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10 congressional candidates outline priorities at Moses Lake forum
MOSES LAKE — Ten of the 11 candidates running for Washington's 4th Congressional District appeared at a candidate …
Tennessee lawmaker hospitalized with COVID-19
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee lawmaker has been hospitalized with COVID-19 after attending a House Republican caucus meeting nearly two weeks ago.
US troop pullouts in Mideast raise fears of Iranian attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Pentagon pulls troops out of the Middle East in the coming weeks, under orders from President Donald Trump, U.S. military leaders are working to find other ways to deter potential attacks b…
Grand jury indicts San Francisco officer in 2019 shooting
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco police officer who shot and seriously injured a 25-year-old man last year has been indicted by a grand jury — the second police officer to be charged in a use-of-force case in l…
Wyoming to require masks in new round of COVID-19 measures
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming will require face coverings in public indoor spaces, reduce bar and restaurant hours and further limit gathering sizes in response to this fall's surge in coronavirus cases, Gov. Mark …
Biden's health team offers glimpse of his COVID-19 strategy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden's choices for his health care team point to a stronger federal role in the nation’s COVID-19 strategy, restoration of a guiding stress on science and an emphasis on
Trump camp asks Nevada Supreme Court to nullify Biden win
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Attorneys for the Donald Trump campaign are appealing to the state Supreme Court to overrule a lower court judge and nullify Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral win in Nevada.
New Mexico reports 1,250 new COVID-19 cases, 11 more deaths
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Health officials in New Mexico on Sunday reported 1,250 new COVID-19 cases with 11 additional deaths.
Dems challenge to Arizona redistricting panel list rejected
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Democratic leaders of the Arizona Legislature who sought to disqualify two of five independents chosen as potential chairs of a commission that will redraw th…
The Latest: Biden plans to announce defense secretary Friday
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EPA overrides scientists' calls for tougher pollutant limit
The Trump administration on Monday made final its decision to leave limits for a deadly kind of air pollutant unchanged, overriding scientific findings that tougher standards could save tens of thousands of lives y…
Nevada virus hospitalizations up 230% over past month
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The number of people hospitalized in Nevada with COVID-19 has more than doubled over the last month, officials said Monday, increasing to 1,617 hospitalized patients statewide and up from 692.
Lawmakers who met with Giuliani scramble after COVID news
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani was “doing very well" after being hospitalized with the coronavirus as lawmakers in battleground states that Giuliani visited…
Foxx, Budd return to Washington after positive COVID tests
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two Republican members of North Carolina's congressional delegation have returned to work in Washington after both tested positive recently for COVID-19.
Trump adviser broke law with Biden criticism, watchdog says
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal watchdog agency on Monday reported that one of President Donald Trump’s economic advisers repeatedly violated the law during the campaign season with his criticisms of Joe Biden, now the…
High court hears Nazi-era cases from Germany, Hungary
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday struggled with whether to allow two lawsuits stemming from claims of property taken from Jews in Germany and Hungary during the Nazi era to continue in U.S. courts.