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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…
Trump ousts ambassador to EU Gordon Sondland, who gave damaging testimony in impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump ousts ambassador to EU Gordon Sondland, who gave damaging testimony in impeachment inquiry.
Payback: Trump ousts officials who testified on impeachment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Exacting swift punishment against those who crossed him, an emboldened President Donald Trump ousted two government officials who had delivered damaging testimony against him during his impeachmen…
AP FACT CHECK: Dems skew health care, Iraq facts in debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential contenders stretched beyond the facts on policy and sometimes on their own records Friday
Air Force suicides surged last year to highest in 3 decades
WASHINGTON (AP) — Suicides in the active-duty Air Force surged last year to the highest total in at least three decades, even as the other military services saw their numbers stabilize or decline, according to offi…
'Serious discussions' about DNC changes, top Democrat says
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Democrat in Congress said Friday the party's future under Tom Perez is under scrutiny amid
Pompeo warns nation's governors to be wary of China
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned America’s governors on Saturday to be wary of China, which he said was targeting individual U.S. states in a strategic effort to expand its economic and polit…
Small businesses can register for updates on La. regulations
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's secretary of state is notifying small business owners about proposed regulations that could impact their companies.
GOP-dominated House bars tribal IDs for voter registration
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Democrats called foul on Friday after the Republican-dominated House shot down their efforts to allow Native Americans use their tribal IDs to register to vote.
Doubts persist for Dem voters about female nominee in 2020
PLYMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — In a perfect world, Susan Stepp, a 73-year-old retiree, would be voting vote for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren in New Hampshire's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, she says. But t…
Democrats on edge after 2020 election season's ragged launch
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — For Democrats, this was supposed be a moment to begin easing three years of built-up of anxieties. Instead, the
Bolton reviewing letter from White House about manuscript
Former national security adviser John Bolton's team on Friday accused the White House of trying to suppress his unpublished book after word surfaced that the National Security Council had sent him a letter expressi…
Iowa Democrats reviewing 5 percent of precincts
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Democratic Party is reviewing roughly 5 percent of the precincts in Monday's Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses after issuing a deadline for campaigns to offer data demonstrating…
The Latest: Biden: first two states important, not critical
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on 2020 Democratic president race and Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire (all times local):
AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Dems and the state of disunion
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the world is witnessing a great American economic revival that he brought on by reversing course from the Obama years. Yet the economy is not so different from the robu…
Buttigieg says he's raised $4M since strong showing in Iowa
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Buttigieg said Friday that he has raised $4 million since the Iowa caucuses, an impressive haul for a candidate looking to capitalize on his strong showing to continue building a national pol…