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Dent leads Garcia in 13th District race
MOSES LAKE — Incumbent Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, maintained a commanding lead in the race for Position 1 in Was…
Georgia governor again rejects lawmakers replacing electors
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's governor is again telling lawmakers that he won't call a special session to overturn Georgia's election results and appoint 16 presidential electors who would support Republican President D…
Acting Anchorage mayor tests positive for COVID-19
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Austin Quinn-Davison, the acting mayor of Alaska’s largest city, is isolating at home after testing positive for COVID-19, her office announced Sunday.
Member of Gov. Lamont's staff tests positive for COVID-19
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's deputy communications director, Rob Blanchard, is in quarantine after testing positive for the coronavirus, he announced Sunday.
AP Source: Biden to pick California AG Xavier Becerra to lead pandemic response as health and human services secretary
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP Source: Biden to pick California AG Xavier Becerra to lead pandemic response as health and human services secretary.
Trump lawyer Giuliani in hospital after positive virus test
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the latest in Trump's inner circle to contract
Biden's pick to head OMB brings experience, Twitter enemies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Neera Tanden has delighted in labeling Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as “Moscow Mitch”; in the wake of the acrimonious vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, she cuttingly…
In Georgia, Loeffler again refuses to say Trump lost
ATLANTA (AP) — Sen. Kelly Loeffler repeatedly refused to acknowledge that President Donald Trump lost reelection in November, as she debated her Democratic opponent, Rev. Raphael Warnock, ahead of twin Georgia runo…
Energy payments to states in US West plummet in 2020
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Payments to states in the U.S. West have plummeted for oil, natural gas and coal extracted from U.S. lands after low crude prices and the pandemic slowed drilling and mining in many areas in …
Acting US defense secretary in Indonesia on Asia tour
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The acting U.S. secretary of defense met with his counterpart in Indonesia on Monday as part of a visit to Asia in which he will push Washington's free and open Indo-Pacific policy.
Biden picks Calif. AG Becerra to lead HHS, pandemic response
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to oversee his administr…
Acting Anchorage mayor tests positive for COVID-19
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Austin Quinn-Davison, the acting mayor of Alaska’s largest city, is isolating at home after testing positive for COVID-19, her office announced Sunday.
AP Source: Biden to pick California AG Xavier Becerra to lead pandemic response as health and human services secretary
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP Source: Biden to pick California AG Xavier Becerra to lead pandemic response as health and human services secretary.
Energy payments to states in US West plummet in 2020
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Payments to states in the U.S. West have plummeted for oil, natural gas and coal extracted from U.S. lands after low crude prices and the pandemic slowed drilling and mining in many areas in …
Member of Gov. Lamont's staff tests positive for COVID-19
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's deputy communications director, Rob Blanchard, is in quarantine after testing positive for the coronavirus, he announced Sunday.
Analysis: Louisiana officials urge embrace of virus vaccine
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — With a