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Man gets suspended sentence in assault of former US senator in Iowa park

Oct. 31, 2024 19:53 PM EDT

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A judge gave a man probation and a suspended sentence Thursday after he pleaded guilty to attacking a former U.S. senator as she was running along a riverside park in western Iowa. Dominic Henton, 26, was given the suspended sentence and probation for...

John Thune is striving to be the next Republican Senate leader, but can he rise in Trump's GOP?

Sep. 18, 2024 00:31 AM EDT

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — The gold-leafed ceilings and crystal chandeliers of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort are a long way from the small town of Murdo, South Dakota, where Sen. John Thune grew up. But that’s where the senator found himself this spring as he launched a bid to become the next...