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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…
Trial highlights: history lessons, Trump tweets and more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump will stand trial for impeachment after the Senate rejected arguments from the former president's lawyers Tuesday that the chamber cannot move forward because he is no longer in office…
Trump at Mar-a-Lago? Palm Beach has other issues to consider
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Palm Beach Town Council spent close to seven hours Tuesday considering issues important to the wealthy island community: the availability of the coronavirus vaccine. Revitalizing th…
Trump, GOP senators balk at legal team's debut performance
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump fumed that his attorneys’ performance on the opening day of his second impeachment trial was a disaster, as allies and Republican senators questioned the strategy and…
Trump trial gets go-ahead after emotional, graphic first day
WASHINGTON (AP) — House prosecutors on Tuesday wrenched senators and the nation back to the deadly attack on Congress as they opened Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial with graphic video of the insurr…
The Latest: Republicans criticize Trump lawyers' performance
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate
Punished by Democrats, Greene consolidates support at home
ATLANTA (AP) — Stripped of her congressional committee assignments and causing heartburn for traditional conservatives ahead of next year's elections, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene may actually emerge stro…
Dems attempt to push through school funding, wage increase
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Tuesday muscled past Republicans on portions of President Joe Biden's pandemic plan, including a proposed $130 billion in additional relief to help the nation's schools reopen a…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's lawyers and the Constitution
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump stretched beyond the facts when they argued there's an open-and-shut case that the Constitution bars impeaching former presidents. That question is not settled, though the…
The Latest: Cassidy among 6 GOP senators voting to proceed
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Senate agrees to hear Trump case, rejecting GOP arguments
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial opened Tuesday with graphic video showing the former president whipping up a rally crowd to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell” against his …
Senate agrees to hear Trump case, graphic video opens trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators in Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial agreed Tuesday to consider the case, rejecting an attempt by the former president's defense team and some Republican allies to halt the…
Election of Democratic chair portends change at post office
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former labor leader and Obama administration official was elected Tuesday to serve as chair of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, marking the first step in
The Latest: Senate agrees to hear Trump's impeachment trial
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The Latest: Trump lawyer says trial will tear the US apart
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate
The Latest: Lawyer for Trump concedes he lost election
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate