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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Dec. 20, 2024 19:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa.; Sen.-elect John Curtis, R-Utah. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Sens. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and James Lankford, R-Okla. ___ CNN's “State of the Union” —...

Manchin, Sinema prevent Democrats from locking in majority on labor board through 2026

Dec. 11, 2024 19:44 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats failed Wednesday to confirm a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board after independent Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema opposed the nomination, thwarting their hopes of locking in a majority at the federal agency for the first two years of...

Making a $1B investment in the US? Trump pledges expedited permits — but there are hurdles

Dec. 10, 2024 18:38 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is promising expedited federal permits for energy projects and other construction worth more than $1 billion. But like other Trump plans, the idea is likely to run into regulatory and legislative hurdles, including a landmark law that requires...

Detroit Mayor Duggan, a longtime Democrat, will run for Michigan governor in 2026 as independent

Dec. 04, 2024 17:03 PM EST

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, a longtime Democrat, says he will run for Michigan governor as an independent in 2026. “It’s clear to me that there are a lot of people in this country who are tired of both parties and tired of the system," Duggan said in an interview...

Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter spurs broader discussion on who else should be granted clemency

Dec. 03, 2024 16:59 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's decision to break his word and pardon his son Hunter has spurred a broader discussion about what else he should be doing with the broad clemency powers of the presidency before he leaves office in January, including whether he should be pardoning Donald...

Biden's public lands director named to lead environmental group

Nov. 26, 2024 19:24 PM EST

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A senior official in President Joe Biden's administration who oversaw its contentious efforts to address climate change by curbing oil drilling and coal mining on federal lands while expanding renewable power was named Tuesday as the next president of a prominent...

Liberals pressure Senate Democrats to confirm more Biden judges while they can

Nov. 14, 2024 00:26 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Demand Justice, a progressive organization focused on the judiciary, is set to bombard Capitol Hill with a message for the closing weeks of the 118th Congress: Do “whatever it takes” to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees as a second Donald Trump presidency looms. ...

GOP tightens its strong grip on the West Virginia Legislature, where women also lost seats

Nov. 06, 2024 17:10 PM EST

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republicans have tightened their hold on the West Virginia Legislature, notching election wins that will relegate Democrats to an even smaller fraction of the chamber's 134 seats and giving themselves one of the country's largest legislative supermajorities. ...

Republicans take Senate majority and eye unified power with Trump

Nov. 06, 2024 15:19 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have taken control of the U.S. Senate and are fighting to keep their majority in the U.S. House, which would produce a full sweep of GOP power in Congress alongside President-elect Donald Trump in the White House. A unified Republican grip on...

Republican Morrisey wins West Virginia governor's race

Nov. 05, 2024 21:47 PM EST

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey easily won the West Virginia governor’s race Tuesday, using an endorsement from former U.S. President Donald Trump to catapult him to victory in the deep red state. Morrisey emphasized his role as a...