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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…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
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…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
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…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: Cassidy among 6 GOP senators voting to proceed

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
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 …

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
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…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
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

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: Senate agrees to hear Trump's impeachment trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: Trump lawyer says trial will tear the US apart

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: Lawyer for Trump concedes he lost election

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: Raskin chokes up talking about Capitol attack

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: Democrats list reasons trial is constitutional

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second Senate

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Trump's historic 2nd trial opens with jarring video of siege

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats opened Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial Tuesday by showing the former president whipping up a rally crowd to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell” against his reelec…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Trump's historic 2nd trial opens, first of former president

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate opened Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial Tuesday, the defeated former president charged by the House with inciting the deadly

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Trump's 2nd trial to start with vote over constitutionality

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is poised to launch Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial Tuesday, the defeated former president charged by the House with inciting the deadly

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
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