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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…
Election 2020 Today: Biden ponders health and defense picks
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EU legal advisor says top court should reject Hungary action
BRUSSELS (AP) — A senior legal adviser said Thursday that the European Union’s top court should reject Hungary’s attempts to overturn a European Parliament action aimed at holding the country to account for what la…
Barr's special counsel move could tie up his successor
WASHINGTON (AP) — Outgoing Attorney General William Barr's decision to appoint a special counsel to investigate the handling of the Russia probe ensures his successor won't have an easy transition.
Giuliani to Republicans: Pressure Legislature on Biden win
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump's personal lawyer urged Michigan Republican activists on Wednesday to pressure, even threaten, the GOP-controlled Legislature to “step up” and award the state's 16 elect…
Affordable senior housing planned for New Mexico trust land
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — State officials say a blighted parcel along historic Route 66 in Albuquerque will be the new home of an affordable housing project for seniors.
In video, Trump recycles unsubstantiated voter fraud claims
WASHINGTON (AP) — Increasingly detached from reality, President Donald Trump stood before a White House lectern and delivered a 46-minute diatribe against the election results that produced a win for Democrat Joe B…
California COVID-19 surge could lead to new stay-home order
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's quarantined governor is considering placing nearly all of the state's 40 million residents under a tough stay-at-home order amid fears that a staggering coronavirus surge coul…
Trump's grievances feed menacing undertow after the election
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last throes of Donald Trump’s presidency have turned ugly — even dangerous.
New unemployment head balances paying claims, stopping fraud
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's acting unemployment director told lawmakers on Wednesday that her office is trying to strike a balance between quickly paying benefits to jobless workers and preventing fraud, sayin…
Wisconsin governor calls Trump lawsuit an 'assault'
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn Wisconsin's election results by tossing ballots only from the state's two most heavily Democratic counties is an “assault on democracy,” attorneys f…
Psaki, next White House press secretary, a veteran messenger
WASHINGTON (AP) — After four years of President Donald Trump serving as his own chief spokesperson and frequently peddling false information and conspiracy theories in the process, successor Joe Biden is pledging t…
Trump expected to flex pardon powers on way out door
WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates and lawyers anticipate a flurry of clemency action from President Donald Trump in the coming weeks that could test the limits of presidential pardon power.
Albuquerque eyes spike in drag racing during pandemic
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Officials in New Mexico’s largest city are planning a crackdown on illegal street racing and other disruptive driving that has accompanied the coronavirus pandemic and say they’ll seek new …
Next for Biden: Naming a health care team as pandemic rages
WASHINGTON (AP) — Up soon for President-elect Joe Biden: naming his top health care officials as
Search persists for parents of 628 kids separated at border
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A court-appointed committee has yet to find the parents of 628 children separated at the border early in the Trump administration, according to a court filing Wednesday that also said the governmen…