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September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Biden to survey wildfire damage, make case for spending plan

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — President Joe Biden is promoting his administration’s use of a wartime law to aid in wildfire preparedness Monday during a Western swing in which he's surveying damage in California and meeting with fire officials in Idaho.

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

White House, Democrats tangle over Biden bid to raise taxes

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a simple message for fellow Democrats about his plan to raise taxes to remake large swaths of the American economy: look beyond the bottom line.

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Could Texas abortion ban strategy be double-edged sword?

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The unusual legal strategy used to ban most abortions in Texas is already increasingly being employed in Republican-led states to target pornography, LGBT rights and other hot-button cultural issues.

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Biden embraces message of unity on 9/11 anniversary

NEW YORK (AP) — From an urban memorial to a remote field to the heart of of the nation's military might, President Joe Biden on Saturday paid tribute at three hallowed places of grief and remembrance to honor the lives lost two decades ago in the 9/11 terror attacks.

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

White House competition council seeks lower consumer prices

A new White House council on U.S. economic conditions held its first meeting Friday, with participants highlighting at least 18 actions taken to help consumers and potentially lower prices.

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

North Korea says it tested new long-range cruise missiles

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday that it successfully tested newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, the first known testing activity in months, underscoring how the country continues to expand its military capabilities amid a stalemate in nuclear negotiations with the United States.

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Northern Idaho's anti-government streak hampers COVID fight

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Northern Idaho has a long and deep streak of anti-government activism that has confounded attempts to battle a COVID-19 outbreak overwhelming hospitals in the deeply conservative region.

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Biden's vaccine rules ignite instant, hot GOP opposition

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's aggressive push to require millions of U.S. workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus is running into a wall of resistance from Republican leaders threatening everything from lawsuits to civil disobedience, plunging the country deeper into culture wars that have festered since the onset of the pandemic.

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Manchin nixes Biden's $3.5T budget plan, urges $1.5T instead

WASHINGTON (AP) — As congressional Democrats speed ahead this week in pursuit of

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Analysis: Biden takes fight to unvaccinated in virus battle

WASHINGTON (AP) — They’re a source of frustration. A risk to their fellow citizens. A threat to the nation’s economic recovery.

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Judge: Capital gains tax challenge can move forward

SEATTLE (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that a legal challenge to Washington’s new tax on capital gains can move forward.

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Newsom, GOP rivals seek votes in recall's final weekend

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Democratic allies of California Gov. Gavin Newsom continued to express confidence Saturday in his chances of beating back a

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil leaders charged with subversion

HONG KONG (AP) — Three leaders of the group that organized an annual Tiananmen candlelight vigil were being held in custody Friday after they were charged with subversion under Hong Kong's national security law, as authorities intensify a crackdown on dissent in the city.

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Iran to allow new memory cards in UN's nuclear site cameras

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran agreed Sunday to allow international inspectors to install new memory cards into surveillance cameras at its sensitive nuclear sites and to continue filming there, potentially averting a diplomatic showdown this week.

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

AP FACT CHECK: Biden’s goal for cleaner jet fuel may not fly

DALLAS (AP) — President Joe Biden and his team are

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Family of man killed during Portland protests sues city

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The estate of a man fatally shot in downtown Portland after a pro-Trump car rally last year is suing the city, the mayor and the county district attorney, saying their negligence contributed to his violent death.

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Unions split on vaccine mandates, complicating Biden push

The National Nurses Union applauded President Joe Biden's proposal to require that companies with more than 100 employees vaccinate their work force. The American Federation of Teachers once said vaccine mandates weren't necessary, but now embraces them. In Oregon, police and firefighter unions are suing to block a mask mandate for state workers.

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

Bush warns of domestic extremism, appeals to 'nation I know'

SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Warning that the nation was falling into division and extremism, former President George W. Bush appealed Saturday for a return to the spirit of cooperation that emerged — almost instantaneously — after the 9/11 attacks 20 years ago.

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.

In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.

September 13, 2021 12:03 a.m.

The Latest: Ex-Afghan leader hosts tribal elders on 9/11

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s first 2001 post-Taliban president Hamid Karzai marked the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America with a meeting of tribal elders at his high-walled compound in the Afghan capital where he has remained with his family since the August return of the Taliban to Kabul.