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4th District candidates talk affordability, ag and healthcare
RICHLAND — Rising costs, agricultural challenges and concerns about the future of rural healthcare dominated discu…
NH-GOP-Delg-SumD
301 of 301 precincts - 100 percent
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 7th Add,400
Steyer +- Thistle +- Torgesen +- Uncommitted +-
Yang, who created buzz with freedom dividend, ends 2020 bid
Democrat Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur who created buzz for his presidential campaign by talking about his love of math and championing a universal basic income that would give every American adult $1,000 per month…
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 5th Add,400
Hewes +- Koos +- Kraus +- Krichevsky +-
Assembly passes rape kit bill, crime proposals
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Republicans handed Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul another defeat Tuesday, approving a bill creating sexual assault evidence kit testing protocols after tacking on divisive prov…
Sanders edges Buttigieg in NH, giving Dems 2 front-runners
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire’s presidential primary, edging moderate rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring the first clear victory in the Democratic Party’s chaotic 2020 nomination fight.
Bloomberg embraces stop and frisk in resurfaced 2015 audio
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Bloomberg is under fire for resurfaced comments in which the Democratic presidential candidate says the way to bring down murder rates is to "put a lot of cops" in minority neighborhoods b…
Lawmakers defend Michigan student charged over gun photo
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State lawmakers and a gun rights group on Tuesday called for changes to Michigan's terrorism law after a Lake Superior State University student was charged for posting a photo of his rifle on …
Congress wants to know if Census Bureau ready for big count
With the start of the 2020 census just a month away for most U.S. residents, Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham is going to Capitol Hill to update lawmakers about the agency's readiness for the federal gove…
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1,250 of 1,765 precincts - 71 percent
2 patients in Russia with COVID-19 have fully recovered
MOSCOW (AP) — Two Chinese nationals hospitalized with COVID-19 in Russia last month have fully recovered from the disease and were discharged from hospitals this week, officials said.
Red-flag gun bill advances toward decisive House floor vote
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic legislators in New Mexico pushed forward Tuesday with a red-flag gun proposal, sending the bill toward a decisive House floor vote after a final round of public comment.
AP Delegate Count,100
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Joe Biden looks to South Carolina to resurrect his campaign
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden brought his wounded presidential campaign to South Carolina on Tuesday, staking his hopes for a comeback on the loyalty of black voters in the state after a dismal finish in the New …
AP VoteCast: Young, liberal voters key to Sanders’ NH win
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders won the young, the liberal and the disaffected in New Hampshire. Their votes were enough to deliver him