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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…
Dems say oust Trump or he'll betray again; 'He is who he is'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Closing out their case, House Democrats warned in Donald Trump's
California defies threat of fund loss over abortion coverage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) —
Pompeo heads to Ukraine next week to meet with president
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ukraine next week, making his first trip to the country at the heart of President Donald
N Carolina attorneys file appeal plans of voter ID ruling
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's attorney general filed formal notice Friday that his office will appeal a federal judge's ruling that has blocked the latest legislative bid to carry out a voter photo identif…
Republican seeks party nod to run for Pennsylvania treasurer
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A northern Pennsylvania woman who is a longtime executive for a powdered metals supplier and ran a detention center in Iraq as an Army reservist will seek the Republican nomination to run for…
GOP shows little desire for witnesses ahead of critical vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in the Senate appear unmoved by the Democratic push for witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial despite persistent appeals from Rep. Adam Schiff and the other House pro…
Arizona bill would ban transgender girls, women from teams
PHOENIX (AP) — Transgender girls and women would be barred from participating in sports on the team that aligns with their gender identity under a proposed Arizona law.
Report: Recording links Trump to Ukraine ambassador ouster
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump can be heard in a taped 2018 conversation saying he wants to get rid of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, whose removal a year later emerged as an issue in Trump's impeachment. …
Pennsylvania pays off $2.8B unemployment compensation debt
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania has paid off $2.8 billion in bonds it issued in 2012 to retire a post-recession unemployment compensation debt that businesses owed to the federal government, state officials sai…
Pentagon: 34 troops suffered brain injuries in Iran strike
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon disclosed on Friday that 34 U.S. service members suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iran's missile strike this month on an Iraqi air base, and although half have returned to work, t…
Pennsylvania pays of $2.8B unemployment compensation debt
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania has paid off $2.8 billion in bonds it issued in 2012 to retire a post-recession unemployment compensation debt that businesses owed to the federal government, state officials sai…
Leading Georgia senator doesn't "see the math" for tax cut
ATLANTA (AP) — A top Republican lawmaker is casting doubt on whether Georgia's taxpayers will see another income tax cut this year.
Brazil indigenous groups accuse Bolsonaro of racist comment
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Indigenous leaders in Brazil have criticized President Jair Bolsonaro for making what they describe as racist remarks.
Campaign crunch time forces progressives to eye private jets
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have spent the past year courting the Democratic Party's base with appeals to the working class and sweeping promises to curb climate change. But as they …
Pentagon says 34 troops suffered brain injury in Iran strike
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon disclosed on Friday that 34 U.S. service members suffered traumatic brain injury in Iran's missile strike this month on an Iraqi air base, and although half have returned to work, the…