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In Grant County Judge debate, Bevier, Chadwick place emphasis on experience and constitutional interpretation
EPHRATA — The two candidates seeking Grant County Superior Court Judge Position 3 highlighted their legal experien…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump misfires on watchdogs, mail-in voting
WASHINGTON (AP) — Man bites watchdog.
Michelle Obama group backs expanding voting options for 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — A voter initiative led by Michelle Obama announced support Monday for making it easier for people to register to vote and cast ballots during the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump's fundraising slows amid outbreak, still sets records
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's record-setting fundraising pace slowed slightly amid
2020 Watch: How and when will Trump reopen the economy?
MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Turkish president rejects minister's resignation over virus
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president has rejected the resignation of the country's interior minister who took responsibility for a poorly timed announcement of a weekend lockdown that prompted thousands of peop…
Coronavirus upends Putin’s political agenda in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — Spring is not turning out the way Russian President Vladimir Putin might have planned it.
Herald: DeSantis lawyer pressured law firm not to file suit
MIAMI (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' general counsel pressured a law firm representing the Miami Herald to stop the filing of a public records lawsuit seeking information from state officials about which elderly…
Analysis: Will voters want a president who feels their pain?
WASHINGTON (AP) — In 1992, Americans ousted an incumbent president in the middle of an economic downturn because his challenger, Bill Clinton, seemed to better feel their pain.
What if California faces a disaster during the pandemic?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has evacuation plans for earthquakes, floods, mudslides and, of course, wildfires, but what if one of those disasters occurs as the state is dealing with the coronavirus outbrea…
Signs missed and steps slowed in Trump's pandemic response
WASHINGTON (AP) — By the time President Donald Trump first spoke publicly about the
Chicago mayor takes hard line fighting coronavirus outbreak
CHICAGO (AP) — As large American cities try various strategies to keep people home to limit
AP FACT CHECK: Trump' misfires in watchdog attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Man bites watchdog.
Trump's developer friend Stanley Chera dies of coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — A friend and donor to President Donald Trump who the president had said was in a coma and seriously ill after becoming infected with the coronavirus has died.
Libertarians debate: How to respond to coronavirus pandemic?
NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Baker, one of the British parliament's leading libertarians, was nearly in tears as he addressed the House of Commons in support of a bill that once seemed unthinkable: a massive economic aid …
4 injured in Alaska plane crash; virus stalls investigation
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A plane crash in Alaska injured four people but the National Transportation Safety Board delayed normal investigation procedures over concerns about the coronavirus, officials said.