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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…
Nevada Democrats to rely on paper-based early caucus voting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s Democratic Party has announced new paper-based balloting for its early vote starting Saturday as it scrambles to reconfigure plans and avoid tech problems and reporting delays that mired
NATO set for Iraq troop trainer-swap to mollify US demands
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO countries are preparing to move more than 200 trainers working with the international force fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq to the military alliance’s own mission there helping to buil…
Kosovo's new PM visits Albania in first official trip abroad
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The new prime minister of Kosovo traveled to Albania for his first official trip Tuesday but while there resisted the idea of participating in a regional cooperation initiative that would imp…
Ukrainian leader seeks more independence, fires top aide
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's president dismissed his chief of staff on Tuesday in a sign of intensifying rivalries in his entourage and a possible move to distance himself from a powerful billionaire.
Trump campaigns as a 2nd Amendment warrior
WASHINGTON (AP) — After
Ireland faces wrangling as Sinn Fein aims to form government
LONDON (AP) — Final results in Ireland’s general election show three parties in a virtual tie for seats, signalling weeks of tense negotiations ahead to form a coalition government.
'Right to Work' amendment sails through Tennessee Senate
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A resolution seeking to change the Tennessee's Constitution to enshrine the state's “right to work” law is gaining momentum.
Spain searches for 67 missing at sea, rescues 119 others
MADRID (AP) — Spain on Tuesday resumed the search for 67 migrants missing from a boat trying to reach European shores a day after maritime authorities rescued 119 others from cold Mediterranean waters.
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 1st Add,400
NORTHEAST Comley +- De La Fuent +- Ely +- Horn +-
Trump campaigns as 2nd Amendment warrior
WASHINGTON (AP) — After the Parkland school shooting in Florida two years ago, President Donald Trump chided Republican lawmakers for being too “scared” of the National Rifle Association to tighten gun laws — then …
US counterintel strategy emphasizes protection of democracy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government's top counterintelligence official said Monday that he was concerned Russia or other foreign adversaries could exploit the chaos of the Iowa caucuses to sow distrust in the int…
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 7th Add,400
NORTHEAST Steyer +- Thistle +- Torgesen +- Uncommitted +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 4th Add,400
NORTHEAST Gabbard +- Gleiberman +- Greenstein +- Harris +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 1st Add,400
NORTHEAST Klobuchar +- Bennet +- Bloomberg +- Booker +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 9th Add,400
NORTHEAST Total Write +-