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Bartrand leads assessor race in preliminary results
EPHRATA — Preliminary election results show Grant County Assessor Candidate Anson Bartrand leading over challenger…
Israel's Labor party looks to new leader for revival
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Last week, Israel’s Labor party appeared headed for extinction, with polls indicating it wouldn't win enough votes in upcoming elections to enter parliament. But following the election of pr…
Biden tries to show US as democracy beacon post-Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than two weeks in office, President Joe Biden is facing two critical tests of whether the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol has damaged America’s standing as a beacon for democracy.
Myanmar lawmakers say army guarding their housing after coup
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Hundreds of members of Myanmar's Parliament remained confined inside their government housing in the country's capital on Tuesday, a day after the military staged a coup and detained senior p…
Trump lawyer: Impeachment case 'undemocratic,' ill-advised
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are using the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump as a political “weapon” to bar the former president from seeking office again and are pursuing a case that is “undemocrati…
GOP's McConnell blasts 'loony lies' by Ga. Rep. Greene
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell denounced newly elected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday, calling the far-right Georgia Republican’s embrace of conspiracy theories and “loony lies” a…
Biden meets Republicans on virus aid, but no quick deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told Republican senators during a two-hour meeting Monday night he's unwilling to settle on an insufficient coronavirus aid package after they pitched their slimmed down $618 b…
Deposed Myanmar leader warned of possible army obstruction
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who became Myanmar's leader in 2016 following five decades of military rule, cautioned repeatedly that the country's democratic reforms would …
House Democrats mount effort to punish Georgia Rep. Greene
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are mounting an effort to formally rebuke Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a newly elected Georgia Republican with a history of making racist remarks, embracing conspiracy theories and…
Biden meets Republicans as Democrats push on for virus aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden met late Monday with a group of Republican senators who have proposed a slimmed down $618 billion coronavirus aid package — a fraction of
Myanmar, Russia pose early tests for Biden's foreign policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — A military coup in Myanmar and a mass crackdown on dissidents in Russia are presenting early tests for the Biden administration as it tries to reestablish American primacy as a worldwide pro-democ…
Biden to meet Republicans as Democrats push ahead on aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is to meet late Monday with a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed $618 billion in coronavirus aid, about a third of
The Latest: UN Security Council to meet about Myanmar coup
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — The Latest on the military takeover in Myanmar (all times local):
Idaho lawmakers have not yet approved spending $900M in aid
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho state lawmakers in a power struggle with Republican Gov. Brad Little say they should have been called back into session last year to distribute the $1.25 billion in coronavirus rescue mone…
Biden and GOP senators offer competing COVID-19 relief plans
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and a group of 10 Senate Republicans have offered competing proposals to help the United States respond to the coronavirus pandemic and provide economic relief to businesses an…
GameStop saga makes Wall Street an issue for Biden team
WASHINGTON (AP) — The drama surrounding the trading in shares of GameStop, AMC Entertainment, Blackberry and other beaten-down companies has suddenly thrust Wall Street near the top of a crowded list of issues that…