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Kriete, Gregg weigh continuity vs. change in final Q&A
EPHRATA — After four rounds of questions on leadership, public safety, accountability and the future of the Grant …
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 3rd Add,400
NORTHEAST De La Fuent +- Delaney +- Dunlap +- Ellinger +-
Group files new lawsuit over Arkansas 'eye law' referendum
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Supporters of an Arkansas law to expand the procedures optometrists may perform filed a new lawsuit Friday to prevent an effort to repeal the measure from appearing on the ballot this fall.
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 10 Takes,450
NORTHEAST Sanders +- Buttigieg +- Biden +- Warren +-
Former state Rep. Costello to head Agriculture Department
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has tapped another former legislator to be director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 6th Add,400
NORTHEAST Moroz +- Patrick +- Sestak +- Sloan +-
Candidates touch on Tennessee amid Super Tuesday focus
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As all eyes were on South Carolina on the eve of its early presidential primary, Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar was instead in Nashville, making a last-minute plea on Friday to the state's mo…
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 7th Add,400
NORTHEAST Steyer +- Thistle +- Torgesen +- Uncommitted +-
Trump accuses Democrats of 'hoax' for criticizing virus plan
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out Friday at Democrats who have questioned his handling of the coronavirus threat, calling their criticism a new “hoax” intended to undermine his leaders…
Trump picks Ratcliffe as top intelligence official, again
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday picked Rep. John Ratcliffe again to be the nation's top intelligence official, just months after abruptly ending an earlier effort to install him amid bipartisan c…
Trump accuses Democrats of 'hoax' for criticizing virus plan
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out Friday at Democrats who have questioned his handling of the coronavirus threat, calling their criticism a new “hoax” intended to undermine his leaders…
The Latest: Steyer: My commitment to S. Carolina will endure
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the
Aide: Media ignores Trump's loving bond with 13-year-old son
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top aide to President Donald Trump complained Friday that the news media doesn't pay enough attention to the president's loving relationship with his 13-year-old son, Barron.
Group files new lawsuit over Arkansas 'eye law' referendum
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Supporters of an Arkansas law to expand the procedures optometrists may perform filed a new lawsuit Friday to prevent an effort to repeal the measure from appearing on the ballot this fall.
The Latest: Court ruling disrupts migrant family's hearing
The Latest on a court ruling putting the Trump administration's “Remain in Mexico" policy on hold (all times local):
Trump nominates Rep. John Ratcliffe again to be nation's top intelligence official
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump nominates Rep. John Ratcliffe again to be nation's top intelligence official.