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County to test election process ahead of vote
EPHRATA — As Grant County prepares for the Nov. 3 General Election, local election officials are inviting the publ…
Kansas leader decries attempts to tie abortion, Medicaid
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A top Republican lawmaker in Kansas on Friday disputed the claims of GOP colleagues that
Trump doesn't heed Barr's request to cool tweeting on DOJ
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unbowed by a public rebuke from his attorney general, President Donald Trump says he has the "legal right" to intervene in criminal cases and sidestep the Justice Department's historic independenc…
McCabe, an ex-FBI official targeted by Trump, not charged
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have declined to charge former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, closing an investigation into whether the longtime target of President Donald Trump's ire lied to federal offi…
Montenegro PM, Serbian church bishop meet on religious law
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro's prime minister on Friday met with the top Serbian Orthodox Church bishop in the country in a bid to defuse tensions over a contentious law on religious rights.
Senate candidate in Arizona blasts military cuts for wall
PHOENIX (AP) — The Trump administration's plan to divert money from defense projects to build a wall along the Mexico border could hurt Arizona's military industry to pay for the barrier that isn't necessary, Democ…
Nevada's lone black congressman backs Biden before caucuses
LAS VEGAS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, the only black member of Nevada's congressional delegation, is endorsing Joe Biden for president on the eve of early voting in the state's caucuses.
Esper defends shifting defense funds for Trump's border wall
MUNICH, Germany (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday defended his decision to
Iran: US killing of general was a miscalculation
MUNICH (AP) — The U.S. killing of a top Iranian general was a miscalculation that has had the effect of bolstering support in Iraq for the removal of American troops, a longtime goal of Tehran, Iran's foreign minis…
Governor urges leadership in enforcement of red-flag bill
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she hopes to see strong leadership in the law enforcement community to implement a red flag gun initiative approved this week by the state's Democra…
Diversity test: 2020 Democrats seek their fortunes in Nevada
LAS VEGAS (AP) — As the Democratic presidential race hurtles toward Nevada, candidates in the still-crowded field are jumping into their first test in a racially diverse state with solid union muscle and shaky plan…
Bernie Sanders pranked by Russians posing as Greta Thunberg
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian pranksters claim they called U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pretending to be climate activist Greta Thunberg and offered Thunberg's support to his campaign.
Sex tapes sink Macron's candidate, spark outrage in France
PARIS (AP) — Rivals from across France's political spectrum joined in a chorus of alarm and dismay Friday and warned that French democracy is in danger after an online leak of graphic sexual images led an associate…
Kosovo-Serbia rail, road deals signed at security conference
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Serbia and Kosovo on Friday signed U.S.-brokered deals on restoring railway and highway links.
State worker files whistleblower suit over child services
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire state health department employee alleges the agency is failing to protect children and that she has been retaliated against for speaking on the issue publicly, according to a la…
US official says truce deal reached with Taliban that could lead to American troop withdrawals from Afghanistan
MUNICH (AP) — US official says truce deal reached with Taliban that could lead to American troop withdrawals from Afghanistan.