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Auditor candidates discuss election integrity, public confidence
EPHRATA — Three Republican candidates are running for the position of Grant County Auditor: incumbent Shannon Fals…
Ducey says schools that lost enrollment should lose cash
PHOENIX (AP) — Schools that have lost students during the pandemic would see their funding cut under a proposal Gov. Doug Ducey outlined Monday in his annual state-of-the-state address, a speech that hardened his l…
Trump Homeland Security chief abruptly quits at tense time
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s acting head of the Department of Homeland Security abruptly resigned Monday, leaving the post ahead of schedule as the nation faces a heightened terrorism threat from extr…
Law enforcement: We'll be ready for Joe Biden's inauguration
WASHINGTON (AP) — This time, they'll be ready.
New Mexico governor seeks new spending on health, education
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is recommending a 3.3% increase in state general fund spending in the coming fiscal year to devote more to public education and health and workplace safe…
Michigan bans open carry of guns inside state Capitol
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A state panel on Monday banned the open carry of guns in Michigan’s Capitol, a week after
Over a dozen lawmakers joined crowds on day of Capitol riot
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A second Republican lawmaker from West Virginia who marched to the U.S. Capitol to support overturning Democrat Joe Biden's presidential win said in a radio interview Monday that he hopes P…
Analysis: Trump abdicating in the job he fought to retain
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s days in office are numbered. But he’s already stopped doing much of his job.
The Latest: No public access to Capitol grounds Jan. 20
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest
Discovery of pipe bombs in DC obscured by riot at Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — As thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, federal agents were working at the same time to detonate two pipe bombs found just blocks away at the of…
FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is warning of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitals and in Washington, D.C., in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, stoking fears of more bloodshed…
Army leaders fighting distrust from soldiers at Fort Hood
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The skepticism in the rooms was palpable when U.S. Army leaders met with soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, in recent days, to check in on the embattled base, which has been stricken with violenc…
1st Black San Francisco police chief dies at 83
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Prentice “Earl" Sanders, who became San Francisco's first Black police chief after working as a homicide detective on such infamous cases as the 1970s Zebra murders, has died. He was 83.
House speeding to impeach Trump for Capitol 'insurrection'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Poised to impeach, the House sped ahead Monday with plans to oust President Donald Trump from office, warning he is a threat to democracy and pushing the vice president and Cabinet to act even mor…
US triples daily numbers allowed at Southwest hike The Wave
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Outdoor enthusiasts and landscape photographers hoping to land one of the elusive permits needed to explore the colorful, contoured landscape of a hike called The Wave in the U.S. Southwest wi…
EXPLAINER: Why National Guard's role was limited during riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the aftermath of the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol last week, questions are being raised about why the District of Columbia National Guard played such a limited role as civilian law enforceme…