Fifth Congressional District candidates discuss their qualifications
SPOKANE — Six of the 12 candidates running for the Fifth Congressional District seat detailed some of their qualif…
The Latest: Tuberville stands by account of Trump phone call
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate
Rep. Herrera Beutler in middle of impeachment trial turmoil
SEATTLE (AP) — Jaime Herrera Beutler has spent a decade in Congress as a low-key moderate Republican who largely avoided heated partisan battles. That changed with Donald Trump's second impeachment trial.
Trial highlights: Trump grievances, angry outbursts and more
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a whirlwind defense, Donald Trump's impeachment attorneys aired a litany of grievances Friday, arguing the former president bore no responsibility for the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol whil…
Trump acquitted, denounced in historic impeachment trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday of inciting the horrific
Cuomo administration 'froze' over nursing home data requests
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top aide told Democratic lawmakers that the administration took months to release data revealing how many people living at nursing homes died of COVID-19 because off…
White House aide resigns after threatening reporter
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House deputy press secretary T.J. Ducklo has resigned, the day after he was suspended for issuing a sexist and profane threat to a journalist seeking to cover his relationship with another r…
Analysis: Impeachment proves imperfect amid US polarization
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Republican senators spent an hour talking strategy with lawyers for the accused. The entire Senate served as jurors even though they were also targets of the crime. No witnesses were called.…
Biden White House seeks to turn page on Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — The end of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial opens a new chapter for his successor in the White House.
The superspreaders behind top COVID-19 conspiracy theories
As the coronavirus spread across the globe, so too did speculation about its origins. Perhaps the virus escaped from a lab. Maybe it was engineered as a bioweapon.
2 impeachment trials, 2 escape hatches for Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's first impeachment trial centered on a phone call Americans never heard with the leader of a country very far away. The trial went on for two weeks of he-said-she-said. There was a m…
UK hits target: Gives at least 1 vaccine shot to 15 million
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. announced Sunday that it had reached its goal of giving at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot to the most vulnerable people in the country, increasing pressure on ministers to clarify when they …
Impeachment isn't the final word on Capitol riot for Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's acquittal at his second
Census: No redistricting data until end of September
The U.S. Census Bureau said Friday it won't be delivering data used for redrawing congressional and state legislative districts until the end of September, causing headaches for state lawmakers and redistricting co…
Fox hosts Dobbs, Bartiromo strike back in voting fraud suit
Three Fox News hosts — Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro — are seeking the dismissal of claims against them and their employer as part of a $2.7 billion libel lawsuit brought by the voting technology com…
Biden: Governors, mayors need $350 billion to fight COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden met with a bipartisan group of governors and mayors at the White House on Friday as part of his push to give financial relief from the coronavirus pandemic to state and local g…