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Soap Lake looking to seat salary commission
SOAP LAKE — The City of Soap Lake is seeking residents to serve on its newly reactivated Salary Commission, a citi…
Riot video spotlights mob's focus on stopping Biden win
As the insurrectionists breached the U.S. Capitol, smashing windows and climbing in over the jagged glass, some of their first audible cries were a declaration of purpose: “Where are they counting the votes?”
White House aide suspended for threatening reporter
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House deputy press secretary T.J. Ducklo has been suspended for a week without pay after he reportedly issued a sexist and profane threat to a journalist seeking to cover his relationship wi…
The Latest: Tuberville stands by account of Trump phone call
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate
As impeachment vote draws near, McConnell revealing little
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seldom has Mitch McConnell signaled so little about such a consequential vote.
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…
Trial highlights: 'We were invited' and a quick defense
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump incited a deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, put his own vice president in danger and later expressed solidarity with rioters who attempted to overturn the 2020 election in his name, …
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…
The Latest: Dems end opening arguments in Trump trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate
AP: Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients in New York state were released from hospitals into nursing homes early in the pandemic under a controversial directive that was scrapped amid critici…
Lawyer defending Trump accustomed to political disaster
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Bruce L. Castor Jr. answered his cellphone, but he had no time to talk.
Biden hopes infrastructure can bridge partisan divide
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hoping that launching an effort to build roads and bridges can help to unite Democrats and Republicans in a time of sharp partisan divisions.
In UK, roving teams bring COVID-19 vaccine shots to homeless
LONDON (AP) — In a pandemic, homeless people face being more forgotten than they already are. But not by doctors like Dr. Anil Mehta, who is on a mission to bring the coronavirus vaccine to those hardest to reach a…
Democrats pushing Biden's COVID-19 bill through House panels
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed half of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan through a House committee Thursday, advancing $1,400 payments for millions of Americans and other initiatives that…
How a leading anti-Trump group ignored a crisis in its ranks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Last June, the Lincoln Project was on a high.
Budget office expects $2.3T deficit before Biden relief plan
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office says the federal government is on track for a $2.3 trillion deficit this year, down roughly $900 billion from last year when the coronavirus pandemic led Congress to…